Sustainability
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Australia’s data centre rules run into politics
A proposed national framework for data centres has reportedly stalled after state-level resistance over energy, water, and siting controls.
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Cooling starts borrowing from waste heat
Johnson Controls has released an absorption chiller guide for AI data centres using on-site power and recoverable heat.
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Mocean sends AI racks to sea
Mocean Energy’s Blue Core concept would combine wave power, solar, storage, satellite links, and ocean cooling.
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London opens the grey belt question
London’s draft plan would allow data centres on some grey belt sites, with power, water, cooling, and heat conditions attached.
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The data centre drifts offshore
Bureau Veritas has granted approval in principle to Seatrium’s 30MW floating data centre concept.
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Blackpool moves Silicon Sands into delivery
Blackpool Council intends to appoint HOCHTIEF for the first Silicon Sands data centre, combining a 6MW initial supply with liquid cooling and proposed heat reuse.
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France confronts the bill for tenfold capacity
Rexecode forecasts a tenfold increase in French data centre capacity by 2035, requiring about €210 billion of investment and materially higher electricity demand.
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The off-grid shortcut hits the courtroom
Vantage and VoltaGrid face threatened legal action over gas-fired generation for off-grid data centre projects in Texas.
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Europe’s data centre label gets teeth
The EU’s draft sustainability label would put data centre energy and water performance into a public rating regime.
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Britain’s AI buildout meets peak water demand
Water UK has warned that rapid data centre growth could create peak water requirements far above average consumption, particularly in already stressed parts of eastern and south-eastern England.