Power and energy
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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.
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Trane and Eaton integrate AI power and cooling
Trane Technologies and Eaton have combined medium-voltage electrical and thermal architectures into an Nvidia-aligned AI data centre reference design, with claimed efficiency gains and lower installation costs and copper use than conventional low-voltage approaches.
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European AI colocation signings hit 420MW
AI-focused colocation signings across Europe reached 420MW in the first half of 2026, with two-thirds of contracted capacity heading to Nordic markets as operators become more comfortable with neocloud counterparty risk.
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Five data centres drive 1GW London grid upgrade
National Grid has launched a major north-west London transmission programme that will connect five data centres representing around 1GW of demand through new and reinforced electrical infrastructure.
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Heatwave turns cooling into a grid load
Extreme heat can lift data centre cooling demand by 20–30%, adding electrical load as drought, high temperatures, and constrained generation place pressure on power systems across Europe.
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Norway’s data centre load doubles in two years
Norwegian data centres consumed 3.3TWh of electricity in 2025, twice the level recorded in 2023, as grid capacity increasingly determines which proposed facilities can progress.
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Lapinlahti weighs a 500MW data centre campus
Helios Nordic Energy is seeking zoning for more than 80 hectares beside Fingrid’s Alapitkä substation, where a proposed data centre could eventually reach around 500MW.