Project
Law firm Gide advised SEGRO on forming a joint venture with Pure DC to develop a data center in the Paris region.
www.gide.com source ↗
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Debate
Original « Priorité à l'environnement ou focus sur l'innovation et la souveraineté numérique ? Les datacenters créent un dilemme qui oppose écologistes et partisans de l'innovation et de la souveraineté numérique »
The article examines the debate between environmental concerns and issues of technological innovation and digital sovereignty tied to data center development.
cloud-computing.developpez.com source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI
Project
Original « Dans le Haut-Rhin, Microsoft obtient un feu vert pour son datacenter »
A Microsoft data center project in the Haut-Rhin department has received administrative approval, marking a step toward its realization.
www.zdnet.fr source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI
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Original « Dépassé par la demande, le Danemark met les data centers au régime sec électrique »
Facing rising electricity demand, Denmark imposes consumption restrictions on data centers to protect its power grid.
www.generation-nt.com source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI
Moratorium
New York State adopts a moratorium, a first among US states, temporarily restricting the construction of new data centers.
www.parisguardian.com source ↗
Sovereignty
Original « Mistral AI inaugure son datacenter à Bruyères-le-Châtel : la France a-t-elle enfin son cloud souverain ? »
Mistral AI inaugurates a data center in Bruyères-le-Châtel, presented as a step toward French sovereign cloud computing.
www.lenouveleconomiste.fr source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI
Sovereignty 9 Sept 2026
Original « Souveraineté numérique : face à la ruée vers les data centers géants, le marseillais Phocea DC mise sur des infrastructures edge de quelques mégawatts »
Marseille-based Phocea DC develops small edge data centers as an alternative to giant sites, framed around digital sovereignty.
usine-digitale.fr source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI
Project 7 Sept 2026
Original « Telehouse inaugure un nouveau datacenter sur son campus de Francfort et poursuit son développement en Europe »
Telehouse opens a new data center at its Frankfurt campus, reflecting the operator's ongoing expansion across Europe.
datacenter-actu.fr source ↗ 🌐 auto-translated by AI