The development of artificial intelligence and the use of social media, streaming services and other technology is driving unprecedented demand for data centres. Building new data centres is impeded ...

The rapid development of new technologies – such as artificial intelligence (AI) – paired with immense data processing needs, is leading to a significant increase in power consumption by global data ...

Data centres provide the computing power needed for the storage, transport, and processing of our data. That may sound abstract, but data centres are the engine of our digital world, as they offer the ...

The Situation: Since coming into power in July 2024, the UK government has made several planning policy decisions with the aim of facilitating data centre development. The Development: On 9 July 2025, ...

The rapid rise of AI has seen global demand for digital infrastructure spike. At the heart of this acceleration is the data centre: a sweeping, titanic building that houses the servers and systems ...

American companies own 84 of Canada's 283 data centres, making the U.S. the largest foreign player in the sector, according to an IJF analysis. Canadians control 179 of the total data centres. French ...