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Spain proposes 80% hourly renewable rule for data centre grid access

Draft rules would tie grid access to renewable generation, efficiency and water use as Spain tackles an oversized project pipeline.

Anthropic reportedly behind Nscale’s $45bn AI compute contract

The reported 460MW commitment gives Nscale a major customer for its West Virginia AI campus ahead of a possible US IPO.

Nscale reportedly targeting $3bn US IPO

Nscale is reportedly seeking to raise as much as $3 billion through a US stock market listing as the British AI infrastructure company pursues...

nVent to buy Maverick Power for $1.75bn in data centre infrastructure push

nVent has agreed to acquire Maverick Power for $1.75 billion, expanding the portfolio of products it can offer in the data centre space. 

Nebius upsizes debt raise to $5bn as its AI infrastructure spending accelerates

Nebius could spend up to $25bn this year as it scales data centres, GPUs and power capacity to meet more than $40bn of customer commitments.

Petition calls for moratorium on data centres, BESS outside AI Growth Zones

A new Parliamentary petition seeks to halt data centre and BESS approvals outside AI Growth Zones and mandate Rural Impact Assessments.

AI Growth Zones yet to accelerate planning activity, FOI data suggests

Planning data suggests the UK’s AI Growth Zones are yet to deliver the promised acceleration, with progress remaining uneven across designated sites.

Scotland introduces new rules for 50 MW data centre projects

Scotland’s largest data centre projects will face closer scrutiny under new rules requiring Ministers to be notified of proposals above 50 MW.

Nebius and Vantage announce first South Wales AI Growth Zone deployment

Nebius has agreed to deploy high-density AI infrastructure at Vantage Data Centers’ Newport campus.

The AI boom is creating new resilience risks for data centre operators

AI is driving larger, denser data centres, but Allianz warns that failures involving power, cooling, fire and water are becoming more costly.

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