Sustainability
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Wrocław tests the heat beneath compute
Wrocław University of Science and Technology is exploring data centre heat reuse with Kogeneracja for the city’s district heating network.
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Aruba turns rivers into data centre power
Aruba has acquired three operational hydroelectric plants in Piedmont, extending its direct-generation strategy for Italian digital infrastructure.
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Power starts rewriting Europe’s data centre map
Moody’s analysis links Europe’s capacity race to grid access, water stress, cooling conditions, and infrastructure delivery risk.
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Fairwater noise claim reaches the cooling yard
Microsoft’s Wisconsin AI data centre faces a noise lawsuit, putting cooling fans and local impact into the planning-risk frame.
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Quinbrook puts capital behind the grid
Quinbrook’s new £587m UK and Ireland fund backs renewables, storage, grid stability, and energy transition infrastructure.
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Ecolab buys the cold plate layer
Ecolab has completed its $4.75bn CoolIT acquisition, adding direct liquid cooling hardware to its water and optimisation platform.
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Britain counts the gigawatts
CITP’s UK build-out analysis puts numbers on capacity, ownership, geography, energy demand, and the case for a national data centre strategy.
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Scotland draws a line around hyperscale
SNP backing for a hyperscale moratorium raises pressure on the Scottish Government as AI campus proposals test energy and planning policy.
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Cyta turns Latsia into a hub play
Cyta’s RedMax acquisition adds colocation capacity, phased expansion, renewable energy use, and a larger role for Cyprus as a regional hub.
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Tonstad puts water on the ledger
GreenScale’s 300MW Norwegian campus gives measurable form to data centre sustainability, from WUE and heat export to backup fuel.