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Industry
Microsoft ups the stakes with $30 billion investment in the UK
Microsoft has announced plans to invest $30 billion, or roughly £22 billion, in the UK between 2025 and 2028.
Skills & Training
Talent shortages continue across networking, security and data/AI
Businesses across the UK are reporting persistent skills gaps in networking, cybersecurity and data/AI that are slowing growth.
Industry
Google rumoured to be behind AI data centre plan at Teesworks
Google is rumoured to be eyeing up a giant new AI data centre at the Teeswork development site in North East England.
Industry
BlackRock, OpenAI and more expected to announce sizeable UK investments
BlackRock is expected to announce £500 million of investment into UK data centres, according to a new report from Sky News.
Industry
Seagate commits to £115 million R&D investment in Northern Ireland
Seagate has announced a £115 million investment to accelerate nano-photonic research and development at its Derry/Londonderry site.
Cooling
Sheffield-based liquid cooling firm scales up exports after new funding
CSH, a Sheffield-based developer of liquid cooling systems for data centres, has been scaling up its export business thanks to a new line of funding.
Cooling
Asperitas secures new investment to scale immersion cooling internationally
Asperitas has closed a scale-up investment round of an undisclosed amount to support international expansion of its immersion cooling tech.
Data Centre Design & Operations
Zoho announces plans for UK data centre
Zoho will open a UK data centre in the first quarter of 2026, allowing customers to keep data within UK borders.