Data centre expansion stories

Veolia targets booming data centre buildout with a single service to cut water use, waste and energy strain as regulators tighten scrutiny.

Aligned Data Centres lands USD $2.58 billion revolving credit line as institutional lenders back US build-out amid AI-driven demand.

CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to lift cloud and colocation capacity, targeting low-emission hosting for AI and high-density workloads.

Equinix widens global training push as it seeks to build a pipeline of technicians, apprentices and early-career staff for data centre growth.

CyrusOne starts work on MIL1 near Milan, with the first Italian data centre set to bring 27MW capacity, local upgrades and 300 construction jobs.

Vertiv launches a double-stack PowerBar Track busway to boost AI data centre power density, preserving white space and enabling live changes.

AI workloads are set to outstrip data centre capacity by 2027, as power constraints and skills shortages threaten expansion plans.

Pulsant invests GBP £10 million to expand its Milton Keynes data centre, boosting AI-ready capacity as London faces power and space constraints.

Global Switch inks eight-year RWE wind PPA to power its AI-focused London Docklands data centre with Welsh onshore renewable electricity.

Polarise lands EUR €117m financing from Macquarie to expand Munich AI data hub and fund GPU-driven data centre projects across Europe.

Ark has begun building a Surrey data centre billed as the UK's first dedicated AI power hub, featuring a 25MVA medium-voltage UPS.

Virtus Data Centres has named industry veteran Adam Eaton as chief executive to spearhead its next phase of UK and European expansion.

Vertiv wins preferred supplier role for GreenScale's AI-ready, liquid-cooled data centre campuses, supporting nearly 1 GW expansion in Europe.

BluSky AI hires finance leader Riley Cooney as corporate development and strategy chief to accelerate its modular AI data centre expansion.

UK data centres face soaring demand from AI growth, driving urgent shifts to sustainable, resilient designs with advanced cooling and renewable power.

Scotland plans to slash electricity costs for AI data centres by GBP £24 per MWh, boosting competitiveness and green energy use without raising consumer bills.

UK data centre spending is set to soar from GBP £1.75bn to over GBP £10bn annually by 2029, driven by AI demand and regional development shifts.

Avison Young has appointed Oliver Squires to lead its UK & EMEA data centre sector, enhancing expertise amid booming demand and major UK investments.

Scintil Photonics has raised $58 million to scale its AI chip tech, expanding production and workforce in France and the US for next-gen data centres.

Fluke Networks has launched Versiv Data Centre Kits across EMEA to enhance connectivity and uptime amid rapid data centre growth driven by AI and cloud technologies.