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Why are data centres becoming military targets?

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Scotland puts brakes on hyperscale AI data centre boom

The move comes as Scotland sees a surge in proposed data centres linked to the global AI boom. More than 20 large facilities have been proposed, including one project in Fife, in eastern Scotland, that has been described as potentially the second largest in the world.

17 September 2026

Business

Google to invest €13bn in Finnish data centres in major European push

Google will spend at least €13 billion on data centres and digital infrastructure in Finland over the next two years, its largest single investment in Europe, in a bet on the country's cheap power and climate.

9 September 2026

Business

Why are UK football clubs hiring more than ever? Data roles grow

Football clubs in the UK are advertising more jobs than ever, with recruitment rising sharply in recent years and the share of data and analytics roles growing significantly.

Tech News

Meta collects three times more user data than Microsoft or Apple

New research shows Meta's apps collect an average of 25 out of 35 possible data types, more than any other tech giant.

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Europe News

Police apologise after Al-Fayed sex abuse complainant identity breach

Email addresses of 143 people who say they were abused by the now deceased Harrods owner were visible to other recipients due to a 'human error'.

Space

China's lead in orbital data centres risks leaving Europe behind

China is racing ahead on orbital data centres while Europe still debates the concept, a new policy brief warns, and the gap is starting to widen.

Europe in Motion

Is Europe's new Entry/Exit system changing how Britons travel?

Longer queues but no cancellations: data suggests that while new biometric checks for non-EU visitors are creating delays, British holidaymakers heading to the mainland remain undeterred.

Business

Cerebras targets Europe with multibillion-dollar AI expansion

American AI chip startup Cerebras accelerates its European expansion with 200MW of AI compute capacity by the end of 2027, challenging sector behemoth Nvidia as it highlights "extraordinary" demand across the continent.

Tech News

Meta plans biggest AI data centre outside US with $9.1bn Canada push

Meta will pour more than $9.1bn (€8.4bn) into a new artificial intelligence data centre in Alberta, Canada — its largest outside the United States — powered by a dedicated natural gas plant.

Tech News

EU's cloud and AI development act gets mixed reception

The European Commission's goal of tripling the EU’s data centre market within five to seven years would not be possible without intrusive market engineering, and CADA does exactly that.

Earth News

Energy use of AI and data centres rivals most countries: UN report

"That extra ‘please’ you put there can make a huge difference,” says one of the report's authors.

Europe in Motion

Brutal heatwaves: How many in the EU can't afford air conditioning?

Thousands have no choice but to endure extreme temperatures. With heatwaves emerging as the top climate concern for Europeans, how is summer preparedness going across the continent?

Europe News

MEPs accuse EU of copy-pasting Microsoft lobbying into data centre law

At the core of the dispute is a European Commission rule on data centre ratings, which EU lawmakers say would significantly restrict public access to information about the environmental performance of individual facilities.

Europe in Motion

EU business investment rate plunges to 11-year-low

It's the lowest point since 2015, with firms blaming geopolitical disruption, a disorderly market and regulation uncertainty. Hungary and Croatia buck the trend.

Europe in Motion

Where in Europe do people work the most on weekends?

Balkan and Mediterranean workers are most likely to be shifted on weekends. Which countries have been trialling the four-day working week?

Tech News

Musk called Anthropic 'evil' — now his data centres are helping its AI

Musk's SpaceX has leased its Colossus 1 supercomputer to Anthropic, giving Claude's maker a massive compute boost despite a previously bitter rivalry.