Sustainability
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Schwarz links Lübbenau data centre to heat network
Schwarz Digits will feed waste heat from its 200MW Lübbenau data centre into the local district-heating network from 2028.
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US AI pipeline could add 101.5Mt CO₂
Sixty planned US data centres from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta could be associated with 101.5m tonnes of annual CO₂ on the current generation mix, highlighting the widening gap between compute growth and electricity-sector decarbonisation.
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NSW links faster approvals to infrastructure rules
New South Wales will offer 75-day assessments to qualifying data centre projects that meet energy, water, environmental, community, and skills requirements, while moving to recover network and water infrastructure costs from operators.
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Amsterdam Equinix plan faces water scrutiny
A four-tower Equinix development in Amsterdam-Zuidoost could use 1.1bn litres of drinking water annually at full build-out, placing its proposed cooling system above a voluntary Dutch industry water-efficiency benchmark.
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Drought puts data centre water connections under strain
Water constraints are reaching proposed data centre developments in southern England as drought forces utilities to examine large new connection requests against an already stressed supply system.
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Heatwave turns cooling into a grid load
Extreme heat can lift data centre cooling demand by 20–30%, adding electrical load as drought, high temperatures, and constrained generation place pressure on power systems across Europe.
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Water pressure closes in on Warsaw data centre plan
A four-building data centre development near Warsaw is facing opposition over water demand as existing supply problems push cooling design and utility capacity deeper into the planning debate.
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Heathrow Estate data centre clears Hounslow planning vote
Hounslow councillors have backed redevelopment of Heathrow Estate for up to 50,000 sq m of data centre space, supported by a proposed 80MVA electricity connection and a required water-minimisation strategy.
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Amazon’s Ridgeway backup plant enters permit process
Amazon Data Services UK is seeking an environmental permit for emergency backup generation rated at 50MW thermal input or more at its Ridgeway data centre in Iver.
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Slough resilience plant moves into environmental permitting
Iron Mountain has applied for a bespoke environmental permit covering combustion equipment with aggregate rated thermal input of at least 50MW at its Dundee Road data centre site in Slough.