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Due to concerns with the electrical grid, data centre development in Northern Virginia may be delayed. Power availability could affect construction in the largest data centre market in the U.S. for the immediate future, and perhaps for years to come.

The Yandex data centre in Mäntsälä (Finland) is now running on diesel fuel, after its power was cut off by the local Finnish utility. The decision to cut power to the data centre was made in accordance with international sanctions on Russian countries, as a result of the war in Ukraine. This data centre was… Read More

“That all adds up to huge and growing quarterly investments in data centres. The big five US hyperscalers still lead in terms of quarterly data centre spending, but the Chinese hyperscalers are growing rapidly.”

Ahead of his platform at Tech Show London 2022, Jon Summers of Research Institutes of Sweden, shared his thoughts on the future of the DC.

SSE has launched its IDNO Optimal Power Networks and is now aiming to gain a market presence. Having got its electricity distribution licence from Ofgem in April 2020, this allows the company to own and operate electricity distribution assets up to 132 kV anywhere in Britain.