Power and energy
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Europe clears the runway for seven AI gigafactories
Brussels has opened a tender for up to seven AI gigafactories, combining €10 billion of public support with an expected €20 billion or more from industry.
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A 24MW wind farm anchors three-market power pact
NTT Data and Engie have established a power partnership across the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, beginning with supply from an operating South Wales wind farm.
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Grid queue reform puts millions on the line
Ofgem wants large data centre developers to pay a refundable per-megawatt fee and meet new project milestones before retaining scarce capacity in Britain’s electricity-connections queue.
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Ireland makes fault response part of data-centre design
ABB has developed an ultracapacitor-based power architecture for Ireland’s proposed fault-ride-through rules, as EirGrid seeks to stop large electronic loads amplifying transmission disturbances.
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Kouvola’s 430MW route clears a land hurdle
Land rights for two transmission routes have advanced atNorth’s FIN04 campus in Finland, clearing another infrastructure stage for a development designed around as much as 430MW.
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Middenmeer’s next plot waits on power
Microsoft has acquired another 37.5 hectares at Middenmeer, adding strategic land beside proposed high-voltage infrastructure while zoning and grid constraints continue to govern Dutch data centre growth.
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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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Meta’s El Paso campus gets an infrastructure owner
BlackRock-managed funds will take 80 percent of a $14bn venture for Meta’s 1GW El Paso AI campus.
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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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Israel hits pause on the queue
Israel’s electricity regulator has reportedly paused processing of larger data centre grid applications after a surge in connection requests.