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The Built Environment

How data centre developers and investors can approach strategic real estate considerations in Europe

Critical national infrastructure and essential entity statuses pose challenges beyond commercial property development

04/12/2025

Read time 8m

Data Centres

Sustainable data centre development in the EU: added value or legal requirement?

EU regulations drive sustainable data centre solutions that support digital transformation and environmental objectives

23/10/2025

Read time 9m

Banking and finance

EU and UK financing trends are reshaping data centre projects

Sustainability, technology and market conditions will define data centre financing strategy

16/10/2025

Read time 8m

Energy

Beyond the grid: how Europe's data centre sector is navigating its green energy options

Operators need to balance green energy procurement with operational resilience in an evolving regulatory landscape

29/09/2025

Read time 8m

Artificial intelligence

How should data centre operators manage artificial intelligence compliance risk in the EEA?

The EU’s AI Act brings fresh challenges for data centre operators – and the regulatory regime will continue to develop

23/09/2025

Read time 5m

IT and data

UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be both similar and different to the EU's NIS 2

Businesses can still assess ahead of the UK bill's publication if they could be caught and their potential obligations

30/05/2025

Read time 9m

Mobility and Infrastructure

What is the UK government's approach to the development challenges for data centres?

Consultation raises questions as to how its energy strategy aligns with its increased digital infrastructure ambitions

24/09/2024

Read time 3m

The Built Environment

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Questions around the use of data need to be to the fore for logistics owners and occupiers of facilities of...

07/09/2023

Read time 5m

Data-driven business models

Challenging the environmental impact of data-driven business models

Net-zero goals have become a strategic priority for many businesses and so the carbon footprint of data-driven business models has...

14/06/2022

Read time 4m

Tech, Media and Comms

How the 'green' cloud is powering sustainable tech and cloud services

The reduction of cloud-based processing's carbon footprint to zero depends on environmentally conscious system design and supply chain management

25/01/2022

Read time 4m

The Built Environment

How data centre developers and investors can approach strategic real estate considerations in Europe

Critical national infrastructure and essential entity statuses pose challenges beyond commercial property development

04/12/2025

Read time 8m

Data Centres

Sustainable data centre development in the EU: added value or legal requirement?

EU regulations drive sustainable data centre solutions that support digital transformation and environmental objectives

23/10/2025

Read time 9m

Banking and finance

EU and UK financing trends are reshaping data centre projects

Sustainability, technology and market conditions will define data centre financing strategy

16/10/2025

Read time 8m

Energy

Beyond the grid: how Europe's data centre sector is navigating its green energy options

Operators need to balance green energy procurement with operational resilience in an evolving regulatory landscape

29/09/2025

Read time 8m

Artificial intelligence

How should data centre operators manage artificial intelligence compliance risk in the EEA?

The EU’s AI Act brings fresh challenges for data centre operators – and the regulatory regime will continue to develop

23/09/2025

Read time 5m

IT and data

UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be both similar and different to the EU's NIS 2

Businesses can still assess ahead of the UK bill's publication if they could be caught and their potential obligations

30/05/2025

Read time 9m

Mobility and Infrastructure

What is the UK government's approach to the development challenges for data centres?

Consultation raises questions as to how its energy strategy aligns with its increased digital infrastructure ambitions

24/09/2024

Read time 3m

The Built Environment

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Questions around the use of data need to be to the fore for logistics owners and occupiers of facilities of...

07/09/2023

Read time 5m

Data-driven business models

Challenging the environmental impact of data-driven business models

Net-zero goals have become a strategic priority for many businesses and so the carbon footprint of data-driven business models has...

14/06/2022

Read time 4m

Tech, Media and Comms

How the 'green' cloud is powering sustainable tech and cloud services

The reduction of cloud-based processing's carbon footprint to zero depends on environmentally conscious system design and supply chain management

25/01/2022

Read time 4m

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Article list

How data centre developers and investors can approach strategic real estate considerations in Europe

Sustainable data centre development in the EU: added value or legal requirement?

EU and UK financing trends are reshaping data centre projects

Beyond the grid: how Europe's data centre sector is navigating its green energy options

How should data centre operators manage artificial intelligence compliance risk in the EEA?

UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be both similar and different to the EU's NIS 2

What is the UK government's approach to the development challenges for data centres?

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Challenging the environmental impact of data-driven business models

How the 'green' cloud is powering sustainable tech and cloud services

How data centre developers and investors can approach strategic real estate considerations in Europe

Sustainable data centre development in the EU: added value or legal requirement?

EU and UK financing trends are reshaping data centre projects

Beyond the grid: how Europe's data centre sector is navigating its green energy options

How should data centre operators manage artificial intelligence compliance risk in the EEA?

UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be both similar and different to the EU's NIS 2

What is the UK government's approach to the development challenges for data centres?

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Challenging the environmental impact of data-driven business models

How the 'green' cloud is powering sustainable tech and cloud services

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