Councils must notify Scottish ministers within seven days of validating any data centre application exceeding 50 MW. Ministers have recalled one
OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for approximately 8 GW of IT capacity at the PORTS-Pike campus. Nvidia’s $105bn commitment is
London-based Volta has raised $300m at a $2.4bn valuation and announced a six-year cloud contract worth $10bn. The agreement covers a
By Eleanor Akers, founder of Innovative Energy Consultants. One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as Prime Minister was to merge the
Data centre projects of 40 MW or more could be required to secure between £237,500 and £712,500 for every megawatt of
A commitment to prevent AI data centres from hiking power bills has seen 23 governors and 187 companies join the US
Uniper plans to invest around €5 billion between 2025 and 2030, with more than half directed towards flexible generation. The utility
UNEP says artificial intelligence allows analysts to process 12-15 times more satellite data while maintaining expert verification. AI workflows identified 80-85%
Energy minister Michael Shanks has warned that public support for Britain’s AI expansion could weaken unless data centres deliver visible benefits
New York has paused incomplete state environmental permits for data centres of at least 50 MW while it develops new standards.
