Germany’s Uniper pivots to data centres with a €5bn plan to power the AI boom
THE SO WHAT
A rescued utility putting €5B into data centers by 2030 shows how deeply AI demand is rewiring European power markets. If you run large workloads in the region, treat energy players as strategic partners, not just vendors—site, grid, and contract decisions are now upstream of your capacity plan.
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