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Infineon’s SEMPER NOR Flash has qualified for ASPEED’s AST2700 BMC. The component stores critical server-management firmware, while fleet resilience still depends on secure updates, segmentation, access control, and tested recovery.

Veolia will operate a 350MW grid-independent microgrid for an Ohio AI campus. The system combines gas engines, linear generators, and 430MWh of batteries, with a 35–40-person team and a 99.9% availability target.

Two live NHS data centres have completed modular UPS and AHU upgrades. The cooling work is expected to cut annual emissions by more than 58 tonnes and save around £32,305, with a projected payback just above three years.

The Data Centres APPG has opened an inquiry into UK grid access, electricity prices, planning, sustainability, investment, skills, and supply chains. Written evidence will feed into recommendations due in December.

The UK has not named a new Whitehall owner for AI Growth Zones. Five announced sites and a 6GW national compute ambition now need clarity on grid coordination, planning support, budgets, incentives, and accountability.

Data centre demand helped Schneider Electric lift its 2026 targets after first-half revenue reached €21.2bn. Installation and commissioning also grew, showing capital is moving through equipment supply and into project delivery.

Fortescue correspondence has raised the prospect of data centres at its 300MW Holmaneset green-ammonia site. The formal project remains unchanged, leaving the power contract, EU grant, permits, and any alternative use unresolved.

Brinell Compute says work on its €3bn AI campus near Plovdiv will begin this autumn. The project has land and government support, but no public MW figure, grid agreement, tenant, contractor, or financing package.

Poste Italiane has identified land and an energy supplier for a proposed 70MW AI data centre in Lombardy. The site, grid position, consortium, ownership model, and construction programme remain undisclosed.

Uniper is preparing 459,000 sq m of its Staudinger power station in Hesse for data centres, storage, and new generation. Import capacity, investors, tenants, fibre, and the final campus load remain unresolved.