Building for demand: power and adaptability in data centres

As Europe’s data centre sector accelerates, discussion naturally focuses on scale. Campuses in the tens of megawatts are now routine, while projects exceeding 150MW are increasingly common. The post Building for demand: power and adaptability in data centres appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Penzance to invest $4B for West Virginia data center build

Once complete, the Berkeley County campus, about an hour northwest of Virginia’s Data Center Alley, will total about 1.9 million square feet and deliver 600 megawatts of power output.

Bringing Orkney’s wind power to the mainland

The construction of a new substation in Orkney will help bring 220 megawatts of renewable energy from across the North Sea to the British mainland The post Bringing Orkney’s wind power to the mainland appeared first on Construction News.

Colt wins approval for £2.5bn data centre expansion in west London

The trio of new data centres will add 97 megawatts to the available information technology power at Hayes Digital Park, taking the total capacity to 160 megawatts. The post Colt wins approval for £2.5bn data centre expansion in west London appeared first on Property Week.

Sabey Data Centers Opens Austin Building B Expansion

Sabey Data Centers, a leading data center developer, owner and operator, announces today that construction is under way for Building B on its growing Austin campus, located in the burgeoning tech corridor of Round Rock, Texas. This three-story facility is designed to deliver a total of 54 megawatts of power capacity, with the first 18 megawatts […] <p>The post Sabey Data Centers Opens Austin Building B Expansion first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Tom Scott - This billion-euro nuclear reactor was never switched on, 16032020

Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, in Austria, was ready to go: it just needed starting up. But that never happened, and forty years later, it still sits mothballed. Here's why.

Tom Scott - Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake, 05112018

Dinorwig Power Station, otherwise known as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydro station in Llanberis, Wales. And yes: it's Britain's largest battery. Here's how it works, and why some of the things you think you know about TV pickups might not be so true any more.