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4 days ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
When it comes to fully photonic networking, the proposition for data center operators is an alluring one. “There are no electrical packet switches at all,” says James Regan of the novel light-based architecture developed by his company, Oriole Networks. “So all of the switches and the transceivers connecting them, all that hierarchy is gone.
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4 days ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Oil and gas giant Shell has launched its first cooling fluid for direct liquid cooled (DLC) hardware. The company says its Shell DLC Fluid S3 has been designed to meet the needs of AI and high-performance computing data centers. Based on propylene glycol, the fluid will complement Shell’s existing cooling liquid portfolio, which is aimed at immersion-cooled installations. According to Shell, the S3 fluid has been formulated to ensure long-term corrosion protection for DLC systems.
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5 days ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Civil rights group the NAACP has called on regulators in Memphis to shut down a data center belonging to Elon Musk’s xAI over concerns that it may not be compliant with environmental legislation. In a letter to Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Health Department, and officials at utility company Memphis Light Gas and Water, the NAACP claims xAI is operating in violation of the law and should face penalties.
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1 week ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Detailed plans for a 1GW data center campus in North Lincolnshire, UK, have been revealed. The Elsham Tech Park would be built on land south and east of Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate, adjacent to the A15 road outside Scunthorpe. Elsham Wolds is a former RAF base that has been converted into an industrial zone.
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2 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
— Data4 — Data4 — Matthew Gooding — Matthew Gooding — Matthew Gooding French data center operator Data4 has unveiled a new heat recovery system that uses warmth from one of its data centers to grow algae. Working with the Fondation de l’Université Paris Saclay, Data4 has installed the proof-of-concept module on the roof of a data center at its Marcoussis campus outside Paris.
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3 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
A biomass energy company wants to build a 12MW data center on the site of a group of derelict buildings in South Wales. A pre-planning application for a data center at Tyn-y-Caeau, near the A48 Margam Road outside Port Talbot, has been submitted to Neath Port Talbot Council. The applicant is Western Bio-Energy, a company that runs the 15MWh Western Wood biomass power plant in Port Talbot. If built, the data center would draw power from the Western Wood plant, the application said.
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3 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Texas se ha convertido en uno de los epicentros del auge de los centros de datos de IA. Ya alberga la supercomputadora Cortex de Tesla con 50.000 GPU, y pronto albergará la primera etapa del ambicioso proyecto Stargate de OpenAI, que destinará una inversión inicial de 100.000 millones de dólares a infraestructura de IA. Numerosos otros desarrollos de centros de datos están en marcha, ya que los hjyperscalers buscan aprovechar la abundante oferta de espacio y energía en Texas.
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3 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Colt DCS has broken ground on its second data center in France. The facility, Colt Paris 2, is the first of three data centers planned for a 12.5 acre site in Villebon-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris. It is part of a €2.3 billion ($2.58bn) investment in French infrastructure, which will see five data centers constructed by 2031, bring Colt’s IT capacity in France to 170MW. Colt Paris 2 is being designed to meet the needs of the company’s enterprise and hyperscale customers.
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3 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
Samsung is set to pay €1.5 billion ($1.68bn) to acquire air cooling systems vendor FläktGroup. Germany-based FläktGroup provides HVAC cooling technology and CDUs to data centers and other large industrial sites. It is currently owned by investment funds advised by Triton, and the deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
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3 weeks ago | 
datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding
UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has overruled local councillors and given the green light to a £1 billion ($1.32bn) data center in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. The 96MW development on Green Belt land off Bedmond Road, near Abbots Langley, was rejected by Three Rivers District Council in January 2024, but following a public inquiry last year, Rayner has reversed the decision.
