The fourth utility: Why every country needs a data centre strategy
Electricity. Water. Gas. For decades, these have been the essential utilities so fundamental that no government leaves them entirely to market forces. Today, data...
Dale Power Solutions opens Southern Hub
Dale Power Solutions, one of the UK’s largest critical power backup engineering firms, has opened a new, expanded facility in St Albans. The move...
UK Nuclear regulatory developments: Unlocking reliable energy at scale for UK data centres
Nuclear energy is entering a critical deployment phase in the UK. Driven by energy security imperatives, industrial decarbonisation obligations, and the emergence of large-scale...
Socomec launches energy audit initiative for UKI data centres to ensure EU EED compliance
Socomec, a specialist manufacturer of low voltage power management solutions, has announced the launch of its new energy audit programme, aimed at helping mission-critical data...
Mitsubishi Electric calls on Critical National Infrastructure providers to secure OT estates following ‘severe’...
Mitsubishi Electric is urging Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) providers to secure their operational technology (OT) estates in the wake of a warning by the...
Power On de-risks data centre EHV connections
Electricity and multi utility connections expert, Power On, is offering Extra High Voltage (EHV) solutions specifically tailored to data centres, aiming to simplify, speed...
AECOM calls for sovereign data centre framework to secure UK’s AI and digital infrastructure...
AECOM is advocating for the establishment of a sovereign data centre framework to protect critical digital infrastructure and ensure the UK benefits from the...
$37m in new contracts secured in January alone for welding & coatings specialist
CRC Evans, the leading welding and coating specialist for energy and infrastructure projects, has secured $37m in new global contracts in January 2026, marking...
Vertiv launches new power swap program in the UK
Vertiv, today announced the launch of the Vertiv Power Swap Program, a UK-wide trade-in initiative. The program enables businesses to replace older single-phase...
Power supply will decide winners and losers of AI boom
Following the publication of a report that states up to a third of US data centres are expected to be fully off-grid by 2030,...
LFB Group’s data centre division rebrands to Apx
The data centre division at LFB Group has formally rebranded as ‘Apx’, marking a strategic decision designed to reflect the growing complexity, pace and performance expectations...
New research finds waste heat from data centres could heat over 3.5 million UK...
Analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe finds that projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in...
Multi million pound datacentre electrical infrastructure upgrade completed at Heathrow Corporate Park
Managed IT service provider, Redcentric has completed a multi-million pound electrical infrastructure upgrade as part of a wider datacentre refurbishment project at its facility...
Making data centre development work for the energy transition
Data centres sit at the heart of the UK’s digital ambition, yet their growth presents one of the most complex energy challenges of this...
Renewable transparency for nLighten’s French data centres
nLighten has entered into a new renewable energy supply agreement covering all of its data centre locations across France. The three-party arrangement, which begins...
£15 Billion green datacentre network across Scotland
ILI Group has announced plans for three new hyperscale datacentres across Scotland, creating what it calls The Stoics – A £15 billion Green Digital...
Data centres can’t be the achilles’ heel of the £150bn UK–US Tech Prosperity Deal
Data centres drive digital progress - but without clean, resilient energy they could also be its downfall, warns UrbanChain's Charlie Parry
The recent announcement of...
Solving AI data centre challenges
“AI is biggest shift of our lifetimes,” says Google boss Sundar Pichai. And he’s not wrong. However, leveraging all the potential advantages that machine...
Integrated Carbon-Free Energy scores for data centres
nLighten, a European data centre operator, today announced the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany and...
Higher power densities and greater efficiency need system-level approach
Schneider Electric reinforced its commitment to supporting the industry's transition to 800 VDC power architectures, which are a critical requirement for emerging high-density rack systems...