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Read Mayor of London Commits to Joint Effort on Data Center Growth Challenges
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A re...

Mayor of London Commits to Joint Effort on Data Center Growth Challenges

June 17, 2026 London

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and prepared by Buro Happold found that while...

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Read Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project
Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

May 18, 2026 Milan

Norwegian renewables and data center developer Magnora ASA has secured land for a new 30 MW data center project in the Milan area, the company announced on Monday. The wholly owned project is Magnora's second in Italy and brings its data center development portfolio to 585 MW gross and 460 MW...

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Read CloudHQ to Begin Constructing 276MW Data Center in Germany Next Year
CloudHQ to Begin Constructing 276MW Data Center in Germany Next Year

CloudHQ to Begin Constructing 276MW Data Center in Germany Next Year

December 15, 2025 CloudHQ

CloudHQ will begin construction of its 276MW data center in Germany next year. Located in the Frankfurt-Hochst industrial park, which is west of Frankfurt's city center, the facility will cover 217,000 sqm (2.3 million sq ft) across three buildings, each of which will offer 96MW of capacity.As...

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Read euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center
euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

July 25, 2025 Amsterdam

European fiber firm euNetworks is exiting its Amsterdam data center in the Netherlands as colocation customers have apparently been asked to vacate the data center by next year.The news was revealed by Dirk Pol, of Dutch connectivity firm i4 Solutions, in a post on LinkedIn. “euNetworks will be...

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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Cluster to be Developed Outside Paris, France
Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Cluster to be Developed Outside Paris, France

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Cluster to be Developed Outside Paris, France

May 23, 2025 Paris

French national investment bank Bpifrance, UAE investment fund MGX, French AI firm Mistral AI, and Nvidia this week announced the formation of a joint venture to establish what they claim will be Europe’s largest AI campus in France.The companies said they aim to develop Europe’s first...

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Read Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

August 23, 2024 Northern Virginia

A report from Synergy Research Group found that just twenty state or metro markets account for 62 percent of the world’s current hyperscale data center capacity. Northern Virginia tops this list while the Greater Beijing Area takes the second place, with both making up 22 percent of global...

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Read Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI
Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

June 12, 2024 Amsterdam

Fintech executives are concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) increasing banks' reliance on the big US tech firms. At a gathering in Amsterdam last week, some executives suggested that the sector will increasingly have to turn to the likes of Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web...

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Read Viasat launches new headquarters in London
Viasat launches new headquarters in London

Viasat launches new headquarters in London

April 15, 2024 London

Satellite firm Viasat last week officially launched its new office, at 50 Finsbury Square in London, as the combined offices of both Viasat and Inmarsat, the rival vendor it acquired last year. The new 121,000 square feet site includes new satellite, network, and cyber operations centers for the...

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Read Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months
Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months

Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months

April 09, 2024 CloudHQ

Content Delivery Network (CDN) company Cloudflare suffered a second data center power failure at its core facility in Portland, Oregon, within six months. As a result of the first incident which happened in November, Cloudflare introduced ‘Code Orange’; a new process where the company shifts most...

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Read Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding
Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding

Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding

March 29, 2024 London

University College London (UCL) spinout Oriole Networks has raised £10 million ($12.6m) in a seed funding round co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton Ventures, with support from Innovate UK Investor Partnership. “As the demand for compute continues to...

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Read Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup
Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup

Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup

March 07, 2024 CloudHQ

Content delivery network (CDN) and Edge services provider announced this week that it has acquired multi-cloud networking startup Nefeli Networks and has launched a new multi-cloud networking service based on the acquired technology. “We believe the full potential of the cloud will only truly be...

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Read Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue
Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

February 29, 2024 London

Property investor Segro has raised £900 million ($1.1 billion) in a share issue and intends to use this funds to develop its portfolio across the UK and Europe. The London-listed business had initially been hoping to raise £800 million ($1.01bn), but on Tuesday evening its directors said strong...

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Read Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners
Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

January 10, 2024 London

Investment firm Swiss Life Asset Managers this week entered an agreement with London-based InfraBridge, an infrastructure investment management division of DigitalBridge Group, to acquire a co-controlling equity stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP). Gianfranco Saladino, head of...

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Read OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO
OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO

OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO

November 20, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAI's co-founder and president, Greg Brockman, has quit the company after the board suddenly fired CEO Sam Altman last week. Brockman, who was initially made to step down as board chairman, has left the company. The board is yet to disclose the exact reason for firing Altman as the company...

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Read OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company

November 19, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of the artificial intelligence startup as the board denounces confidence in his leadership. In a statement released by the company, the board noted that it “no longer has confidence in his ability to lead.” Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology...

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Read Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert
Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert

Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert

November 18, 2023 London

Building consultancy Ridge recently acquired London-based Concert, a data center-focused consulting company, to boost its business in that sector. Both companies finalized this acquisition on November 3, but the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Concert will operate under its current...

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Read ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio
ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

October 23, 2023 London

Asset management firm Intermediate Capital Group recently completed a £125 million purchase of offices and data center portfolio in London leased to UK telco Vodafone. The 260,000 square feet portfolio comprises five data centers which was initially acquired from British Land who announced the...

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Read Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun
Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun

Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun

August 16, 2023 Northern Virginia

Leesburg's Loudoun County Council unanimously approved data center design criteria. Unlike Ashburn, Virginia's Leesburg has no data centers; however, this may change. Three rezoning petitions may allow data center development in town. One is in the Oaklawn neighborhood, one close to the former...

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Read Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development
Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development

Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development

August 08, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

Plans for an entertainment district development in San Jose, California, have been scrapped and replaced with data center plans, it has been announced. Back in 2018, developer Terra Ventures had initially pitched for development known as 'Shops @ Terra'; this would have been an entertainment...

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Read Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage
Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage

Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage

July 27, 2023 London

Thames Water has announced that it is considering restricting data center water-use in London. The measure could reportedly include charging operators more at peak times and adding flow restrictors to pipes.Initially, the private utility undertook an assessment to get insight into how much water...

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