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Read Volta Data Centres Appoints Jason Liggins as CEO
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 o...

Volta Data Centres Appoints Jason Liggins as CEO

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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Read Plans Announced for Two Data Centres in Pregnana Milanese, 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 f...

Plans Announced for Two Data Centres in Pregnana Milanese, Italy

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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Read NovoServe Expands Data Center Capacity in the 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, ...

NovoServe Expands Data Center Capacity in the Netherlands

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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Read 120MW Data Center Planned for Lombardy, 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 ...

120MW Data Center Planned for Lombardy, Italy

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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Read Prysmian Signs $6.29bn Data Center Connectivity Deal With Molex
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...

Prysmian Signs $6.29bn Data Center Connectivity Deal With Molex

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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Read Stack Infrastructure Cancels Planned Data Center in Hesse, Germany
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 ...

Stack Infrastructure Cancels Planned Data Center in Hesse, Germany

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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Read UK Oil and Gas Firm Plans 200MW Gas-Powered Offshore Data Center in North Sea
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 powe...

UK Oil and Gas Firm Plans 200MW Gas-Powered Offshore Data Center in North Sea

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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Read Data Centers Accounted For 23% Of Ireland’s Electricity Consumption In 2025
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 ...

Data Centers Accounted For 23% Of Ireland’s Electricity Consumption In 2025

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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Read Former Bank Data Center To Be Redeveloped As Warehouse In Leicestershire, UK
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 demo...

Former Bank Data Center To Be Redeveloped As Warehouse In Leicestershire, UK

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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Read Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany
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 b...

Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany

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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Read Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty
The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which co...

Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty

July 07, 2026 France

The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which comprises 31 communes in the Pau region, the facility will be operated by French data center company...

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Read 300MW Data Center Campus Planned for Kent, UK
UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000...

300MW Data Center Campus Planned for Kent, UK

July 03, 2026 United Kingdom

UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000 sqm (1.9 million sq ft) of data center space across four buildings. The project has been designated...

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Read Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden
Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of p...

Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden

July 03, 2026 Sweden

Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of power from Ellevio to support expansion, with Barings planning to add 25,000 sqm (269,100 sq ft) of...

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Read Le Bourget Data Center Plan at Former H&M Site Faces Potential Mayoral Block
A planned data center in Le Bourget, France, could be blocked by the commune’s newly elected mayor. Mehdi Nezzar, who took office earlier this year, is calling for the cancellation of Segro’s 75MW ...

Le Bourget Data Center Plan at Former H&M Site Faces Potential Mayoral Block

July 01, 2026 France

A planned data center in Le Bourget, France, could be blocked by the commune’s newly elected mayor. Mehdi Nezzar, who took office earlier this year, is calling for the cancellation of Segro’s 75MW project at a former H&M warehouse in the northeastern Paris suburb. A building permit was...

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Read 150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests
A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Fr...

150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests

July 01, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Frisia, with potential to expand grid capacity to 300MW. The plan received a hostile response at a...

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Read 1.5GW Data Center Campus Planned for Devon, UK
Xlinks, the company behind the proposed Morocco–UK power cable, has unveiled plans for a 1.5GW AI data center campus in Devon.
The project, announced this week, includes two planning applications ...

1.5GW Data Center Campus Planned for Devon, UK

June 29, 2026 United Kingdom

Xlinks, the company behind the proposed Morocco–UK power cable, has unveiled plans for a 1.5GW AI data center campus in Devon. The project, announced this week, includes two planning applications submitted to Torridge District Council: the 1.5GW Valeon AI data center campus and a 1.8GW battery...

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Read 150MW Data Center Planned for Norfolk, UK
A data center could be developed in Norfolk, UK. First reported by the *Norwich Evening News*, Norwich Apex Ltd plans a two-story data center, substation, and three-story office building on a 13-he...

150MW Data Center Planned for Norfolk, UK

June 29, 2026 United Kingdom

A data center could be developed in Norfolk, UK. First reported by the Norwich Evening News, Norwich Apex Ltd plans a two-story data center, substation, and three-story office building on a 13-hectare site off Ipswich Road in Norwich. The company secured planning permission for the Apex Business...

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Read Local council Objects to 60,000 sqm Buckinghamshire Data Center Proposal
Denham Parish Council has objected to a proposed 60,000 sqm data center development in Buckinghamshire, UK. Submitted by Mulberry Commercial Developments II on June 1, 2026, the plan calls for two ...

Local council Objects to 60,000 sqm Buckinghamshire Data Center Proposal

June 27, 2026 United Kingdom

Denham Parish Council has objected to a proposed 60,000 sqm data center development in Buckinghamshire, UK. Submitted by Mulberry Commercial Developments II on June 1, 2026, the plan calls for two data center buildings on Green Belt land on either side of Denham Court Drive near the village of...

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Read 60MW Data Center Planned in Närpiö, Finland
A 60MW data center is being planned in western Finland by renewable energy firm Aurinkokarhu. Reported by local media including Yle and Vasabladet, the project would be located in Närpiö (Närpes), ...

60MW Data Center Planned in Närpiö, Finland

June 23, 2026 Finland

A 60MW data center is being planned in western Finland by renewable energy firm Aurinkokarhu. Reported by local media including Yle and Vasabladet, the project would be located in Närpiö (Närpes), in the Ostrobothnia region. The company has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire 18 hectares of...

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Read Verne Breaks Ground on New Data Center in Mäntsälä, Finland
Verne has begun construction on a new data center in Finland, marking the first phase of development at its Mäntsälä campus. The company announced this week that work is underway on the initial 70M...

Verne Breaks Ground on New Data Center in Mäntsälä, Finland

June 19, 2026 Finland

Verne has begun construction on a new data center in Finland, marking the first phase of development at its Mäntsälä campus. The company announced this week that work is underway on the initial 70MW phase of its data center campus in the Kapuli area of Mäntsälä, further expanding its footprint in...

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