Energy
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While the data centre industry is on the rise, operators have new hurdles to overcome: reporting requirements. -
The data centre industry’s immense growth consequently brings rising power demands, with intensive workloads for technologies like cloud and AI requiring even more energy to run.
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The UK government has continued its ripping up of archaic planning rules to cut grid connection waiting times.
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The UK government has committed £23 million in funding for telecoms research aimed at expanding connectivity to underserved regions across the country.
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Uncover the key talking points from the inaugural Datacloud & Energy ESG summit
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As Europe transitions towards greener energy, the role of data centres in supporting grid stability is coming under increased scrutiny. At the Datacloud Energy & ESG 2025 panel discussion, industry leaders debated how data centres can evolve from passive energy consumers into active participants in grid management.
Forthcoming events
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The relentless pace of AI shows no signs of slowing down going into 2025. However, the increased demand for intense workloads has created new challenges such as increased power consumption in high-density data centres.
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Vertiv has expanded its liquid cooling product portfolio with two new coolant distribution units (CDUs), designed to provide modular liquid cooling in data centers.
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Oklo, a Sam Altman-backed startup aiming to develop small nuclear power plants, has acquired US-based radioisotope firm Atomic Alchemy to boost fuel production for its reactors.
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Engineers at Vodafone are working with AMD to design mobile base stations capable of supporting AI workloads in addition to traditional network operations while using less power.
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UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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New research from Gartner suggests that increased power demands from data centres running AI and generative AI workloads could constrain power availability in 40% of sites by 2027.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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It was the site of the worst nuclear accident on US soil. Now, the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear power plant is set to provide energy for Microsoft’s data centres.
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Amazon has agreed to purchase Talen Energy’s data centre campus, located next to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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Questions are already being asked of critical industries, and if businesses can survive another energy crisis. Times have changed, however, and in Europe, how we look at energy has quickly moved from normality to crisis to adjustment.
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Digital infrastructure company Equinix has signed one of the largest power purchase agreements in French history with wpd to provide over 300GWh of green energy annually.
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Capacity speaks to Quantum Loophole CEO, Josh Snowhorn, to clarify a permitting issue with one of its land owners.
