The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Construction & Site Selection, Greg Noone
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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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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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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Foresight announces intention to buy stake in Polish data center developer
The unnamed firm is developing two facilities in Poland with a combined power capacity of 270MW
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Real estate developer Hillwood Polska changes data center design in Poland in response to local opposition
The facility in Michałowice commune will now be built further away from residential neighborhoods
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Plans for data center in Moncalieri, Italy, put on hold by town mayor
Before its application was halted, the project was billed as Italy’s ‘largest’ data center
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Data center in Langenhorn, Germany, receives provisional approval from municipal authorities
The development, which calls for a connected load of up to 150MW, initially attracted protests
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Uncertainty over data center development in Trzebnica, Poland
Application unearthed by a local councilor who claimed details were hidden from scrutiny
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AI data center planned for Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Facility estimated to cost €24 million and open in 2030
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Electricity retailer Energa Obrót signs letter of intent for 100MW data center in Konin, Poland
The total investment made by Central Energy Group in the project is estimated at just under €3 billion
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Plans progress for 200MW data center in Schladen-Werla, Germany
The project is being spearheaded by Green Datacenter Development
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Polcom to build 40MW data center in Skawina, Poland
The facility will be the cloud services firm’s second in the town
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S+B Gruppe to build data center in Bucharest, Romania
The 12MW facility has secured planning permission from the municipal authorities
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Renewable energy firm Friesen Elektra explores data center project in Lower Saxony, Germany
If approved, the facility in Sande will be built at the firm’s existing hydrogen park in the town
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Data center development halted in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
City councillors voted unanimously against permitting the facility for Nowa Wieś to proceed
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Data center proposal approved by local council in suburb of Frankfurt, Germany
The facility in Gießen will have a connected load of up to 65MW
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Warehouses De Pauw announces two data center projects in Ilfov County, Romania
The facilities outside Bucharest will have a combined power demand of 380MW
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GARBE.DC exploring data center development in Leopoldsdorf, Austria
If built, the facility would be the second to be announced for the area, after CloudHQ announced a new data center earlier this year
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Grid connection requests for data centers in Italy top 95GW
Overall demand has risen markedly since 2021, when only 1GW of grid connection applications were received by grid operator Terna
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AI data center approved for construction in Lazio, Italy
The facility in Colleferro will employ up to 220 people, developer claims
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Data center launched by BBT Group at hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany
The 78kW facility at Caritas Hospital will support digital services at several hospitals run by the operator in Baden-Württemberg
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Data center rumored to be coming to Hofheim in state of Hesse, Germany
Speculation rampant over the identity of the buyer of a plot sold by property developers Krieger Group
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Data center planned for suburb in Warsaw, Poland, sparks protests
Residents fear the facility on the border of towns of Piaseczno and Józefosław will spark water shortages
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‘Zero-impact’ data center announced for Florence, Italy
The facility will form part of a renewable energy hub planned for the southeast of the city
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Large data center rumored for Burgenland, Austria
Unconfirmed reports suggest a hyperscale facility is to be built outside the town of Nickelsdorf, near the Hungarian border
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Meeza secures loan facility from Dukhan Bank to fund 44MW build-out
The credit facility is the second such deal struck between the Qatari data center developer and bank
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Al Moammar Information Systems to explore building three new data centers in Saudi Arabia
Deal with Saudi Data Center Fund 1 would expand the country’s data center capacity by another 48MW
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Energy firm Uniper to build new data center hub in Hesse, Germany
The complex at Großkrotzenburg will also host a new power plant and battery energy storage system