The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Europe, Charlotte Trueman, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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SpiNNcloud rebrands to Sparxity, announces cluster deployment at Jülich center in Germany
Company said rebrand reflects its vision to “only compute what matters”
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NTT expands AI data center footprint with Paris and Singapore deployments
Brings company’s AI factory total to four sites across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East
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Cadence unveils Nvidia-powered AI data center in Munich, Germany
Facility will support electronic design automation (EDA), simulation, and offer sovereign AI cloud services
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Bull awarded €40m to deliver HLRE-5 supercomputer to the German Climate Computing Center
System will be powered by Nvidia GB200 Superchips and Vera CPUs
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Optical switching startup Salience Labs raises $125m with AMD and Intel participating in round
Series B raise will support continued development and deployment of optical circuit switching technology
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Wolfspeed signs agreement with Infineon for supply off 200mm silicon carbide substrates
Multi-year deal will directly support Infineon’s conversion to 200mm SiC manufacturing
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IonQ opens quantum innovation center at University of Cambridge
Quantum firm will deploy a Superion 256 system at the center
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NTT deploys Nvidia GPU test cluster at Munich 2 data center
Allows customers to test AI applications on Nvidia Blackwell hardware
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D-Wave delivers Advantage2 quantum computer to Italy
System has been funded by SQT and will support the region's quantum computing ambitions
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Photonics quantum firm Orca Computing deploys PT-3 system at Digital Realty’s LHR19 data center
Quantum computer was installed and operational within 24 hours, and is already powering two projects
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Quantum startup ZuriQ partners with Infineon for development of scalable quantum chips
Scaling QPUs for use in commercial quantum systems
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Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology unveils 33 petaflops HoreKa 2 supercomputer
Hybrid system powered by AMD Turin CPUs and Nvidia GB200 GPUs
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EU Chips Joint Undertaking puts out two calls for AI hardware development projects
Calls have a combined budget of €80 million
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ASML’s revenue share drops to zero percent in Europe, says it has sold “absolutely nothing” in the region this year
EUV lithography company says its working with politicians to bolster chipmaking efforts across the continent
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SiPearl delivers first samples of Rhea1 CPU to Bull for Jupiter exascale supercomputer
First order of SiPearl’s Rhea1 processors
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Lithography firm Morphotonics targets data center optical component market after raising €40m
Company’s technology currently used to manufacture displays for AR glasses
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Axelera AI launches Europa chip, makes hardware available in Dell and Supermicro servers
Now shipping in Dell XE5 and Supermicro 111AD servers
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Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd raises $231 million in funding round co-led by Samsung
Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink has also joined as chairman of the board
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Bull awarded €31m contract with AEMET to deliver infrastructure for weather forecasting supercomputer
System will be hosted across two sites in Madrid
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TSMC and Samsung commit to adopting ASML’s High NA EUV lithography tools by 2030
Companies will also be joined by Intel for 12-inch photomask industry initiative
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Fujitsu develops diamond-spin quantum computer that incorporates tin-vacancy centers
Company claims this approach provides benefits over traditional nitrogen-vacancy centers
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Quantum Motion secures additional investment in extended $160m Series C funding round
Five new investors have participated in the round
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Bull selected to deliver AMD-powered Lumi-AI supercomputer
AI supercomputer slated for deployment in H2 2027
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EuroHPC JU puts out six calls to advance quantum technologies across the continent
Focus on trapped-ion, superconducting, neutral-atom quantum computing, QKD, quantum testing, and experimental pilot lines
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French quantum computing firm Pasqal completes SPAC merger and goes public
Deal with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II has provided Pasqal with approximately $360 million in cash
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Nebius expands European presence, announces deployment in Estonia and second data center in Mäntsälä, Finland
Announcements made alongside company’s Q2 2026 results
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Axelera AI announces “new product naming framework” for its Edge AI chips
Hardware will now be identified by what they are optimized for
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Velox, I/ONX HPC to deploy 7,000 FuriosaAI RNGD accelerators at Swedish data center
Data center expected to have a total eventual capacity of 15MW