Power and energy
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Power pushes European hyperscale projects outward
European data centre development is shifting away from established hubs as power availability, connection speed, and cheaper land increasingly dictate where large AI campuses can be built.
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TBC proposes 300MW Cambois data centre
TBC Partners is seeking an environmental screening opinion for a potential 300MW data centre development at Factory Road in Cambois, Northumberland.
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BCG proposes grid-positive data centre model
BCG argues flexible connections, storage, onsite generation, and movable compute could allow European data centres to energise earlier without requiring firm grid access everywhere.
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Helios opens Tervola data centre planning process
Helios Nordic Energy has started planning an 860-hectare data centre development in Tervola, Finnish Lapland, close to planned grid infrastructure.
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Nvidia backs OpenAI’s 8GW Ohio campus
Nvidia will invest $1.5bn in SB Energy and provide financial support for OpenAI’s long-term lease at the PORTS-Pike campus, linking chip supply, project finance, power infrastructure, and tenant credit at unprecedented scale.
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US AI pipeline could add 101.5Mt CO₂
Sixty planned US data centres from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta could be associated with 101.5m tonnes of annual CO₂ on the current generation mix, highlighting the widening gap between compute growth and electricity-sector decarbonisation.
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Amazon explores grid link for private power campus
Amazon says its 8,000-acre Pecos County AI campus is designed to move from private generation towards grid-connected service, potentially turning onsite supply into a resource that could also support other ERCOT customers.
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NSW links faster approvals to infrastructure rules
New South Wales will offer 75-day assessments to qualifying data centre projects that meet energy, water, environmental, community, and skills requirements, while moving to recover network and water infrastructure costs from operators.
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England planning rules strengthen data centre support
England’s new National Planning Policy Framework explicitly links data centre development with generating capacity, grid connections, water infrastructure, and AI Growth Zones, embedding physical infrastructure requirements more firmly in national planning policy.
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Scotland tightens oversight of 50MW data centres
Scottish planning authorities must now notify ministers within seven days of validating data centre applications above 50MW, adding national oversight as the government examines the infrastructure and environmental effects of the development pipeline.