Infrastructure

US tech giant to build three new data centres in Finland, backed by a 22-year nuclear power deal and support for onshore wind and battery storage

New £1.5bn hospital upgrade programme includes commitment to improve cooling and ventilation systems and bolster response to climate risks

Water company pleads guilty to five offences relating to 2023 incident that saw sewage discharged along the Fylde Coast for 35 hours

Solar+battery+flexibility solution for communal properties aims to slash energy costs and provide residents with payments of up to £160 a year

BBC reports Number 10 is expected to give green light to controversial project within weeks, sparking fresh questions over how increased emissions will fit into UK carbon budgets

A new study argues levy reforms and an AI roll out that boosts power demand could counterintuitively lead to lower domestic energy bills, but only if data centres are sensibly located and effectively managed

UK start-up ditches former name, RFC Power, as part of a major rebrand

Regulated Asset Base funding model and initial £1bn of public investment could mobilise a huge wave of private capital into heat network projects over coming decades, report claims

Plus Amazon deforestation plunges to lowest level since 2013, Google inks 15-year solar PPA, and Malaysia's new 10-year energy efficiency plan, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world the week

Regulator gives provisional green light to package of infrastructure and service upgrade projects worth £3.4bn proposed by water suppliers across England and Wales