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Read Drax, Brookfield and Radiant to Develop 1GW Data Center at Selby
[Drax Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/drax-group) will develop up to 1GW of data center capacity at its North Yorkshire power station with [Brookfield](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/brookf...

Drax, Brookfield and Radiant to Develop 1GW Data Center at Selby

November 03, 2026 Leeds

Drax Group will develop up to 1GW of data center capacity at its North Yorkshire power station with Brookfield and Radiant. The deal was announced on Nov. 3. Brookfield estimates investment in the site could exceed £20 billion ($26.8 billion), including £2.5 billion for the first phase. Phase one...

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Read Telehouse And KDDI Close £220M Purchase Of East India Dock Campus
Telehouse and its parent KDDI have completed the purchase of the Inventory Estate in East India Dock, London, for more than £220 million. The sellers are LaSalle Investment Management and Trilogy R...

Telehouse And KDDI Close £220M Purchase Of East India Dock Campus

October 29, 2026 London Docklands

Telehouse and its parent KDDI have completed the purchase of the Inventory Estate in East India Dock, London, for more than £220 million. The sellers are LaSalle Investment Management and Trilogy Real Estate, and the deal values the campus at US$294 million, Telehouse said. Telehouse says 65 MVA...

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Read NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five
NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in [Paris](https://baxtel.com/regions/paris) and [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), expanding its network of AI evaluation environments...

NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five

October 29, 2026 Paris

NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in Paris and Singapore, expanding its network of AI evaluation environments to five sites. The company announced the expansion on October 27, and the new facilities join AI Factories in Plano, Texas, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data Center Dynamics...

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Read SWI Compute Launches With 3.6GW to Build NVIDIA AI Factories in Europe
SWI Compute [launched on Oct. 26](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/swi-compute-emerges-from-stealth-to-turn-gigawatts-of-power-into-nvidia-ai-factories-starting-in-europe-302918810.html) to...

SWI Compute Launches With 3.6GW to Build NVIDIA AI Factories in Europe

October 26, 2026 England

SWI Compute launched on Oct. 26 to build and operate NVIDIA AI factories, starting with a 30MW site in the UK. The company is part of SWI Group, the Euronext Amsterdam-listed investment group that has secured 3.6GW of power capacity across Europe and the US. SWI Group supplies the land, grid...

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Read Era4 Reveals 1GW Newport AI Campus With 400,000-GPU Target
Era4 has released details of [The Mill](https://era4.com/the-mill), an AI campus on a former steelworks in Newport, South Wales, designed to reach 1GW of power at full build-out. The campus has r![...

Era4 Reveals 1GW Newport AI Campus With 400,000-GPU Target

October 22, 2026 Wales

Era4 has released details of The Mill, an AI campus on a former steelworks in Newport, South Wales, designed to reach 1GW of power at full build-out. The campus has room for the equivalent of up to 400,000 Nvidia VR200 GPUs, and the first phase is due online in 2027. Data Center Dynamics reported...

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Read Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the [AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region](https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2026/10/invest-i...

Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt

October 21, 2026 Frankfurt

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global...

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Read NorthC Breaks Ground on 4.5MW Geneva Data Center in Switzerland
NorthC has started construction on its sixth data center in Switzerland, a 4.5MW facility in Meyrin on the edge of Geneva. The building at The Hive technology park will deliver 4.5MW of IT capacity...

NorthC Breaks Ground on 4.5MW Geneva Data Center in Switzerland

October 21, 2026 Geneva

NorthC has started construction on its sixth data center in Switzerland, a 4.5MW facility in Meyrin on the edge of Geneva. The building at The Hive technology park will deliver 4.5MW of IT capacity across 5,400 square meters (58,125 sq ft), released in phases of 1.5MW, according to NorthC's...

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Read Evolution Power Proposes 1GW Data Center And 1.3GW Solar Farm In Norfolk
[Evolution Power Limited](https://www.evolutionpower.co.uk) has opened a community consultation on [Longmarsh Green Energy](https://longmarshgreenenergy.co.uk), a proposal pairing a data center cam...

Evolution Power Proposes 1GW Data Center And 1.3GW Solar Farm In Norfolk

October 20, 2026 England

Evolution Power Limited has opened a community consultation on Longmarsh Green Energy, a proposal pairing a data center campus that would draw up to 1GW with a 1.3GW solar farm and battery storage across about 4,695 acres of farmland near King's Lynn in west Norfolk. The developer says the...

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Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

September 01, 2026 Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support...

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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...

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Read nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract
nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract

nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract

May 07, 2026 nLighten

The canton of Geneva, Switzerland, has signed a new data center colocation agreement with nLighten. As detailed in a tender issued by the Geneva Cantonal Office for Information Systems and Digital Technology (OCSIN), the 10-year contract with the European operator’s Swiss subsidiary is worth CHF...

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Read Data Center Plans in Wales Turned Down by Council
Data Center Plans in Wales Turned Down by Council

Data Center Plans in Wales Turned Down by Council

April 28, 2026 Wales

A proposal to convert a former chemical plant into an AI data center in North Wales, UK, has been rejected by the local council. Anglesey County Council turned down the planning application for the site of the former Octel factory at Amlwch Port, according to the North Wales Chronicle. Carbon3.ai...

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Read Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin
Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin

Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin

April 15, 2026 Berlin

European data center operator Virtus has begun construction of a 204MW facility outside Berlin, Germany. Located around 12km (7.4 miles) west of the capital in the municipality of Wustermark, the company plans to invest a total of €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in the project.“This ambitious...

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Read nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network
nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network

nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network

February 13, 2026 nLighten

European Edge data center developer nLighten has signed a deal to connect one of its data centers in the German city of Stuttgart to the city’s district heating network.“The excess heat project with nLighten creates an added value for everyone involved: it delivers climate-friendly heat for our...

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Read AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany
AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

February 12, 2026 Nuremberg / Nürnberg

German real estate firm Aventos has sold a data center in Nuremberg to real estate investor AEW. Built in 2010, the 2,590 sqm facility is fully leased to a global technology company under a long-term double-net lease.“In view of the currently very high demand for data centers on the real estate...

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Read Datacenter United Secures €120 Million Financing
Datacenter United Secures €120 Million Financing

Datacenter United Secures €120 Million Financing

October 02, 2025 Belgium

Belgian operator Datacenter United (DCU) recently acquired by Cordiant Digital Infrastructure and TINC, raised a five-year senior financing package of €120 million ($140m) from a consortium of banks comprising DNB, Belfius Bank, and NIBC Bank.“Companies in Belgium and beyond count on us to...

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Read ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana
ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana

ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana

September 29, 2025 Munich-München

AAAS Energy, a Dutch energy company, has partnered with ChillMine, a US cloud computing firm, to develop a solar-powered data center campus in Botswana. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to “establish a world-class facility designed to serve AI computing, global hyperscalers, and...

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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 TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m
TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m

TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m

January 01, 2025 England

TalkTalk is set to cut hundreds of jobs as the struggling ISP looks to save £120 million ($150m), detailing the plans during an investor meeting in December. TalkTalk has already kicked off a redundancy consultation, ahead of plans to cut around 130 jobs at its Salford consumer division.Further...

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