European AI Data Centres Move Away From Major Cities
JLL data shows planned European AI data centres for 2026 to 2028 are moving farther from major hubs as developers seek cheaper land, power access, and faster grid connections.
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JLL data shows planned European AI data centres for 2026 to 2028 are moving farther from major hubs as developers seek cheaper land, power access, and faster grid connections.
Trident Solutions and SciTec have formed a partnership to combine edge mission data processing hardware with mission software for national security space missions.
Ramp has launched Router.com, an API that routes AI requests to lower cost models that meet a developer set performance level. The service is live now and free through 2026.
Vectris says its Waveform control plane recovered unused AI inference capacity inside deployed GPUs, with tests showing 30 to 73% higher throughput and lower energy use. The product is scheduled to launch October 1, 2026, with limited design partner access.
CATL and Quinbrook said Phase 2 of the Supernode battery energy storage project in Queensland has begun commercial operation, while Phase 3 reached financial close on AUD 469 million in debt financing.
Dell'Oro Group now projects worldwide data center capital expenditure will surpass $3 trillion by 2030, with AI accelerators driving the largest share of spending.
ENGIE North America has signed a 48 MWac solar power purchase agreement with QTS Data Centers to supply renewable energy for data center operations in Irving, Texas.
WhiteFiber plans a $250.0 million private placement of convertible senior notes due 2032. The company intends to use proceeds for data center expansion, GPU servers, potential transactions, working capital, and an exchange of some existing notes.
PaleBlueDot AI said its NVIDIA HGX B300 cluster received NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for large model training after meeting benchmark performance requirements.
Relativity Networks raised $22 million through a SAFE investment and secured a $40 million hyperscaler order for its ChronoCore optical networking technology.
Etched has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, with Jane Street leading the round after testing and buying its AI hardware.
Automus Consulting has launched FAiSAccelerate, an AI powered delivery model for Oracle Cloud Applications implementations that targets a 30 percent reduction in timelines and costs.
trutility has launched as a grid infrastructure platform for battery storage, community solar, distributed generation, and microgrids, backed by Distributed Sun assets and capital investment.
Vuzix Corporation has begun shipping Causeway waveguide bridge samples and is making an optical interconnect evaluation kit available for AI data center testing.
Aily Labs has partnered with Google Cloud to offer its Decision Intelligence platform through Google Cloud Marketplace. The platform connects enterprise data systems and coordinates AI agents for pharma and biotech operations.
Flexential has established an $800 million credit facility to support more than 130 MW of new data center capacity across four markets.
SHINE has joined a GE Vernova Advanced Research Center project to use AI for tracking spent nuclear fuel during recycling. The ARPA-E funded project will develop sensor and material tracking systems for nuclear fuel recycling facilities.
VNET Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CATL to combine data center infrastructure with zero carbon energy technology. The companies plan to work on compute energy facilities, distributed networks, and a zero carbon token ecosystem.
Castrol says its ON PG25 and PG25T cooling fluids have been validated for NVIDIA AI factory and data centre infrastructure.
Prodigy Technovations launched PGY-UFS5-EX-PA, a UFS 5.0 protocol exerciser and analyzer that supports MIPI M-PHY v6.0, MIPI UniPro v3.0, and data rates of 46.64 Gbps per lane.