AI data centre
Definition
An AI data centre is a facility built or adapted to run large clusters of AI accelerators, with far higher power density and cooling needs than conventional data centres.
Why It Matters
Power, permitting and financing for these facilities now constrain how fast AI capacity can grow, and create new insurance and credit exposures.
Latest Coverage
- IIR data show at least $400bn a month in new data centre projects since April 2026 28 October 2026
- Malaysia names SoftBank as investor behind proposed US$50 billion AI and data centre programme 27 October 2026
- Insurers increasingly cast as key capital source for AI data centres and chip plants 23 October 2026
- Arbol launches parametric cover against government moratoriums on data centre construction 23 October 2026
- Nvidia unveils prefabricated DSX pods and waterless data centre specifications 22 October 2026
- Microsoft exits Nscale's Loughton AI data centre as UK grid power slips into the 2030s 21 October 2026
- CBRE agrees to buy data centre infrastructure firm Onnec for up to £760m 21 October 2026
- Microsoft exits Nscale's Loughton AI data centre after grid connection slips to the 2030s 20 October 2026
- Amazon, AEP and X-energy agree to explore 960MW small modular reactor plant in Indiana 20 October 2026
- ILS Bermuda Convergence hears warning on concentrated AI and data centre investment exposure 20 October 2026
- Microsoft withdraws from Nscale's UK data centre deal in Loughton, Essex 19 October 2026
- Anthropic signs first Canadian data centre lease with EverWind in Nova Scotia 18 October 2026
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