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Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway. The company aims to establish a data center capable of supporting AI workloads and has applied for grid capacity from Statnett.Leopold Løvenskiold, the general manager ...

January 28, 2026

Norway

Planning Permission for Buckinghamshire Data Center Likely to be Quashed

The UK Government has admitted that it made a “serious logical error” when granting planning permission to a data center in Buckinghamshire, making it likely that the decision will be quashed, reports Bloomberg.The Buckinghamshire Council had already refused this specific data center proposal ...

January 24, 2026

United Kingdom

PACE Taps Mace to Construct 168MW UK Data Center Portfolio

UK construction firm Mace Construct has been tapped by Pathfinder Clean Energy Limited (PACE) to construct a portfolio of data centers with a combined capacity of 168MW. The two companies signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding under which Mace will support the development of three da...

January 22, 2026

United Kingdom

Former Colliery in Nottinghamshire, UK, Could House Data Center

A data center could be built as part of a housing development on a former colliery site in Nottinghamshire, UK. Property developer Harworth Group wants to build the data center on the land that used to house the Rufford Colliery, located near the village of Rainworth.Drawings included as part ...

January 14, 2026

United Kingdom

Chad Invests €175m in National Data Center and Networks

The government of Chad is investing €175.1 million ($204.7m) in developing a National Data Center and in expanding its fiber optic networks. The investment represents Phase I of the State Connectivity Infrastructure Modernization Project (PMICE), seeking to improve digital infrastructure in th...

January 07, 2026

Bucharest

VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

VivoPower International has signed an exclusive heads-of-agreement to acquire the facility from an undisclosed firm. According to Vivo, the data center has a further 40MW of capacity earmarked for potential approval in 2026 and is powered exclusively by hydroelectric energy.Vivo intends to rep...

January 04, 2026

Norway

AIC Partners with Romania’s ClusterPower on 800MW Data Center Build-out

Data center investment company Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) is partnering with Romanian operator ClusterPower for a new campus.The companies this week announced an equity partnership agreement to co-develop a new 800MW AI data center region in southwestern Romania.“ClusterPower bri...

January 03, 2026

Romania

Cisco Signs 15-year vPPA with R.Power in Poland

Polish renewable energy firm R.Power has signed a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Cisco Systems, a US networking firm. Over the term of the 15-year agreement, R.Power will supply approximately 486MWh of power to Cisco for its Polish operations.According to the companies, the contr...

January 03, 2026

Poland

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

December 31, 2025

Finland

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...

December 30, 2025

Finland

Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) start-up Blykalla has closed a $50 million (€42m) financing round to accelerate development of its lead-cooled SMR, with a focus on meeting growing demand from the data center sector.Blykalla said that it will use the capital to scale testing and validation ...

December 27, 2025

Sweden

AIC Partners with Romania’s ClusterPower on 800MW Data Center Build-out

Data center investment company Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) is partnering with Romanian operator ClusterPower for a new campus, announcing an equity partnership agreement to co-develop a new 800MW AI data center region in southwestern Romania.“ClusterPower brings the secured land a...

December 19, 2025

Romania

Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

Cryptomine and HPC data center firm Bitzero announced it had secured a new 10MW power purchase agreement (PPA) at its data center site in Namsskogan, Norway. The company said the deal locks in power at approximately $0.02 per kWh. The new total blended cost of $0.03–0.035 per kWh for the 40MW ...

December 16, 2025

Norway

Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment

UK quantum computing firm Nu Quantum this week closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round led by National Grid Partners, including participation from Gresham House Ventures and Morpheus Ventures.The company claimed it is the largest financing round ever raised by a pure-play quantum netw...

December 12, 2025

United Kingdom

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora this week announced it has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund. Timelines to develop the 120,000 sqm (1.29 million sq ft) site haven’t been shared.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and T...

December 08, 2025

Norway

A2A Announces Plans for First Data Center in Lombardy, Italy

Italian utility company A2A is planning its first data center in Lombardy, Italy. The utility plans to commence construction in 2027, with operations at the data center expected to begin the following year.Its CEO, Renato Mazzoncini, said the utility plans to invest around €1.6 billion ($1.86b...

December 06, 2025

Italy

Aventos Sells Planned Data Center Site in Berlin to Tristan Capital Partners

German real estate firm Aventos this week announced the sale of a property in the immediate vicinity of its Luxwerk business park to Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 fund. Terms of the deal were not shared.The 28,400 sqm (305,695 sq ft) site can reportedly support up to three three-story data...

December 06, 2025

Germany / Deutschland

WBS Power Forms JV with Prime Capital to Develop 500MW Data Center

European renewable energy developer WBS Power has established a joint venture with Prime Capital to construct a 500MW hyperscale data center at a former military airfield in Brandenburg, Germany.The project includes a 500MW/2,000MWh BESS and up to 150MW of solar, with construction slated to be...

December 05, 2025

Germany / Deutschland

ABB Invests in OctaiPipe

Power equipment manufacturer ABB has invested in OctaiPipe, a UK-based AI firm focused on optimizing data center cooling systems. The partnership will see the companies supply data center operators with tools to achieve substantial energy savings, strengthen operational resilience, and meet th...

December 04, 2025

United Kingdom

Bitzero Breaks Ground on Finland Data Center

Data center and cryptomine firm Bitzero has broken ground on a data center campus in Finland. Iit has begun Phase I development at its nearly 100-hectare data center site in Kokemäki, Finland."This site provides the space and power capacity we need to achieve our aggressive growth plans and de...

December 04, 2025

Finland

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