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Nebius signed a letter of intent to lease capacity at Volt's planned Port of Rotterdam campus, with a first phase put at about €7bn, up to 200MW for Nebius according to De Telegraaf, and first capacity expected in late 2029 or early 2030 (Techzine).

The French developer plans 200MW at Kaipola in Jämsä, rising to 600MW, with an anchor customer it has not named and an aim of more than 1GW in Finland (TNW). The site sale and many permits are still pending, Yle reported (Yle).

The Amsterdam-listed group raised the money from institutional investors for capacity, power and its pipeline in Europe and the US (BeBeez).

Google sent the regulator notice on 11 October that it had stopped work at its Muhos and Kajaani sites, and said it had acted on its own reading of the law, Yle reported (Yle).

Work must stop no later than 23 October, with Google's written response due on 14 October (Al Jazeera).

atNorth's first major new site since its acquisition by CPP Investments and Equinix has a 75MW first phase with power secured, connecting via a Fingrid substation, and about €2bn of site investment (atNorth).

The US developer's first non-US campus expects initial power from 2028 and is being marketed to hyperscalers (Applied Digital).

VIRTUS Data Centres secured £2.45bn from 13 banks, including a £1.2bn green capex facility, to fund its Saunderton and Slough builds and expansion in continental Europe (Standard Chartered, DCD).

CX Tech applied for planning permission in principle for eight buildings of about 120MW each at the former Chapelcross nuclear site near Annan, which it values at £16.5bn, with more than 1,000 objections lodged within 48 hours (ITV).

The UK AI cloud provider's Form S-1 sets out a proposed NYSE listing under the ticker NSCL; share count and price range are not yet set (SEC filing).

The European Commission opened a 12-week consultation on minimum performance standards and set out a common EU rating scheme and label, with a legislative proposal planned for 2027 (European Commission).

Alibaba said it will open first-time cloud regions in the three countries within 12 months and expand in Germany and France (eWeek).

During the UAE President's state visit, the two countries set out a package of about €40bn covering AI, digital infrastructure and energy, with roughly 1GW of new data centres. No developer, site or timeline has been named (TNW, The National).

The Scottish Parliament backed an amended motion that no planning decisions should be made on hyperscale applications until national guidance is published, due by the end of 2026. Environmental impact assessments are now required for sites over 50MW (Scottish Parliament).

Vertical Data signed to acquire a 4.5MW site at Hamre Industrial Park in Sollefteå and has applied to expand it to 100MW, subject to approvals (Newswire).