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VUKA Group has announced the second edition of the Data Centre Summit, scheduled for 29 October 2026 in Johannesburg and co-located with the C&I Energy + Storage Summit. The event will focus on Africa’s data centre growth, power systems, cooling, financing, and sustainability challenges.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has announced a hybrid roof-based energy system that can simultaneously generate electricity, heating, and cooling from the same surface. The prototype reached 6.5 °C below ambient cooling, 60.6 W/m² electrical power density, and 110.8 °C heating in outdoor tests.

The Environment Agency has opened a public consultation on Iron Mountain (UK) Data Centre Limited’s environmental permit application for its Slough data centre site. The notice, published on 13 August 2026, concerns application EPR/LP3020MX/A001.