The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Plans for Poland’s National Data Processing Center fleshed out by NASK
The research and development institute said that the facility’s first phase will now require up to 15MW of power
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Deutsche Telekom CEO welcomes SpaceX terrestrial challenge, warns it will cost Musk at least $200bn
Tim Höttges says "welcome to the party"
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Playmobil owner to enter data center market with new facility in Dietenhofen, Germany
The proposed facility will have power requirements of up to 100MW
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Secure I.T. Environments to deliver modular data centers to hospitals in Wales
Bagnor and Wrexham Maelor Hospitals
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Bank of England queries speculative data center loans tied to projects without tenants
Tries to understand the scale of risk in the sector
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Quint Computing raises €9.1 million for development of fault tolerant quantum computing architecture
German startup was also awarded a €2.2 million Pathfinder grant by the European Innovation Council
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Universal Quantum launches iQPU to help efficiently scale quantum computers
Company says the processor will be integrated into the systems it's currently making for customers
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UK renewable firm Downing expands into data center market with 500MW pipeline
Projects located in central Sweden and southern Finland
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BT to miss 25 million Openreach fiber rollout target by year's end, expects to hit milestone in March
Despite adding 1.1 million FTTP customers during first half of FY27
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Pure DC secures $1.9 billion financing for data center build-out
Brings company's total financing to $6.2 billion in last 12 months
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VodafoneThree kicks off rollout of Ericsson's AI-ready Massive MIMO radio in London
The telco kicked off the deployment last month
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atNorth signs deal with Calentix for heat reuse at SWE04 data center in Sollefteå, Sweden
First delivery of heat expected in 2029
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AWS set to secure £1.05bn contract renewal from UK Home Office
BidSkim analysis finds £444.6m spent on AWS since 2020
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F1 regulator signs cloud agreement with AWS
While Alibaba Cloud teams up with International Olympic Committee on youth games in Senegal
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Portuguese gov't drafts new rules requiring data centers to be powered via renewable energy
The government is currently finalizing legislation
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Cellnex signs €375m loan with EIB to support rollout of 5G infrastructure
Will fund new tower builds across Cellnex's European markets
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UK mmWave vendor CBNG collapses after loss of Verizon deal
The company entered administration in early October
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Putin gives Russian companies permission to use foreign data centers after Ukraine drone strikes
Russia's data center firms ordered to reserve capacity for government departments
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Canada joins EuroHPC JU initiative
Becomes the program’s 39th participating state
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Putin signs decree that non-state data centers will have to reserve 10 percent of capacity for government use
As data centers come under attack, the Russian state looks to expand its presence
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Fireworks contracts 5MW of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra capacity at Era4 data center in UK
Will be hosted in Era4's Chesterfield data center
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Virgin Media O2 confirms plans to cut thousands of jobs, aims to save £800m by 2029
As company says it's halting investment in further fiber upgrades
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Telia, Ericsson launch 6G field trials in Sweden
The trials taps into Ericsson’s pre-standard 6G capabilities in the upper 6 GHz frequency band
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Tract expands into UK, plans 500MW campus in Durham
Company seeking feedback on plans for seven-building campus
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Drax partners with Brookfield and Radiant for up to 1GW data center at North Yorkshire power station
First phase targeting 100MW of capacity by 2028
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Rostelecom in talks with Norilsk Nickel for underground data centers amid drone attacks
As Ukraine hits data centers, Russia considers bunker facilities
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Green to develop a new data center campus in Birr, Switzerland
The site in Grossacher and Grändel was previously owned by ABB
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Virgin Media O2 to cut thousands of jobs in cost-savings push - report
Sky News reports that up to 4,000 roles could be impacted