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The Energy Commission says data centres now account for 9.28% of Malaysia's electricity consumption, compared with an average of about 7% this year More facilities are expected to start operating in November, while no additional gas-fired generation is expected this year or in 2027 The fact Malaysia's data centres now account for 9.28% of national electricity consumption, according to the Energy Commission.

Green Mountain has signed an unnamed neocloud operator for 14MW at its LON-East campus in Romford The customer will occupy the newly delivered high-density block, while a further 16MW expansion remains possible The fact Green Mountain has signed an unnamed neocloud operator for 14MW of capacity at its LON-East data-centre campus in Romford, East London. The customer will occupy a recently completed expansion at the site.

NVIDIA says Vera CPU systems are now shipping at scale, with AWS receiving its first Vera server and Vera Rubin GPU Earlier Vera systems have reached Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceXAI, moving the processor into customer qualification and integration The Fact NVIDIA says systems based on its Vera CPU are now shipping at scale, with Amazon Web Services receiving its first Vera server and Vera Rubin GPU.

Pneumonitor has connected an in-pen livestock monitoring device to Boldyn Networks' existing private 5G infrastructure in West Sussex using 5G RedCap The deployment tests whether the same private network can support simpler, lower-power IoT devices alongside applications requiring fuller 5G capabilities The fact Boldyn Networks and West Sussex County Council have connected a Pneumonitor livestock sensor to the Growing Sussex private 5G network using 5G Reduced Capability, or RedCap.

Together AI and HUMAIN plan a new 250MW data centre in Saudi Arabia as part of a partnership linking Saudi compute capacity with Together AI's cloud platform The project has no disclosed site or construction timetable, so the next test is whether power, hardware and customer commitments move into a defined delivery sequence The fact Together AI and HUMAIN announced a partnership on 31 August to build a new 250MW data centre in Saudi Arabia.

CoolIT says it is expanding manufacturing, engineering and R&D in Calgary after Ecolab completed its US$4.75bn acquisition in July Under its previous owner, CoolIT more than doubled its workforce, expanded manufacturing beyond 300,000 sq ft and increased CDU production capacity 25-fold The fact CoolIT Systems is expanding manufacturing, engineering and research operations in Calgary as demand rises for liquid cooling used in AI data centres.

HUMAIN and DataVolt are jointly developing 100MW within DataVolt's 360MW first phase at Oxagon, where construction is now under way The first 100MW is targeted for 2028, while DataVolt says the groundbreaking also starts construction on the wider 360MW phase The fact HUMAIN and DataVolt said on 31 August that they had expanded their partnership to jointly develop 100MW of DataVolt's 360MW first-phase AI data-centre project at Oxagon in NEOM.

SLB agreed to acquire Kelvion for about $4.1bn, including $3.4bn in cash and the assumption of roughly $700m of debt The deal would bring thermal management into SLB's existing data-centre engineering, modular manufacturing and system-integration offer The fact SLB signed an agreement on 31 August to acquire Kelvion from Apollo-managed funds and funds advised by Triton for about $3.4 billion in cash while assuming approximately $700 million of debt, giving the transaction a total value of...

HD Hyundai Electric's order backlog reached US$8.5 billion at the end of June, while Jinpan's first-half data-centre orders more than quadrupled HD Hyundai Electric says its backlog covers more than three years, making equipment delivery an earlier consideration in data-centre project planning The fact Transformer manufacturers HD Hyundai Electric and Hainan Jinpan Smart Technology are reporting sharply higher data-centre demand as new AI infrastructure increases orders for electrical equipment.

A Hyperoptic survey found 45% consider broadband when choosing a home, while 23% said poor or slow service could rule a property out Nearly four in five respondents expected broadband to be working within two or three days of moving The Fact Almost half of UK home movers consider broadband when choosing a property, according to research commissioned by full-fibre provider Hyperoptic.