Power and energy
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DayOne finances Singapore fuel-cell trial
DayOne has secured a S$530m green loan for a 20MW Singapore data centre combining hybrid cooling, solar generation, and a solid oxide fuel-cell power trial.
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North Lincolnshire presses 2.5GW AI zone bid
North Lincolnshire is pressing the government to approve an AI Growth Zone proposal spanning four campuses, up to 2.5GW of capacity, and more than £20bn of private investment.
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Charlton Gateway advances data centre plans
GLi is advancing plans for a large data centre at Charlton Gateway in Greenwich, with a new substation, dry cooling, and potential heat-reuse infrastructure.
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European data centre capacity heads for 13GW
Europe’s data centre capacity is forecast to grow by 20% to 13GW this year as AI demand accelerates while grid constraints continue to restrict new supply.
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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.