Sustainability
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Wärtsilä models off-grid data-centre power savings
Wärtsilä estimates that flexible engine generation could save €196bn over 20 years compared with combined-cycle turbines in a modelled 55GW off-grid data-centre scenario.
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UK sets expectations through Data Centre Covenant
The UK Data Centre Covenant links potential strategic project assistance to electricity costs, environmental performance, community investment, employment, and national security commitments.
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Chapelcross environmental assessment opens separate consultation
Dumfries and Galloway Council has opened consultation on the environmental report for the proposed Chapelcross AI data centre campus, with representations accepted until 29 November.
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Police investigate suspected environmental damage at Muhos
Finnish police have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected environmental damage at Google’s proposed Muhos data centre, following earlier restrictions on site work and water controls.
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Finland proposes mandatory register for data centres
Finland proposes mandatory registration for data centres with at least 0.5MW of installed IT power, requiring operators to report electricity connections, project schedules and expected resource use.
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Aligned increases cooling capacity with Delta Cube
Aligned Data Centers has introduced Delta Cube 3.0, developed with Munters, claiming improvements of 10% in cooling capacity and energy efficiency without increasing the equipment’s footprint.
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Every little helps
Tim Mitchell, sales director at Klima-Therm, explains how free cooling, adaptive controls, and waste heat recovery can help data centre operators reduce electricity use, maintenance requirements, and resource consumption.
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Spain revises renewable requirements for larger data centres
Spain has revised proposed electricity and sustainability rules for data centres, raising the general threshold to above 10MW while retaining an 80% hourly renewable requirement with conditional transition arrangements.
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Netherlands delays answers on data centre consumption
The Dutch government has postponed answers to parliamentary questions about data centre electricity and water consumption data, citing interdepartmental coordination and targeting a response before the 19 November digital autonomy debate.
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Zamora challenges hyperscale project’s planning designation
Zamora’s municipal government has proposed a motion opposing special regional-project treatment for a hyperscale data centre at Monfarracinos, demanding fuller scrutiny of water, electricity, land use, employment, and local economic effects.