Power and energy
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Pure DC advances Brent Cross build
Pure DC has appointed Glencar for the next Brent Cross phase, extending a live London campus toward 90MW of total capacity.
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UK backs AI hardware pipeline
The UK’s £1.1bn AI Hardware Plan links chips, procurement, skills, and compute infrastructure into one industrial strategy.
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Global Switch signs second Drax PPA
Global Switch has signed a second long-term Drax power deal, adding solar-backed supply as UK data centre operators tighten energy procurement.
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EU targets faster data centre deployment
The European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act places data centre deployment inside Europe’s sovereignty, permitting, and energy-capacity agenda.
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DriverAI plans 80MW Cluj AI campus
DriverAI says it is advancing an 80MW AI and quantum data centre in Cluj County, with delivery questions still sitting around power, planning, financing, and partners.
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Viridor and Rivington plan EfW data centres
Viridor and Rivington Energy plan up to 200MW of UK data centre capacity powered directly by energy-from-waste facilities.
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ABB targets data centre grid stability
ABB has launched a modular synchronous condenser package aimed at stabilising grid connections for AI data centres and other large loads.
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Siemens and Infineon target circuit protection
Siemens and Infineon are combining silicon carbide modules and semiconductor circuit breakers for faster protection in data centres and battery systems.
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Virtus installs Wustermark grid transformers
VIRTUS has installed two 185MVA transformers at Wustermark, advancing the 380kV power path for its Berlin-Brandenburg campus.
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DayOne plans 300MW Aragon campus
DayOne’s first Spanish data centre would add a 300MW AI campus to Aragon’s fast-growing power-led development pipeline.