Energy Digital

National Grid Partners, the venture and innovation arm of UK utility National Grid, is taking on a larger role in shaping the company's technology strategy. The move signals a deeper commitment to investing in and deploying emerging technologies across the utility's operations, as energy companies worldwide push to modernise grids and integrate digital tools into core business planning.

Ukrainian drones struck Russia's largest data centre, a facility central to the country's artificial intelligence and computing ambitions, according to a Reuters report dated 14 October 2026. The attack highlights how the war is increasingly targeting Russia's technological and digital infrastructure, not just military and energy assets.

Spanish renewable energy company Solaria will build a solar plant in Uruguay to supply a data center, according to Bloomberg. The project ties Uruguay's growing solar capacity to rising power demand from data infrastructure, a trend playing out across Latin America as digital services expand. Details on capacity, cost and timeline were not immediately given.

Plans for a large data centre paired with a solar farm have been revealed, according to Yahoo News Canada. The combined development would pair digital infrastructure with on-site renewable energy generation, reflecting a wider trend of powering data centres with solar power. Details such as the location, developers and timeline have not been provided.