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MDM’s Narwhal cables mark Ireland’s bid to become a transatlantic gateway

25th Aug 2026

4 minutes

Marine survey work is now under way off County Galway, as Irish subsea developer MDM begins fieldwork for Narwhal 1 and Narwhal 2, twin transatlantic cable systems that would connect Ireland directly to the US east coast.
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Iran’s widening cyber war puts data centres on notice

24th Aug 2026

7 minutes

From Gulf cloud campuses to a UK power plant, state-linked cyberattacks are spreading fast, and data centre leaders are being forced to rethink resilience.
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Power, not incentives, now decides where AI data centres get built, says FiberLight CEO

18th Aug 2026

4 minutes

Power availability has overtaken tax breaks and land costs as the deciding factor in AI data centre site selection, according to FiberLight chief executive Bill Major.
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Lenders start pricing community opposition into data centre financing as $130bn in projects stall

14th Aug 2026

3 minutes

Banks and asset managers financing the US data centre boom are beginning to treat community and political opposition as a formal credit risk factor.
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Anthropic’s $2tn IPO is really a bet on owning data centres

13th Aug 2026

6 minutes

As the AI lab commits billions to purpose-built capacity, the shift from renting compute to owning infrastructure is putting colocation, financing and power markets under scrutiny.
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Nigeria’s payment data must stay onshore by January 2027: Here’s what that means for data centres

10th Aug 2026

3 minutes

The Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular on 15 June ordering banks, fintechs, mobile money operators and other payment system participants to store and manage locally generated payment transaction data inside the country.

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The $1tn AI build-out: Power, capital and contractors under pressure

31st Jul 2026

7 minutes

Hyperscaler AI capex has passed $1tn, reshaping data centre construction, power pro-curement and financing risk across the global infrastructure sector.
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China’s DUV machines threaten ASML’s chip monopoly

30th Jul 2026

6 minutes

China has started mass-producing rival DUV lithography tools, denting ASML shares and sharpening chip sovereignty questions for data centre buyers.
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GEOT.Ai’s Jenifer Muir: Rebuilding trust in the AI power race

29th Jul 2026

8 minutes

GEOT.Ai CEO & founder Jenifer Muir on zero-water geothermal power, community backlash and why the data centre industry must put humanity back into AI’s growth story.
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Data centres could use 2.7% of Texas’s water by 2030: Where they land matters

28th Jul 2026

8 minutes

Hyperscale development is moving into Texas counties with limited water planning and minimal oversight, leaving many communities unaware until construction is already under way.
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CXMT’s $8.6bn IPO surge tests China’s chip sovereignty bet

27th Jul 2026

5 minutes

CXMT shares surged 466% on debut as China’s DRAM champion raised $8.6bn. What the STAR Market listing means for AI data centre supply chains and sovereignty.