Sustainability
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AI data centres run into the rulebook
Authorities in Europe and beyond are tightening controls on data centre development as AI demand turns electricity, water, land, and community impact into planning constraints.
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Washington puts AI power bills on notice
The US is pressing data centre and AI companies to shield electricity customers from infrastructure costs.
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Avonmouth data centre enters permit test
The Environment Agency is consulting on an environmental permit application for Avonmouth Data Centre in Bristol.
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Europe’s AI boom meets the water bill
Bluefield Research expects European data centre water infrastructure spending to reach €6.8bn by 2036.
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Microsoft’s carbon bill follows AI build-out
Microsoft’s latest sustainability reporting shows how AI and cloud infrastructure growth is complicating carbon, water, and renewable energy claims.
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Scaleway folds heat-reuse HPC into its cloud
Scaleway has acquired Qarnot, adding dedicated HPC and waste-heat-recovery capability to its European cloud and AI platform.
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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.