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

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...

February 21, 2026

United Kingdom

Plans Unveiled for Data Center on 60-hectare site in Finnish Lapland

Finnish energy company Pohjan Voima is looking to develop a project in Keminmaa. In other Finnish news, Compute Nordic is expanding its landholdings in Mikkeli, while another company is targeting a development in Närpiö on the country's west coast.“The project would be of great importance to K...

February 19, 2026

Finnish Lapland

50MW Data Center Proposal Progresses in Certosa di Pavia, Italy

Plans by Italian real estate developer GSM to build a 50MW data center outside the town of Certosa di Pavia in Italy’s Lombardy region have advanced.“We consider this project an affront to our territory and, for this reason, we are carefully analyzing the technical documentation, which has onl...

February 18, 2026

Italy

ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

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...

February 16, 2026

Dublin

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

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 estat...

February 12, 2026

Nuremberg / Nürnberg

UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers

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 ...

February 10, 2026

United Kingdom

Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture

Danish real estate firm Thylander this week said that Thylander Data Centers' (TYDC) investor base now includes Systematic Holding Aps by Michael Holm, Sagitta Ventures Aps, Weco A/S, and E. Bank Lauridsen Holding A/S. Terms of the investment weren’t shared.“We are well underway in developing ...

February 07, 2026

Denmark

Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway. The company aims to establish a data center capable of supporting AI workloads and has applied for grid capacity from Statnett.Leopold Løvenskiold, the general manager ...

January 28, 2026

Norway

Planning Permission for Buckinghamshire Data Center Likely to be Quashed

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 ...

January 24, 2026

United Kingdom

PACE Taps Mace to Construct 168MW UK Data Center Portfolio

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 da...

January 22, 2026

United Kingdom

Former Colliery in Nottinghamshire, UK, Could House Data Center

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 ...

January 14, 2026

United Kingdom

VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

VivoPower International has signed an exclusive heads-of-agreement to acquire the facility from an undisclosed firm. According to Vivo, the data center has a further 40MW of capacity earmarked for potential approval in 2026 and is powered exclusively by hydroelectric energy.Vivo intends to rep...

January 04, 2026

Norway

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

December 31, 2025

Finland

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...

December 30, 2025

Finland

Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) start-up Blykalla has closed a $50 million (€42m) financing round to accelerate development of its lead-cooled SMR, with a focus on meeting growing demand from the data center sector.Blykalla said that it will use the capital to scale testing and validation ...

December 27, 2025

Sweden

Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

Cryptomine and HPC data center firm Bitzero announced it had secured a new 10MW power purchase agreement (PPA) at its data center site in Namsskogan, Norway. The company said the deal locks in power at approximately $0.02 per kWh. The new total blended cost of $0.03–0.035 per kWh for the 40MW ...

December 16, 2025

Norway

Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment

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 netw...

December 12, 2025

United Kingdom

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora this week announced it has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund. Timelines to develop the 120,000 sqm (1.29 million sq ft) site haven’t been shared.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and T...

December 08, 2025

Norway

A2A Announces Plans for First Data Center in Lombardy, Italy

Italian utility company A2A is planning its first data center in Lombardy, Italy. The utility plans to commence construction in 2027, with operations at the data center expected to begin the following year.Its CEO, Renato Mazzoncini, said the utility plans to invest around €1.6 billion ($1.86b...

December 06, 2025

Italy

Aventos Sells Planned Data Center Site in Berlin to Tristan Capital Partners

German real estate firm Aventos this week announced the sale of a property in the immediate vicinity of its Luxwerk business park to Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 fund. Terms of the deal were not shared.The 28,400 sqm (305,695 sq ft) site can reportedly support up to three three-story data...

December 06, 2025

Germany / Deutschland

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