Power and energy
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Schneider launches 2.5MW prefab power modules
Schneider Electric has introduced prefabricated data centre power modules up to 2.5MW, moving more electrical integration and testing off-site for high-density builds.
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Echelon completes DUB13 fault ride-through test
Echelon has completed a live fault ride-through test at DUB13, demonstrating that a data centre load can remain stable through short grid disturbances and recover within milliseconds.
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AVK launches financed on-site power model
AVK has launched a financing arm that will fund and own on-site data centre power infrastructure, allowing developers to procure electricity under long-term PPAs instead of funding plant upfront.
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The data centre dilemma
High electricity costs and grid delays are squeezing the UK’s data centre ambitions, pushing developers towards more flexible routes to power. Charles Deacon, technical director of grid at Eclipse Power, examines the alternatives taking shape.
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Queensland project could draw 2.16GW
Zerra DC’s proposed Western Downs Digital Park could reach 2.16GW of peak capacity and consume about 47GWh of electricity a day at full build-out.
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NSW targets data-centre grid connection costs
New South Wales has closed consultation on reforms intended to make data-centre operators pay more of the network costs created by a connection queue reaching 28GW.
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UK planning pipeline adds five applications
Five new UK data-centre planning applications were recorded in the latest weekly pipeline, with 103 schemes awaiting decisions and 1,123MW of declared capacity across the tracked market.
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High Wycombe six-hall campus clears committee
A proposed six-hall data-centre campus south of Wycombe Air Park has moved through Buckinghamshire’s strategic planning committee, replacing a film-studio scheme that was judged unlikely to proceed.
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High Wycombe six-hall campus clears committee
A proposed six-hall data-centre campus south of Wycombe Air Park has moved through Buckinghamshire’s strategic planning committee, replacing a film-studio scheme that was judged unlikely to proceed.
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S+B advances 12MW Bucharest data centre
S+B Gruppe has secured planning permission for a 12MW data centre in northern Bucharest, with 3,400 square metres of white space planned and an opening targeted for 2028.