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Data Centre Power and Permitting
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North America Datacenter Trends
Texas orders enforcement over data-centre water reporting
Missing water-use reports can now affect permits and ERCOT interconnection, putting water compliance alongside power in Texas data-centre development.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Sarvenmaa data-centre consultation closes
Polarnode's Keminmaa project includes power connections extending into Tornio, putting infrastructure beyond the data-centre site inside the planning review.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
SECI, HyperVault sign Hyderabad power MoU
The agreement covers renewable generation, land, and transmission for HyperVault's proposed campus, but does not yet set megawatts or an energisation date.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
NSW closes data-centre grid-cost consultation
NSW’s proposed grid rules could make data-centre developers put up more money before connection work begins.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Samsung and SK hynix reject KEPCO power prepayment plan
KEPCO wanted future electricity bills to help fund grid construction now, but Samsung and SK hynix rejected a proposed 25 trillion won advance.

Latin America and Caribbean Datacenter Trends
Pecém litigation targets the gap before data-centre operation
Brazilian federal prosecutors and public defenders want environmental evidence and Anacé consultation to become conditions for opening the facility. Their request is not a ruling that the project has been stopped.

North America Datacenter Trends
Rocky View puts farmland continuity into data-centre siting
A coming consultation shifts attention from the size of a development parcel to the agricultural operations around it. Permission to begin planning remains a long way from project approval.

North America Datacenter Trends
Vaughan agenda separates data-centre review from a pause request
Two members' resolutions put different timelines before the city: study the completed provincial framework, or seek a year-long pause on new AI data-centre approvals. Neither is a recorded decision.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Spain proposes hourly renewables rule for data centres
Spain's draft data-centre rules would require large facilities to match at least 80% of hourly electricity use with new renewable generation.

North America Datacenter Trends
St. Louis passes data-centre zoning rules
St. Louis has approved dedicated zoning rules for future data centres, while the 120MW Armory project remains under its earlier permit.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
UAE rethinks 5GW AI campus after Iran war
Reuters says the 5GW project may shift from one Abu Dhabi campus to multiple UAE sites, while Stargate UAE's first 200MW remains targeted for 2026.

North America Datacenter Trends
Wheeling plans 90MW cap for Warwood data centre
Wheeling’s proposed deal with Silicon Foundry Energy would keep the Warwood project below the state’s high-impact threshold and preserve a local financing option.

North America Datacenter Trends
Sangha gets conditional ERCOT classification for Texas campus
Sangha has 19.9MW available today; another 90.5MW is expected in 2028, while ERCOT verification remains incomplete.

North America Datacenter Trends
Bell's next 900MW in Saskatchewan must bring its own power
The proposed AI hub keeps its original 300MW grid arrangement. Its much larger addition depends on separately developed generation, customers and approvals—not merely a bigger capacity headline.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Vertical Data agrees to buy 4.5MW Swedish data-centre site
The acquisition covers a site with 4.5MW today; the proposed expansion to 100MW remains subject to separate power and development approvals.

North America Datacenter Trends
Frederick rejects Catellus's deal over future local rules
The county has rejected a proposed community-benefits agreement and extended a separate hold on data-centre applications. A precise prior-approval exception means neither decision should be read as a blanket shutdown.

North America Datacenter Trends
Texas makes missing water records a data-centre permit risk
The state's latest directive reaches beyond a prospective grid audit to past water-use returns. For developers, evidence that a survey is complete matters more than a claim that cooling is efficient.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Nostrum's power approval leaves expansion as an option
The electrical design for the Badajoz campus includes equipment reserved for later. That is useful flexibility, but it is different from power already available to a data-centre customer.

North America Datacenter Trends
Satellite study finds NOx surge near SpaceXAI plant
A satellite study found rising nitrogen oxide emissions around SpaceXAI’s Southaven turbine site, while the company says local monitors haven't shown a comparable increase.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
China ties computing growth to power and fibre
China is tying computing expansion to power and fibre planning, making coordinated delivery central to new projects.
