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National Grid turns to digital playbook for infrastructure delivery
The National Grid’s Strategic Infrastructure team is working with Method Grid to digitise the processes used to deliver major capital projects across the UK’s transmission network. The partnership will create... Read More
DataVita’s £25M loan supports construction at its Glasgow AI data centre
DataVita has secured a £25 million ($34 million) loan from OakNorth to expand its flagship data centre near Glasgow and add new AI-ready capacity for US AI cloud provider CoreWeave.... Read More
European AI data centre signings quadruple to 420MW
Signings for European colocation capacity intended for AI more than quadrupled in the first half of 2026, as neocloud providers secured larger commitments to support growing compute requirements. According to... Read More
Ofgem targets speculative data centre projects in the grid queue
Ofgem has launched a consultation on plans to tackle speculative data centre projects in Britain’s electricity connections queue after demand applications rose from 41GW to 125GW in under a year.... Read More
UK and allies urge critical sectors to strengthen router security against Russia
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and international partners have urged critical infrastructure operators to improve the security of internet-facing routers and network devices following continued exploitation by Russian... Read More
Can AI workloads follow renewable energy?
UK technology company Easy Compute is deploying AI computing hardware alongside renewable energy generation on farms, using electricity produced from agricultural waste to support AI workloads. The model, operated through... Read More
Global study highlights which countries are best prepared for internet disruption
A new study from TRG Datacenters has ranked the United States, Indonesia and the United Kingdom as the three countries best prepared to withstand major internet disruption. The assessment, covering... Read More
Data Centre Grid Connections Could Be Reshaped by Ofgem
Ofgem is proposing reforms to tackle one of the biggest barriers facing UK infrastructure projects: getting connected to the grid. The regulator has identified three core challenges: a large and... Read More
Why Keeping Internet Traffic Local is Key to Manchester’s Tech Growth
Amid the flurry of Manchester Tech Week, attention will predominantly focus on talent, investment and AI readiness, and this should be the case. But an equally critical factor underpins the... Read More
Masdar and Octopus Sign Clean Energy Deals for UK and Africa
Clean energy leaders Masdar and Octopus have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to partner on clean energy initiatives in the UK and Africa. These agreements, signed during Abu Dhabi... Read More
atNorth to Build 30MW Heat Reuse–Enabled Data Centre in Stockholm
Nordic data centre operator atNorth has announced plans to develop a new 30MW metro data centre in Stockholm, expanding its footprint in Sweden and bringing its total number of Nordic... Read More
Ministers Acknowledge Error in Buckinghamshire Data Centre Decision
In response to a legal challenge issued by two non-profit organisations, the UK Government has admitted that it made a serious error in pushing through approval for the Woodlands Park... Read More