Operations and maintenance
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ZincFive plans public listing
ZincFive plans to go public through a Spark I business combination, bringing nickel-zinc battery systems into the AI data centre capital markets story.
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Panasonic targets data centre batteries
Panasonic plans battery cell production for data centre applications in Kansas, signalling deeper industrial capacity behind AI-era critical power systems.
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Delhi fire disrupts Google Cloud traffic
A third-party data centre fire in Delhi disrupted Google Cloud traffic, exposing the operational reach of physical infrastructure incidents.
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Cambridge launches Zenith AI supercomputer
Cambridge has launched the £36m Zenith AI supercomputer, adding publicly funded research compute capacity to the UK’s sovereign AI infrastructure push.
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Siemens and Infineon target circuit protection
Siemens and Infineon are combining silicon carbide modules and semiconductor circuit breakers for faster protection in data centres and battery systems.
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EU rating scheme moves towards labels
A European Commission draft sets out how data centres will be rated through electronic sustainability labels using reported performance data.
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Etix moves for Eurofiber French sites
Etix is in exclusive talks to acquire Eurofiber’s French colocation activities, adding four Occitanie facilities to its portfolio.
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Police shut Farnborough streaming data centre
City of London Police seized more than £1.2m of equipment after shutting down a large illicit streaming data centre in Farnborough.
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Retrofit narrows AI cooling cost gap
STL Partners research suggests liquid cooling retrofits can cut headline AI upgrade capex sharply against new greenfield capacity.
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Schneider targets AI cooling with XCA chillers
Schneider Electric has launched a new Uniflair XCA chiller line for high-density, liquid-cooled AI data centres.