Sustainability
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Canaan links mining heat to district energy
Canaan will supply hydro cooled mining equipment for a Nordic district heating project, testing compute heat reuse at 8MW scale.
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firstcolo starts FRA7 data centre build
firstcolo has broken ground on FRA7, a high density Rosbach data centre designed for AI, HPC, renewable power, and heat reuse.
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Slough data centre appeal allowed
Ministers have allowed the Manor Farm data centre appeal in Slough, adding another planning decision for large UK digital infrastructure schemes.
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Amazon discloses data centre water use
Amazon says its global data centres withdrew 2.5bn gallons of water in 2025, sharpening transparency questions around AI infrastructure.
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Lombardy tightens data centre rules
Lombardy has approved a data centre law aimed at steering rapid capacity growth towards brownfield land and clearer authorisation routes.
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Vertiv completes ThermoKey acquisition
Vertiv has closed its ThermoKey deal, strengthening European heat-rejection capacity as AI workloads raise pressure on cooling supply chains.
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AmpTank plans Utajärvi AI data centre
AmpTank is moving from Nordic battery storage into hyperscale compute with a Finnish data centre tied to grid flexibility and nearby renewables.
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Study raises data centre heat questions
A new study links AI data centres to local land-temperature increases, adding heat rejection to the planning and sustainability debate.
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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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Global Switch signs second Drax PPA
Global Switch has signed a second long-term Drax power deal, adding solar-backed supply as UK data centre operators tighten energy procurement.