Sustainability
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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.
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Heiligenhaus solar covers a sliver of data demand
Yexio has installed 244kWp of solar generation at its Heiligenhaus data centre, forecasting 220MWh a year against a facility capable of scaling from 2MW to 4MW.
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Lombardy weighs 120MW against land, water, and power
A proposed 120MW data centre near Travagliato is entering infrastructure procedures as Lombardy begins applying regional rules covering grid capacity, land, water, energy efficiency, heat reuse, and environmental mitigation.
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NFrance cools Toulouse without a drop
NFrance has completed a live cooling retrofit that it says cut cooling power by about 20%, removed operational water use, and protected hosted services throughout installation.
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Lombardy puts megawatts on the map
Lombardy has brought data centre power, water, land, and heat reuse into a dedicated regional planning regime as Milan’s infrastructure pipeline expands.
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Kent landfill gas enters the AI power queue
Era4’s Broad Oak proposal uses landfill gas for AI capacity.