August 14, 2026 Poland
A data center planned for a Warsaw suburb has sparked concerns among local residents over its potential impact on water supplies. Developed by Sien Real, a joint venture between Budimex and Ferrovial, the project will include four buildings on a 45,305-square-meter site between Piaseczno and...
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August 14, 2026 Finland
Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy is planning a data center project in the Alapitkä area of Lapinlahti, central Finland. The project covers more than 80 hectares near Fingrid’s Alapitkä substation and could support up to 500MW of capacity. The site was previously approved for...
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August 14, 2026 United Kingdom
A data center of up to 50,000 square meters has been approved for construction at the Haslemere Heathrow Estate in west London. Hounslow Council approved plans for three data center buildings on the site of the existing industrial estate. The facility is expected to require 64MW of power and...
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August 13, 2026 Italy
IT services provider Comtel has announced plans for a new data center in Florence, Italy. The facility will be part of the proposed H2-Era Green Valley renewable energy complex in Figline Valdarno, southeast of Florence, led by engineering firm Ge-Group. Described as a “zero-impact” data center,...
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August 11, 2026 Norway
European data center firm Magnora plans to develop a new facility in Oslo, Norway. Euronext Oslo-listed Magnora Data Center has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Blix Group AS and acquired a commercial property near Oslo for conversion into an AI data center. The site, formerly used by the...
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August 07, 2026 Poland
Property developer Citylink has signed an LOI with a local power plant to supply waste heat from its 24MW Wrocław Stadion data center to Wrocław’s district heating network. The system would capture heat from the facility, which is still under construction, and feed it into the municipal network....
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August 06, 2026 United Kingdom
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based data center power infrastructure provider AVK Power Solutions. Partners Group plans to invest more than $1 billion in equity, backed by debt financing, to accelerate AVK’s expansion and grow its microgrid...
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August 06, 2026 Austria
A large data center project is reportedly close to being announced in Burgenland, eastern Austria. According to Profil, the facility could be built on a site of up to 1.24 million sq ft (114,000 sqm) owned by the Burgenland Economic Development Agency near Nickelsdorf. Burgenland’s regional...
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August 04, 2026 Germany / Deutschland
German data center operator Maincubes has completed the first module of its FRA03 facility in Frankfurt, a 16MW site featuring 7,680 sqm of data hall space across three floors and six IT rooms. The facility will run entirely on renewable energy and include waste heat recovery technology....
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July 28, 2026 United Kingdom
A 50MW data centre has been proposed on green belt land in Bromley, south-east London. The two-building campus would be developed on a 10-hectare farmland site between Cudham Lane North and Charmwood Lane, just south of the A21 Sevenoaks Road. Consultancy Dare has submitted an Environmental...
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July 25, 2026 United Kingdom
UK data centre firm Volta has appointed Jason Liggins as its new chief executive officer. Liggins takes over following Volta’s separation from Verne and acquisition by Arcus. “My focus will be on leading the growth of the Volta business, strengthening our position in the London market, and...
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July 24, 2026 Italy
Damac and AiOnX are each advancing separate data centre developments in Pregnana Milanese, a municipality on the outskirts of Milan in northern Italy. Damac's MIL01 facility is being built on the former Gefco-Citroën factory site. Developed by the UAE-based property conglomerate through its...
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July 23, 2026 Netherlands
IT service provider NovoServe is expanding its Dutch data center capacity by adding 150 bare-metal racks across two facilities in Amsterdam. The company announced the expansion in a LinkedIn post, increasing its infrastructure footprint to meet growing demand. NovoServe will add 80 racks (400kW)...
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July 22, 2026 Italy
A 120MW data center has been proposed in Lombardy, northern Italy. The facility, planned by The Blossom Avenue Partners and developed by Edge Gate near Travagliato, could attract millions of euros in investment but has faced criticism from local politicians over the transparency of the planning...
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July 21, 2026 Italy
Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian has signed a €5.5 billion ($6.29bn) agreement with Koch-owned Molex to supply optical cables for data center deployments. The deal includes a €550 million ($570m) upfront payment and will run for up to 10 years. Prysmian, founded in 1879, produces energy and...
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July 18, 2026 Germany / Deutschland
A planned Stack Infrastructure data center in Hesse, Germany, has been canceled. The hyperscale facility, planned for a site near Babenhausen southeast of Frankfurt, was dropped due to uncertainty over local government support. The €3 billion ($3.4bn) project was expected to create up to 200...
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July 17, 2026 United Kingdom
UK oil and gas company Orcadian has proposed an offshore data center in the North Sea powered by a natural gas plant using gas from its Earlham and Orwell fields. The company plans to generate power offshore, capture the resulting CO₂ emissions, and store them in the Earlham reservoir. Orcadian...
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July 15, 2026 Northern Ireland
Data centers in Ireland accounted for 23 percent of the country’s total metered electricity use in 2025. According to the Central Statistics Office, facilities consumed 7,663GWh during the year, a 10 percent increase from 6,973GWh in 2024. Data centers in Ireland now consume nearly as much...
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July 14, 2026 United Kingdom
The former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) data center in Kegworth, Leicestershire, has been demolished to make way for a new industrial warehouse development. Hobden Estates received approval to demolish the site in 2024 and has since submitted plans for a Class E commercial building with office...
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July 11, 2026 Germany / Deutschland
A new municipal data center is under construction in Meppen, Lower Saxony, Germany, as part of Emsland’s broader IT infrastructure upgrade. The €3.4 million ($3.8 million) facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, though local authorities have not disclosed its planned capacity....
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