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Exclusive: Sustainability expert warns NZ must reassess data centre water use

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New Zealand risks long-term water and power strain from AI data centres unless regulators toughen scrutiny of their resource footprint.
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Trane to acquire LiquidStack in data centre cooling push

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Trane Technologies will acquire liquid cooling specialist LiquidStack to bolster data centre thermal management for AI and high-density computing.
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Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI cloud

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Submer is acquiring Radian Arc to fuse its InferX platform with carrier-embedded GPU edge, pitching a sovereign telco-focused AI cloud.
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Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push

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Trane Technologies will acquire AI-focused data centre cooling specialist LiquidStack, expanding its liquid and rack-level thermal management range.
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Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI edge

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Submer buys Radian Arc to fuse liquid-cooled AI data centres with telco-embedded GPU edge, targeting sovereign AI at carrier scale.
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Blue Cloud Softech to invest USD $1bn in India AI hubs

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Blue Cloud Softech plans India-wide AI-first data centre push, investing up to USD $1bn to build 800 MW of high-density, sovereign cloud capacity.
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AI pushes dense, decentralised & sustainable data centres

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AI-hungry workloads are forcing data centres to go high-density, pushing power, cooling and sustainability to the top of the IT agenda.
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AI fuels Europe data centre boom amid power crunch

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AI is turbocharging Europe’s data centre boom, but grid bottlenecks and power scarcity now threaten to slow the next wave of expansion.
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Vaisala’s Origo aims to slash data centre cooling waste

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Vaisala unveils Origo sensor platform to curb data centre overcooling, targeting ±0.1°C accuracy and potential USD $8 billion in savings.
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LFB rebrands data centre cooling arm as Apx in Europe

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LFB Group rebrands its data centre cooling arm as Apx, targeting AI-driven demand, higher rack densities and co-engineered cooling solutions.
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LG hits record 2025 sales as tariffs & EV slowdown bite

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LG posts record 2025 revenue of AUD 88.6 trillion but operating profit slips on U.S. tariffs, EV slowdown and one-off restructuring costs.
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Vertiv unveils AI service for predictive data centre care

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Vertiv launches Next Predict, an AI-powered managed service to shift data centres from calendar-based maintenance to predictive care.
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Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to cut token costs

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Microsoft launches Maia 200 AI chip in US data centres, claiming 30% cheaper token generation and triple FP4 speed over Amazon Trainium.
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Canada’s AI push hinges on data centres & clean power

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Canada must treat data centres as core infrastructure in 2026 to turn AI strategy into secure, low‑carbon growth for communities.
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Nokia & Hypertec power new Nibi supercomputer in Canada

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Nokia and Hypertec have switched on the Nibi supercomputer at Waterloo, expanding SHARCNET’s AI and HPC capacity for researchers.
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Nokia and Hypertec power new Nibi AI supercomputer

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Nokia and Hypertec have deployed the Nibi AI supercomputer at the University of Waterloo, boosting SHARCNET research capacity across Canada.
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Global Switch signs Welsh wind power deal for AI hub

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Global Switch inks eight-year Welsh wind PPA with RWE to power its London Docklands AI data hub with around 70 GWh of renewables a year.
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Global Switch signs RWE wind PPA for AI data centre

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Global Switch inks eight-year RWE wind PPA to power its AI-focused London Docklands data centre with Welsh onshore renewable electricity.
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AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres

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AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.
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Motivair unveils 2.5MW liquid cooling unit for AI data

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Schneider launches 2.5MW coolant unit for liquid-cooled AI data centres, scaling to 10MW+ to match next-gen GPU and AI factory demands.