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Pure DC begins final build phase of 90MW Brent Cross campus
Pure DC has entered the final major build phase of its £1 billion ($1.3 billion) plus LON01 data centre campus at Brent Cross in north London, with piling underway for... Read More
UK lawmakers push for AI ‘kill switch’ powers
The UK Government could be given powers to shut down data centres or deactivate AI systems as a last resort when they pose a threat to national security, under proposals... Read More
DataVita submits plans for £850M DV4 data centre in Scotland
Scottish data centre and cloud provider DataVita has submitted a planning application for a new data centre at its Chapelhall campus in North Lanarkshire, representing £849.6 million ($1.1 billion) of... Read More
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
OpenAI says Jalapeño delivers up to 1.9x more AI work per watt
OpenAI has published the first performance results for Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, reporting between 1.5 and 1.9 times more AI work per watt at peak throughput and between... Read More
UK energy cyberattack raises fresh critical infrastructure concerns
A cyberattack reportedly linked to Iran forced a small UK electricity generator offline for four days in July, according to reporting first published by The Telegraph. The UK Government has... 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
US strengthens lead in global hyperscale rankings
The US has strengthened its position at the top of the global hyperscale data centre market, with 15 of the world’s 20 largest state or metro markets now located in... Read More
Charlton Gateway puts data centre-led regeneration on the Greenwich waterfront
A major data centre has been proposed as the anchor for the redevelopment of the former Stone Foundries site at Charlton Riverside in southeast London, combining digital infrastructure with workspace,... 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
DataVita secures £300 million to expand Scotland’s AI data centre rollout
DataVita has secured a c.£300 million ($405 million) debt facility to expand its data centre footprint in North Lanarkshire’s AI Growth Zone, backed by a £202 million ($273 million) National... Read More
Vantage and Nebius launch first South Wales AI Growth Zone deployment
Vantage Data Centers and Nebius have announced an agreement to deploy high-density, NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure at Vantage’s CWL1 campus in Newport, marking the first announced commercial capacity commitment in the... Read More