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.

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. 

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. 

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.

Worker killed at data centre construction site in north-west London

A contractor has died following an incident on Saturday, August 23 at Pure DC’s new data centre campus in Brent Cross, north-west London. 

Inaugural National Data Centre Day set for September 12

September 12 marks the very first National Data Centre Day – a new awareness day dedicated to recognising the essential role data centres play.

Council backs AI data centre plan despite BP’s blue-hydrogen bid

Local councillors in Redcar have approved plans for an AI data centre on the very site that BP hopes to use for its H2Teesside blue-hydrogen plant. 

UK data centre boom could stall without faster planning reform

The slow pace of planning reform, coupled with continued power constraints, could see the UK data centre market lose ground to global rivals. 

Vertiv snaps up Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets in $200 million deal

Vertiv has agreed to buy American enclosure specialist Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets in a $200 million deal.

Riello UPS Ireland names Ian Jackson as new MD

Riello UPS Ireland has named Ian Jackson as its new Managing Director, giving him responsibility for the business as it settles into its new HQ.

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