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Datacenter company intelligence covers data centre operators, colocation platforms, hyperscale campus developers, interconnection providers, and digital infrastructure investors in Europe and the Middle East, with enough context for readers to understand how these organisations build, operate, finance, regulate, and sell the infrastructure that supports digital markets.

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Europe and Middle East Datacenter

bit datacenters GmbH: A German Data-Centre Name That Outruns Its Registry Footprint

German commercial-register and routing records describe a young, small Gießen company whose branding implies capacity that no public source has yet evidenced.

Oct 6, 2026
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Mistral Compute's Other Layers: An AS With One Peering Port, and a Grid Line Still in the Ground

Previous BTW reporting on Mistral Compute sorted its megawatt ledgers, traced its $830 million debt structure and audited its execution evidence. Two layers remained largely untouched: how the cluster connects to the internet, and how it connects to the grid. Both now have dated…

Oct 4, 2026
Editorial infographic of a data center server hall in Bruyères-le-Châtel with two contrasting GPU rack groups: one illuminated representing financed capacity, one faint outline representing a superseded vendor claim.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter

Mistral Compute's Operational Claim, Audited: What the Fleet Numbers Actually Record

Mistral Compute's French infrastructure program has accumulated a layer of claims that outpace its dated evidence: a vendor blog calling an 18,000-GPU fleet "already operational," a registry that both energizes and does not energize the same site, and a product suite sold on the…

Oct 1, 2026
Conceptual illustration of datacenter blocks, an archival card marked OVH · STRASBOURG and 10.03.2021, an interrupted circular symbol and an emergency-response helmet.

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OVH Strasbourg: electrical isolation was an emergency control of its own

The useful lesson from the 2021 fire is not a speculative ignition theory. It is a question about practical control: who can establish the electrical conditions needed for an emergency response, and what would demonstrate that later improvements actually work?

Sep 19, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of AWS data-centre disruption in Bahrain and the UAE, showing unrecoverable data and affected Availability Zones

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AWS cannot restore data kept only in Bahrain

AWS says resources and data stored only in its Bahrain Region cannot be recovered, while one of three UAE Availability Zones is also beyond restoration.

Sep 18, 2026
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Khazna and Siemens explore 800VDC AI power

A new MoU covers digital twins, 800VDC power and technology testing for future AI data centres, but names no facility, capacity or deployment date.

Sep 18, 2026
Editorial illustration of AWS cloud infrastructure in Bahrain showing the Bahrain Region and one UAE Availability Zone as inaccessible

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AWS says some Bahrain resources cannot be restored

AWS says some resources held only in Bahrain and one UAE Availability Zone remain inaccessible after conflict damage, exposing the limit of in-region redundancy.

Sep 16, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Digital Realty and Rönesans data-centre development in Ankara, Türkiye

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Digital Realty enters Türkiye with data-centre JV

Digital Realty is entering Türkiye with Rönesans Infrastructure, starting with a more than 22MW Ankara campus whose first facility is scheduled for 2028.

Sep 16, 2026
Editorial illustration of DC North in Varaždin, Croatia, integrated into Ilkari’s European data-centre operations

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Ilkari adds Croatia's DC North to European operations

Ilkari has integrated the 4MW DC North facility in Varaždin into its European operations while keeping the existing local team in place.

Sep 8, 2026
Editorial illustration of construction at Pure DC's Brent Cross campus, where Glencar has started piling for the LON01B2 West Cold Shell

Europe and Middle East Datacenter

Pure DC starts final 70MW Brent Cross phase

Glencar has started the West Shell of Pure DC's 70MW B2 facility, with completion scheduled for the second quarter of 2029.

Sep 8, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Nordic data centre representing the CPP Investments and Equinix acquisition of atNorth

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CPP Investments and Equinix complete $4bn atNorth acquisition

The $4bn deal gives CPP Investments control of atNorth and includes a $4.1bn financing package intended to support the Nordic operator's expansion.

Sep 4, 2026
Editorial illustration of AVK microgrid power equipment beside a data centre representing Partners Group’s planned $1bn investment

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Partners Group plans $1bn AVK investment

The investment gives AVK capital to take its 110MW Dublin microgrid model into a wider pipeline of on-site data-centre power projects.

Aug 7, 2026
Editorial illustration of the former Langley Business Centre site in Slough with clearance work under way for a proposed Microsoft data centre

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Microsoft begins consultation on proposed Langley data centre

Microsoft is consulting on its Langley proposal before submitting a full planning application, with the final design and development timetable still to be confirmed.

Aug 5, 2026
Editorial illustration of a large maincubes-branded data-centre campus near Frankfurt with cooling and utility infrastructure

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Maincubes completes first phase of FRA03 data centre

The first phase of FRA03 is complete, with customer availability planned for the third quarter as Maincubes continues work towards the site’s full 16MW capacity.

Aug 5, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Stockholm data centre under construction beside a FuriosaAI RNGD accelerator, with 2MW, 8MW and 15MW development stages

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FuriosaAI plans phased 15MW Stockholm AI data centre

Velox has started construction, but the first 2MW phase and 1,800 planned RNGD accelerators are not expected to enter service until early 2027.

Aug 5, 2026
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Europe and Middle East Datacenter

What AS51987 Shows About EGT Euro Games Technology LTD's Network Identity

What AS51987 Shows About EGT Euro Games Technology LTD's Network Identity intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may…

Aug 4, 2026
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Europe and Middle East Datacenter

HUBARA and AS51294: Why a Small Network Record Matters for Hosting Continuity

HUBARA and AS51294: Why a Small Network Record Matters for Hosting Continuity intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may…

Aug 4, 2026
Orange and Morrison logos above an illustrated data-centre campus in France at sunset

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Orange and Morrison plan €3bn French data-centre venture

Orange would combine its French data-centre assets with Morrison’s capital to pursue 400MW of capacity. However, the venture has not yet been formed.

Jul 29, 2026

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Equinix and the real cost of cloud dependency infrastructure

Equinix is often discussed as if it were a simple data-center landlord or a neutral place where cloud networks meet. The useful public question is narrower and more practical: what does Equinix help customers assemble, what risks does that assembly move rather than remove, and…

Jul 23, 2026
Illustrative aerial view of a modular data centre campus beside a high-voltage substation and transmission lines in a forested Finnish landscape

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Pure DC Launches €7.5 Billion Data Centre Campus in Finland

Pure DC combines a fully leased 110 MW first phase with over 700 MVA of grid access and repeatable 40 MW modules for later expansion.

Jul 16, 2026