Sustainability
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National Grid buys into speed-to-power
National Grid Ventures will invest US$1.75bn in Joulent, a power platform built around large AI data centre loads.
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Kent’s 300MW campus goes national
Clearstone’s proposed Ebbsfleet AI campus will test UK planning, transmission connection, and large-load infrastructure policy.
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Cooling chemistry enters the rack
Wacker has launched a silicon-based dielectric fluid as immersion cooling moves closer to mainstream AI data centre design.
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Vimercate turns from IBM past to AI load
QTS is weighing a 220MW campus north of Milan, converting former industrial land into a major Italian capacity play.
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Switzerland hits the megawatt backlash
Swiss data centre opposition is moving from local discomfort into a measurable fight over electricity, water, land, and consent.
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Siemens buys into Kao’s power story
Siemens Financial Services has taken a stake in Kao Data as the UK operator renews its Shell Energy supply deal.
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Reading weighs gas-backed data centre
A 72MW Thames Valley Park data centre proposal would use natural gas fuel cells while grid capacity is brought forward.
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AWS puts 1.2GW into context
AWS says it added more than 1.2GW of data centre capacity in the fourth quarter of 2025.
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AWS cuts water through the row
AWS says in-row heat exchange can reduce water use against evaporative air-cooled data centre designs.
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Equinix turns Milan heat into supply
Equinix and A2A plan to export up to 225GWh a year of data centre heat into Milan’s district heating network.