Power and energy
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Italy’s strategic data centre plans face delivery constraints
Italy has recognised seven data centre programmes worth more than €25bn as nationally strategic, but their delivery will depend on grid connections, planning approvals, investment commitments, and construction capacity.
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Brussels discloses KevlinX electricity and water forecasts
Brussels officials estimate KevlinX’s first 16 MW IT phase could consume 140 GWh of electricity and 140,000 cubic metres of water annually, renewing scrutiny of the region’s infrastructure capacity.
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Infineon supplies 900V switches for AI infrastructure
Infineon is supplying Enphase with 900V gallium nitride bidirectional switches for solid-state transformer development, targeting compact power conversion architectures for high-density AI data centres.
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Era4 details proposed Newport AI campus scale
Era4 has outlined plans to develop part of Newport’s former Liberty Steel works into an AI computing campus, targeting initial operations in 2027 and eventual expansion towards 1GW.
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Legrand raises busway capacity for dense racks
Legrand has introduced a 2,000A Starline T5 DoubleBar electrical distribution system and a 250A branch plug-in unit for high-density computing installations, with performance subject to installation-specific electrical design.
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Iceland AI trial demonstrates temporary demand reduction
Emerald AI and NVIDIA report that tested AI server racks at Nscale’s Icelandic facility reduced power consumption by about 25% for 30 minutes during a simulated grid flexibility event.
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Zaragoza campus faces major grid capacity gap
O-Green is backing a proposed 570MW data centre campus near Zaragoza, but currently identified grid access is limited to an initial 90MW. Cooling, water supply and later phases remain unresolved.
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Nexans warns cable manufacturing could delay data centres
Nexans says limited power cable manufacturing capacity could slow data centre construction, with new XLPE production lines taking around three years and utilities extending supply agreements.
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VivoPower agrees sovereign AI infrastructure partnership
VivoPower and Open Innovation AI have signed heads of agreement to pursue sovereign AI data centre developments across Europe and other regions, targeting substantial future capacity.
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Harju Elekter wins Finnish data centre contract
Harju Elekter has secured a €15.5 million contract for modular electrical infrastructure at a Finnish data centre and completed a 4,000-square-metre manufacturing expansion in Estonia.