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Read Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez
Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

June 18, 2025 France

French telco Bouygues Telecom has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy-from-waste (EfW) firm Suez in France which will see Suez supply 53GWh of power per year from its EfW portfolio. Over the term of the agreement, the telco aims to source up to 800GWh of power through...

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Read EdgeMode acquires Synthesis Analytics Production
EdgeMode acquires Synthesis Analytics Production

EdgeMode acquires Synthesis Analytics Production

June 17, 2025 Sweden

US data center firm EdgeMode has announced the acquisition of Synthesis Analytics Production Ltd. (SAPL), in a $1.75 million deal that sees EdgeMode take charge of a 95MW power purchase agreement, a long-term lease on an in-development 20MW high-performance computing data center, and freehold...

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Read DeepL Deploys Nvidia DGX SuperPOD in Falun, Sweden
DeepL Deploys Nvidia DGX SuperPOD in Falun, Sweden

DeepL Deploys Nvidia DGX SuperPOD in Falun, Sweden

June 17, 2025 Sweden

Language AI company DeepL has deployed an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD with GB200 NVL72 systems at EcoDataCenter's Falun, Sweden, facility. DeepL will use the GB200 NVL72 systems to train its models, noting in a LinkedIn post that the system is powerful enough that it can translate the "entire web" in 18...

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Read Rostelecom Subsidiary Launches Facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Rostelecom Subsidiary Launches Facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Rostelecom Subsidiary Launches Facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

June 16, 2025 Russia / Россия

Rostelecom's subsidiary RTK-TsOD has launched a data center in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as well as a new mobile data processing offering for customers. RTK-TsOD is Rostelecom's IT service provider subsidiary, and the Nizhny Novgorod DC is its first data center owned and operated by...

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Read UK District Heating Networks Look to Data Centers for Waste Heat
UK District Heating Networks Look to Data Centers for Waste Heat

UK District Heating Networks Look to Data Centers for Waste Heat

June 10, 2025 United Kingdom

The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a list of district heating networks in development across the UK that have applied for funding and support from three of its programs.A project pipeline document published by DESNZ states: “The opportunities present a wide...

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Read Nebius to Deploy Nvidia B300 GPU Cluster in UK
Nebius to Deploy Nvidia B300 GPU Cluster in UK

Nebius to Deploy Nvidia B300 GPU Cluster in UK

June 10, 2025 United Kingdom

Nebius will entered the UK with a deployment of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs which will include thousands of the Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs - the B300s - and is expected to be operational in Q4 of this year.Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Nebius, said: “We’re pleased to be providing compute...

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Read CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France
CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France

CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France

June 10, 2025 France

Data center developer CloudHQ has launched a new campus in Paris, France. The company aims to build two data center buildings, each comprising 53,000 sqm (570,000 sqft) and 24 data halls, within Essonne’s Leonardo da Vinci business park. The facility’s waste heat will be connected to...

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Read GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center
GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center

GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center

June 07, 2025 Norway

GreenScale this week announced the acquisition of Tonstad DataPark, a new data center development located in the municipality of Sirdal in West Agder County (NO2), Norway.Tonstad DataPark spans a 420,000 square meter (4.5 million sq ft) site with 300MW of grid capacity, approved by Glitre Nett...

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Read Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center
Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center

Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center

June 06, 2025 Sweden

Brookfield Asset Management plans to spend up to 95 billion kronor ($9.9 billion) on an AI data center in Strängnäs, Sweden. The investment more than doubles a planned 300MW facility to 750MW, with the company planning to purchase 350,000 sqm of additional land in Strängnäs to support the larger...

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Read 10MW Data Center Planned outside Valencia, Spain
10MW Data Center Planned outside Valencia, Spain

10MW Data Center Planned outside Valencia, Spain

May 31, 2025 Spain

Valencia Digital Port Connect (VDPC), a Spanish telecoms infrastructure company, has selected the municipality of Sagunto as the landing site for the submarine cable and a multi-purpose data center that will offer up to 10MW.VDPC is developing the Barracuda submarine cable project in...

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Read Greykite to Redevelop Logistics Site as Data Center in Poland
Greykite to Redevelop Logistics Site as Data Center in Poland

Greykite to Redevelop Logistics Site as Data Center in Poland

May 30, 2025 Poland

UK-based investment firm Greykite is converting a former logistics site in Warsaw, Poland, into a data center. The firm alongside White Star Real Estate announced the signing of a long-term lease with a “global leader in data center solutions” at its Digital Ursus site in the Polish...

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Read Thylander Plans 100MW Data Center in Esbjerg
Thylander Plans 100MW Data Center in Esbjerg

Thylander Plans 100MW Data Center in Esbjerg

May 30, 2025 Denmark

Danish real estate firm Thylander revealed plans for a “fully Danish developed, operated, and owned hyperscale data center" on LinkedIn. The 100MW facility in Esbjerg is set to launch in 2026 with an initial 10-20MW, and will have expansion potential to 200MW. Thylander said it is working with...

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Read APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland
APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland

APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland

May 29, 2025 Finland

International private equity firm APL Group (also known as Asia Pacific Land) this week announced the development of a hyperscale data center campus in Varkaus, in the province of Eastern Finland.The data center will be built on a 28-hectare site and has a planned capacity of up to 100MW. The...

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Read Parish Council Objects to Google’s Proposed Data Center Development
Parish Council Objects to Google’s Proposed Data Center Development

Parish Council Objects to Google’s Proposed Data Center Development

May 28, 2025 United Kingdom

A local council in Essex, UK, has voiced opposition to a proposed data center campus from Google on a 52-acre site at North Weald Airfield, east of London, from the Epping Forest District Council.The company aims to develop two data center buildings and separate offices, delivering up to 77,150...

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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 STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France
STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France

STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France

January 30, 2025 France

European semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Total Energies. The PPA will power STMicroelectronics sites in France and will be supplied from two recently constructed wind and solar farms with a combined capacity of 75MW."We are delighted...

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Read Arm Expands Cambridge Presence
Arm Expands Cambridge Presence

Arm Expands Cambridge Presence

January 29, 2025 United Kingdom

British chip company Arm is expanding its presence in Cambridge and has signed a lease to take over new office and laboratory space at the developer’s Peterhouse Technology Park. Arm already occupies all six buildings at Peterhouse Technology Park, totaling 330,000 sq ft (30,658 sqm).The Optic is...

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Read Former Contractor Arrested for Shutting Down British Museum's IT systems
Former Contractor Arrested for Shutting Down British Museum's IT systems

Former Contractor Arrested for Shutting Down British Museum's IT systems

January 28, 2025 United Kingdom

A former tech contractor at the British Museum reportedly shut down some of its IT systems, causing the museum to close some galleries and exhibitions. He allegedly gained access to an unauthorized area of the British Museum last week and turned off some of its IT systems after being dismissed by...

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Read BT urges CNI to shift away from copper networks
BT urges CNI to shift away from copper networks

BT urges CNI to shift away from copper networks

January 27, 2025 United Kingdom

UK telco BT issued a rallying cry last week urging the UK's Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) providers to move away from the outdated analog copper landline network by the end of this year. The telco warned that the country's switch from its historic Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)...

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Read 320MW data center campus planned for Hertfordshire, UK now approved
320MW data center campus planned for Hertfordshire, UK now approved

320MW data center campus planned for Hertfordshire, UK now approved

January 24, 2025 United Kingdom

Plans for a 320MW UK data center, which developers claim will be the largest of its kind in Europe, has been given the go-ahead. The DC01UK campus in Hertfordshire will be built on 85 acres of land adjacent to the M25 motorway, to the east of the South Mimms Services.The scheme was given the...

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