Data Centre News Type Select type AI Capacity TV cloud Company Profile Essential Insights Features india Insider Access Insights Interviews itw africa M&A & investments metro connect News Op-eds Opinion Partnership PressBox PressBox Top Story Whitepaper wireless and towers Clear Filter Data Centres Why is contractor concentration becoming a major risk for AI data centre growth? 8th May 2026 8 minutes As Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta accelerate trillion-dollar AI spending, the data centre industry is becoming dangerously dependent on a small group of specialist contractors Fibre Scaling up testing for fibre and data centre interconnects 7th May 2026 4 minutes EXFO’s Romain Tursi explains the benefits of automated testing across increasingly complex fibre networks AI RETN launches cross-Romania backbone linking Balkans and Moldova 7th May 2026 3 minutes RETN has launched a new backbone route through Romania into Moldova across one of Eastern Europe’s fastest-growing connectivity markets. AI euNetworks adds Frankfurt-Strasbourg route to Super Highway fibre network 6th May 2026 2 minutes euNetworks has extended its Super Highway fibre system with a new 247km route between Frankfurt and Strasbourg, targeting rising AI and cloud connectivity demand across Europe’s FLAP-D corridor. Appointments nLighten appoints new CEO and CFO to lead European edge expansion 5th May 2026 2 minutes European edge data centre operator nLighten has appointed Dame Dawn Childs DBE FREng as CEO and Matthew Harris as CFO, as the company positions itself for its next phase of growth across the continent. AtlasEdge AtlasEdge completes sale of 9 data centre sites to sharpen European growth strategy 5th May 2026 2 minutes AtlasEdge has completed the sale of nine data centre sites to Templus, marking a strategic shift towards higher-density facilities in markets where demand for digital infrastructure is growing fastest. Data Centres Paypal founder, Peter Thiel backs $140m floating data centres powered by waves 5th May 2026 5 minutes Oregon start-up Panthalassa has raised $140m in a Thiel-led round to deploy wave-powered AI data centres at sea. Interview ZincFive on the energy storage technology helping data centres manage AI power surges 1st May 2026 5 minutes ZincFive’s co-founder and strategic advisor Tim Hysell makes the case for why Europe’s approach to the AI race could prove to be its greatest competitive advantage. Data Centres How AI data centre growth has fuelled Schneider Electric Q1 revenue 30th Apr 2026 3 minutes Schneider Electric surpassed its Q1 revenue forecasts with 11.2% organic growth, driven it said by surging AI data centre demand for power and cooling solutions. M&A and Investments I Squared Capital acquires Elea Data Centers to scale AI data centres 29th Apr 2026 3 minutes Elea Data Centers, one of the largest carrier-neutral data centre platforms in Brazil, has been acquired by I Squared Capital to expand AI hyperscale infrastructure across LATAM. Energy Octopus Energy CEO: How agile data could rewire the energy market 29th Apr 2026 6 minutes Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson explained how cloud-native architecture on AWS helps the company stay agile amid rising energy demand and global uncertainty. Prev 1 2 3 … 117 Next
