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Plans are Underway for a 360MW Data Center Campus on Germany’s Eastern Border

Stadtwerke Lübeck has launched its first self-operated data center in the northern German city of Lübeck. Built to strengthen the city’s digital sovereignty, the facility will support business-critical and sensitive applications for local companies and features multiple layers of redundancy.Wh...

March 17, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Østfold Energi Eyes Data Centers South of Oslo

Another data center may be on the way in Norway. Østfold Energi is preparing sites in Sarpsborg and Våler in partnership with local municipalities, with Google likely to take the Våler location.“We have extensive experience with project development in collaboration with landowners, local commu...

March 17, 2026

Oslo

3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund ...

March 14, 2026

Norway

Gigawatt Scale Data Center in North Lincolnshire, UK, Approved

A proposed 1GW data center campus at a former RAF airbase in North Lincolnshire, UK, has received planning approval. North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee approved the Elsham Tech Park project during a meeting on Wednesday.The data center campus would be built on land south and east ...

March 14, 2026

United Kingdom

Plans Announced for 40MW Data Center in Industrial Park Near Butzbach, Germany

A 40MW data center is proposed for an industrial park near Butzbach, about 35km (22 miles) north of Frankfurt, Germany.The project is in its early stages and will involve multiple partners, including energy company RheinEnergie.The first phase of the facility will require up to 10MW of electri...

March 13, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Humain Acquires 211 Plots in Saudi Arabia for Data Center Development

State-backed AI venture Humain has secured 211 land plots across Saudi Arabia for future data center expansion. In a recent statement to The Information, Humain’s CEO Tareq Amin said the firm’s strategy “is built on geographic diversity and multiple fiber-optic routes, which is possible becau...

March 12, 2026

Saudi Arabia

Swissgrid Seeks Bids for Data Center Racks in Switzerland

Switzerland’s grid operator Swissgrid has opened a tender for a three-year contract to install server racks in its data centers. The contract also covers supplying materials such as fiber optic and copper cabling, racks, and protection devices. No data was made available about the location of...

March 11, 2026

Switzerland

Top Data Center News for 2nd - 7th March, 2026

AWS Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, MississippiAmazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi on a 99-acre site formerly the home of Milwaukee Tool, where the existing building redeveloped for the data center.Karatzis...

March 09, 2026

United Kingdom

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate p...

March 07, 2026

Norway

Karatzis Group Plans €240M Data Center Project in Boeotia, Greece

Greek multinational Karatzis Group is planning a €240 million ($278 million) data center investment in the Boeotia region, according to real estate news outlet eRed. Headquartered in Crete, the company is best known for manufacturing plastic netting for the agricultural, packaging, and constru...

March 06, 2026

Greece

Hochtief has Broken Ground on its Latest Yexio Edge Data Center in Dorfen, Germany

Construction company Hochtief has broken ground on a new timber-built edge data center for Yexio in Dorfen, Germany. The facility is being developed on a 7,500 sqm (80,729 sq ft) site at the Southwest Industrial Park in Dorfen, located in Bavaria’s Erding district, east of Munich.Hubert Aiwang...

March 03, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

AWS UAE hit by AZ Outage after Objects Strike Data Center, Causing fire amid Iran Tensions

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) Availability Zone in the UAE is experiencing an outage after being “impacted by objects that struck the data center.” While AWS has not disclosed further details, the incident comes amid ongoing missile and drone attacks on the UAE attributed to Iran.The objects "c...

March 02, 2026

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Iron-sodium Battery Company Inlyte has Partnered with NTS to Deploy its Solution at a Data Center in Bern, Switzerland

US-based iron-sodium battery storage company Inlyte Energy has teamed up with Swiss data center operator NTS Colocation AG to roll out its technology across NTS’s facilities.The first initiative under the partnership will be a pilot installation at NTS’s data center in Bern. The companies have...

February 27, 2026

Switzerland

Xference has Launched a New Distributed Infrastructure Platform from its Data Center in Italy

Italy-based inference provider Xference has rolled out a new distributed infrastructure from a data center in Bergamo, in the Lombardy region. The startup also announced plans to launch a beta service for 100 selected users in the near term. The development follows a €700,000 (approximately $8...

February 27, 2026

Italy

Nexalus Selects Alps Alpine to Manufacture Liquid Cooling Kits for Data Centers

The partnership will combine Nexalus’s expertise in advanced science, thermal engineering, and system-level design with Alps Alpine’s automotive-grade manufacturing capabilities, quality systems, and global operational presence. Together, the companies “form a unified platform capable of deli...

February 24, 2026

AWS EU Ireland Region (eu-west-1)

UK Energy Regulator Launches Consultation to Overhaul Grid Access, Focusing Heavily on Data Center Demand

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has launched a wide-ranging review of electricity demand connection rules, with data center growth a primary driver. Data center projects now account for roughly 50GW of the UK’s energy connection queue. This massive pipeline is under intense government scrutiny...

February 21, 2026

United Kingdom

Plans Unveiled for Data Center on 60-hectare site in Finnish Lapland

Finnish energy company Pohjan Voima is looking to develop a project in Keminmaa. In other Finnish news, Compute Nordic is expanding its landholdings in Mikkeli, while another company is targeting a development in Närpiö on the country's west coast.“The project would be of great importance to K...

February 19, 2026

Finnish Lapland

50MW Data Center Proposal Progresses in Certosa di Pavia, Italy

Plans by Italian real estate developer GSM to build a 50MW data center outside the town of Certosa di Pavia in Italy’s Lombardy region have advanced.“We consider this project an affront to our territory and, for this reason, we are carefully analyzing the technical documentation, which has onl...

February 18, 2026

Italy

ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

Global electrification firm ABB has acquired Irish electrical engineering consultancy Premium Power to expand its advisory capabilities within the data center market.“For more than two decades, Premium Power has built its reputation by helping customers solve complex electrical challenges with...

February 16, 2026

Dublin

Ukrainian Forces Hit Data Center in Russian-occupied Prymorsk

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) branch struck three targets across Russian-occupied lands, including a data center. The drone division said that it attacked the facility in Prymorsk, a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine."Every day Russian occupying forces make living more difficult. ...

February 13, 2026

Ukraine

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