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Read Top Data Center News for 2nd - 7th March, 2026
Top Data Center News for 2nd - 7th March, 2026

Top Data Center News for 2nd - 7th March, 2026

March 09, 2026 United Kingdom

AWS Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi on a 99-acre site formerly the home of Milwaukee Tool, where the existing building redeveloped for the data center.Karatzis...

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Read UK Energy Regulator Launches Consultation to Overhaul Grid Access, Focusing Heavily on Data Center Demand
UK Energy Regulator Launches Consultation to Overhaul Grid Access, Focusing Heavily on Data Center Demand

UK Energy Regulator Launches Consultation to Overhaul Grid Access, Focusing Heavily on Data Center Demand

February 21, 2026 United Kingdom

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has launched a wide-ranging review of electricity demand connection rules, with data center growth a primary driver. Data center projects now account for roughly 50GW of the UK’s energy connection queue. This massive pipeline is under intense government scrutiny...

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Read UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers
UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers

UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers

February 10, 2026 United Kingdom

The UK's HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has migrated its applications out of legacy data centers located in West London and Swindon. In total, HMCTS migrated 37 applications, a project that began in 2020, and has scrapped some and updated others to be moved to cloud platforms, as per a...

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Read Planning Permission for Buckinghamshire Data Center Likely to be Quashed
Planning Permission for Buckinghamshire Data Center Likely to be Quashed

Planning Permission for Buckinghamshire Data Center Likely to be Quashed

January 24, 2026 United Kingdom

The UK Government has admitted that it made a “serious logical error” when granting planning permission to a data center in Buckinghamshire, making it likely that the decision will be quashed, reports Bloomberg. The Buckinghamshire Council had already refused this specific data center proposal...

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Read PACE Taps Mace to Construct 168MW UK Data Center Portfolio
PACE Taps Mace to Construct 168MW UK Data Center Portfolio

PACE Taps Mace to Construct 168MW UK Data Center Portfolio

January 22, 2026 United Kingdom

UK construction firm Mace Construct has been tapped by Pathfinder Clean Energy Limited (PACE) to construct a portfolio of data centers with a combined capacity of 168MW. The two companies signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding under which Mace will support the development of three data...

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Read Former Colliery in Nottinghamshire, UK, Could House Data Center
Former Colliery in Nottinghamshire, UK, Could House Data Center

Former Colliery in Nottinghamshire, UK, Could House Data Center

January 14, 2026 United Kingdom

A data center could be built as part of a housing development on a former colliery site in Nottinghamshire, UK. Property developer Harworth Group wants to build the data center on the land that used to house the Rufford Colliery, located near the village of Rainworth.Drawings included as part of...

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Read Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment
Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment

Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment

December 12, 2025 United Kingdom

UK quantum computing firm Nu Quantum this week closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round led by National Grid Partners, including participation from Gresham House Ventures and Morpheus Ventures.The company claimed it is the largest financing round ever raised by a pure-play quantum...

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Read ABB Invests in OctaiPipe
ABB Invests in OctaiPipe

ABB Invests in OctaiPipe

December 04, 2025 United Kingdom

Power equipment manufacturer ABB has invested in OctaiPipe, a UK-based AI firm focused on optimizing data center cooling systems. The partnership will see the companies supply data center operators with tools to achieve substantial energy savings, strengthen operational resilience, and meet the...

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Read University of Bristol to Build Data Processing Facility
University of Bristol to Build Data Processing Facility

University of Bristol to Build Data Processing Facility

November 28, 2025 United Kingdom

The University of Bristol has announced plans to develop a National AI Data Facility to support large-scale data processing efforts. The multi-million-pound data repository will be housed at the National Composites Centre (NCC) at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, next to the UK’s Isambard-AI...

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Read Nebius Launches Nvidia GPU Cluster in London, UK
Nebius Launches Nvidia GPU Cluster in London, UK

Nebius Launches Nvidia GPU Cluster in London, UK

November 06, 2025 United Kingdom

European cloud operator Nebius this week announced its first deployment of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra AI infrastructure in the UK. The cluster sits in Ark Data Centres’ Longcross Park campus in Surrey. The cluster totals 126 racks across three data center halls. The first phase comprises 4,000 Nvidia...

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Read Zoom to Lease Data Center Space in UK
Zoom to Lease Data Center Space in UK

Zoom to Lease Data Center Space in UK

November 05, 2025 United Kingdom

Video calling firm Zoom is planning to lease space in a UK data center in the first half of 2026 with plans to target regulated sectors such as healthcare and financial services. The facility will comply with the UK's data residency requirements, enabling UK-only meeting zones and telephony...

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Read Satcom Colocation Provider Satline Launches UK Data Center
Satcom Colocation Provider Satline Launches UK Data Center

Satcom Colocation Provider Satline Launches UK Data Center

October 25, 2025 United Kingdom

Satline, a colocation and hosting provider targeting the satellite communications sector, has taken space in a UK data center. It is "equipped with two new satellite antennas supporting the 5°W and 28.2°E beams,” according to a statement from the company this week. It continued: “This expansion...

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Read Redcentric Offloads Data Center Business for £127m
Redcentric Offloads Data Center Business for £127m

Redcentric Offloads Data Center Business for £127m

October 23, 2025 United Kingdom

UK managed services provider Redcentric announced it had agreed the sale of its data center unit, Redcentric Data Centres Limited, to Stellanor Datacenters Group Limited, a UK data center operator launched last month and backed by a fund managed by DWS Group.Michelle Senecal De Fonseca,...

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Read Data center Planned at Coal Store in East Lothian, Scotland
Data center Planned at Coal Store in East Lothian, Scotland

Data center Planned at Coal Store in East Lothian, Scotland

October 21, 2025 Scotland

Scotland's East Lothian Council has selected UK investment firm Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) as its preferred supplier for a potential hyperscale data center at a former coal storage site in Cockenzie, East Lothian.“While this process is still at an initial stage, it marks an...

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Read Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe
Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe

Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe

October 15, 2025 United Kingdom

Apple has expanded its renewable energy portfolio across Europe, adding more than 650MW of new renewable capacity. The projects include several large-scale solar and wind projects across Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.“By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes to...

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Read Innova Submits Proposals for Ten Data Center Projects
Innova Submits Proposals for Ten Data Center Projects

Innova Submits Proposals for Ten Data Center Projects

October 04, 2025 United Kingdom

UK-based renewable energy firm Innova has submitted ten data center projects as part of the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) "Gate 2 to Whole Queue process" reform of the UK's grid connections queue. The projects have a combined capacity of 4.4GW. Of the projects, five are hybrid schemes...

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Read AI Pathfinder Plans to Invest £18.4bn on Two UK Facilities
AI Pathfinder Plans to Invest £18.4bn on Two UK Facilities

AI Pathfinder Plans to Invest £18.4bn on Two UK Facilities

September 22, 2025 United Kingdom

AI Pathfinder, a new data center developer has revealed plans to invest up to £18.4 billion ($24.86bn) in UK digital infrastructure, with new facilities in England and Scotland. It has also committed to investing up to £15bn ($20.2bn) in a data center at the i3 industrial park in Ayrshire,...

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Read Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025
Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025

Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025

September 15, 2025 United Kingdom

Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.6 billion to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing EcoDataCenter has secured €600...

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Read BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers
BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers

BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers

September 15, 2025 United Kingdom

Power technology firm ABB is investing $110 million in manufacturing over the next three months to support growth in industries such as data centers. This investment is to “expand R&D and manufacturing of its advanced electrification solutions,” as customers “focus on improving energy...

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Read Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract
Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract

Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract

September 12, 2025 United Kingdom

The UK government's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Google Cloud a £400 million ($542.12m) contract. Google is to deliver a UK sovereign cloud capability to give the MoD a secure cloud platform. The offering will be built on Google Distributed Cloud Air-Gapped.“Google Cloud is dedicated to...

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