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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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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February 16, 2026 Dublin
Global electrification firm ABB has acquired Irish electrical engineering consultancy Premium Power to expand its advisory capabilities within the data center market.“For more than two decades, Premium Power has built its reputation by helping customers solve complex electrical challenges with...
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October 23, 2025 EXA Infrastructure
Fiber firm Exa Infrastructure has refinanced its existing facilities and raised more than €1.3 billion ($1.52bn) in new financing which will support Exa's "continued growth ambitions and network expansion plans."“This move gives us an unrivalled ability to continue investing in our network, at a...
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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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November 21, 2024 Dublin
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider RackNerd has expanded its offering to Dublin, Ireland and will be offering its IaaS from the Digital Realty DU10 data center located in Dublin, Ireland."Our expansion into Dublin represents a strategic response to the growing demand for high-performance...
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September 09, 2024 EXA Infrastructure
Exa Infrastructure has announced its plans to acquire Bulgarian telco Global Communication Net AD (GCN). Exa Infrastructure did not disclose terms of the deal, but the company did state it expects the deal to conclude the during the fourth quarter of this year."The GCN network consists of over...
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July 04, 2024 EXA Infrastructure
Exa Infrastructure and Socar Fiber have partnered to develop a new 1,850km terrestrial cable which will will span the breadth of Turkey (officially Türkiye), with the potential to run along the Iraq border as an alternative to subsea cables in the Red Sea corridor.Steve Roberts, senior vice...
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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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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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April 05, 2024 EXA Infrastructure
European Edge firm nLighten has acquired seven data centers from sister company Exa Infrastructure in a move which positions it as a "frontrunner" in the European data center market, while allowing Exa to focus on its terrestrial and subsea fiber network. This expansion brings nLighten's total...
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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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March 19, 2024 Stockholm
Swedish colocation data center provider Conapto has installed Vertiv Liebert EXL S1, an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system that provides an integrated solution for critical power protection and grid support capabilities. “With the introduction of dynamic grid support, we are empowering...
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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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February 22, 2024 EXA Infrastructure
Aqua Comms and Exa Infrastructure announced this week that CEO Jim Fagan has jumped ship and will be leaving Aqua Comms immediately. He will be taking over the role as CEO at Exa Infrastructure in August. Chairman Alan Harper is to provide commercial and strategic assistance throughout the...
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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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January 09, 2024 Stockholm
New Swedish operator T.Loop has acquired a 800 square meter data center located in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. Details about ths facility including the seller and the terms of the transaction have not been shared. However, the company noted that this facility will be modernized throughout...
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December 04, 2023 Stockholm
New data center firm Evroc announced last week that it has signed an agreement with Arlandastad Group to select Stockholm as the location for its first facility and build it in 2024. The company also mentioned that it plans to invest €600 million in the project, which is one of ten it intends to...
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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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November 14, 2023 EXA Infrastructure
Exa Infrastructure recently announced that former Vodafone chief executive Nick Read will lead the business with immediate effect. Read, appointed as chairman of Exa Infrastructure in June, will replace Martijn Blanken as chief executive on an interim basis. As part of the transition, Blanket...
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