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UK Government to Decide on Data Center Planned for Former Bedfordshire Quarry

UK government ministers will decide whether to approve plans for a data center campus at a former quarry in Bedfordshire after the project was designated a development of national significance. Real estate firm Questpit is proposing the Quest Park Data Center campus on a 143-acre site at Ampthill...

June 18, 2026

United Kingdom

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 report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and prepared by Buro Happold found that while Lond...

June 17, 2026

London

Data4 Unveils Plans for €5bn, 700MW AI Data Center Project in Northern France

Data4 has confirmed plans for a €5 billion ($5.8 billion), 700MW data center campus in Escaudain, set to be the company's largest facility to date. The campus will be developed on the site of the former Usinor steelworks in the Hauts-de-France region. “We are delighted to bring our project to ...

June 15, 2026

France

Era4 Proposes Landfill Gas-fueled Data Center in Canterbury, UK

UK data center developer Era4 is moving forward with plans to establish a facility at a landfill site in Canterbury. The company, formerly known as Carbon3.ai, has submitted an application to Kent County Council for the development of a data center at the Shelford Farm Estate on Broad Oak Road...

June 02, 2026

United Kingdom

Finland’s Winda Energy Plans 100MW Data Center in Lapland Industrial Park

Winda Energy is planning a new data center development in Finnish Lapland. The company announced this week that the project, developed through Winda Energy Oy, will be located in Rajakangas, Keminmaa. Co-developed with investment firm Gi21 Capital, the 15-hectare site is expected to attract ar...

May 29, 2026

Finland

Hochtief Begins Construction on New Data Center in Herne

Yorizon and ACS-owned construction firm Hochtief have broken ground on a new data center in Herne, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The facility will be the third ‘Yexio’ data center the companies are developing in the region and the fourth across Germany. The project forms part...

May 25, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

A Data Center is Planned in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

A large, unnamed developer is planning a data center and energy park near Wilhelmshaven in Sengwarden, Lower Saxony, with project costs estimated in the billions of euros. The exact scale and purpose of the facility have not yet been disclosed.Few additional details have been released by the m...

May 23, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Sembcorp Plans a 280MW Data Center in Teesside, UK

Sembcorp is planning a 280MW data center at Wilton International in Teesside, UK, in partnership with Digital Reef. The project would include three buildings on a 154,553 sqm site acquired for £3.5 million ($4.7m) in July 2025. Sembcorp has filed plans for a 280MW air-cooled data center at Wil...

May 21, 2026

United Kingdom

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

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 ...

May 18, 2026

Milan

Top Data Center News for 11th-16th May, 2026

Malaysian Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in PerakMalaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park. It will be develo...

May 18, 2026

United Kingdom

Italy Plans Europe’s Largest Data Center at Former Trino Plant

The mayor of Trino in northern Italy has revealed plans to develop what could become Europe’s largest data center at the former Enel Galileo Ferraris power plant, according to Rai’s regional news outlet. TGR Piedmont reported that Mayor Daniele Pane said local authorities are resolving the rem...

May 18, 2026

Italy

Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland

Flexbase has begun construction on the Laufenburg Technology Center in Switzerland, which will combine a large battery energy storage system and a 480MW AI data center. The facility will feature a redox flow BESS with 1.6GW of capacity and 2.1GWh of storage, and is scheduled for completion in ...

May 16, 2026

Switzerland

New DMO Data Center Goes Live in Germany

Datacenter Münster Osnabrück (DMO) has brought its data center outside Münster, Germany, online. Located at Münster Osnabrück Airport, the first phase of the facility offering 1MW of capacity has been operational since April 15.The facility has been in development since 2022, with construction...

May 05, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

AVK Launches Modular Power System for Data Center Market

UK-based power solutions provider AVK has launched a modular power system aimed at the hyperscale and AI data center market. The AVK PowerPod is a fully integrated, pre-engineered solution delivered as a transportable modular unit. It combines an engine for power generation with switchgear, UP...

April 30, 2026

United Kingdom

Data Center Plans in Wales Turned Down by Council

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...

April 28, 2026

Wales

Modular Data Center Proposed at South Wales Steel Site

A modular data center could be developed on the site of a steelworks in South Wales, UK, after council planners approved the scheme. Era4 plans to build the facility on part of the Liberty Steel plant in Newport, South Wales. Newport City Council granted change-of-use permission for the site a...

April 21, 2026

United Kingdom

Kauri Buys 55,000 sqm Plot in Hochheim for Data Center

German asset manager Kauri has acquired a 55,000 sqm (592,000 sq ft) site in Hochheim for the development of a data center. Kauri paid €24 million ($28.2 million) for the plot, located between Frankfurter Strasse and the B40. According to Frankfurter Neue Presse, the facility is expected to de...

April 20, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Portugal Greenlights National Data Center Strategy

Portugal has adopted new rules governing data center development.The country’s Council of Ministers has approved the National Data Center Plan (PNCD) and its 2026–2027 Action Plan, which were formalized on March 19, 2026, and published on April 13The initiative sets out guidelines to accelerat...

April 17, 2026

Portugal

Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near 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 undert...

April 15, 2026

Berlin

Swedish Solar Firm Targets Finnish Data Center Development

A solar farm developer is expanding into the data center sector, with plans to develop a campus in Finland. The municipality of Iisalmi this week announced that Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy is planning a new data center in the Tervamäki area. While full details have not been dis...

April 10, 2026

Finland

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