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As data centres come under greater scrutiny for their energy and water use, Carrier is calling for a more evidence-led conversation. The company says public debate needs to reflect how modern facilities actually operate, including the growing use of waterless cooling and clearer reporting around water efficiency. Carrier has called for a major industry-wide commitment to public education to address conflicting figures and online misconceptions surrounding data centre water usage.

Britain's data centre developers could be handed a new route around years-long waits for electricity under Andy Burnham's plan to open up the power grid to competition. The prime minister unveiled Great British Grid (GB Grid), a publicly owned arm of Great British Energy that will aim to challenge existing network operators and speed up connections for businesses. Burnham said grid delays were "dragging growth down" and deterring investment.

CX Tech Limited has submitted an application for Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) for the proposed CX Technology Campus at the former Chapelcross nuclear power station site near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. The application seeks redevelopment of the brownfield site as a net zero operational technology campus incorporating eight data centres, a dedicated training centre and associated infrastructure. The proposed development represents a potential investment of approximately £16.5 billion.

The rise of AI workloads has fundamentally changed what data centre cooling systems require. Rack densities are now climbing past 100 kW, transforming cooling from a standard engineering task into a precision challenge. At this scale, the sensors that feed control loops throughout a facility are no longer background infrastructure. They have become the foundation of cooling efficiency, uptime, and resilience.

Field test demonstrated Trane's solar-powered cold store container can maintain precise temperature for frozen applications for over a week, even under adverse conditions. , a leading global provider of thermal management solutions and services and a brand of Trane Technologies , has completed successful field trials of its new autonomous cold storage unit, providing real-world validation of an integrated approach to off-grid temperature control.

OFWAT has provisionally approved a £3.4bn investment package for several projects led by water companies to improve and safeguard the UK's infrastructure. United Utilities and Wessex Water are among the 13 water companies that will have funding to build out their water systems. Namely these companies will be expanding water infrastructure for data centres in East Manchester, and improving water treatment to reduce PFAS contamination respectively.

VIRTUS Data Centres, part of the STTGDC Group, has secured a £2.45bn financing package from a consortium of banks to support its expansion of data centres across the UK and Europe. The package is one of the largest data centre bank financings completed in the UK to date. Standard Chartered acted as coordinator, bookrunner, senior mandated lead arranger and green loan coordinator for the financing, amongst a consortium of other banks.

As AI, HPC and high-density computing reshape the data center landscape, cooling needs to evolve with them. AIRack brings cooling closer to the IT load, reducing airflow distances and enabling more targeted thermal management within the white space. This paper explores how the concept supports efficient, scalable and reliable cooling for increasingly demanding data center environments.

Nabiax begins in Alcalá de Henares the construction of ADC3, a data centre of 100 MW and 800 million that will strengthen the digital hub of Madrid. Nabiax, the main Spanish operator of 'data centres', held this Friday the groundbreaking ceremony for "Alcalá Data centre 3" (ADC3), its new data centre in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), in which it plans to invest nearly 800 million euros.

Data centres are essential to Europe's digital future. They are also one of the world's fastest growing sectors, projected to consume more than 3% of overall electricity demand in the EU by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. This growth puts pressure on electricity grids and the use of natural resources, such as water, and contributes to increased carbon emissions.