Denmark debates ‘emergency’ energy plan to curb datacentres
The Danish government is preparing plans to sanction datacentres it has blamed for a significant rise in industrial energy demand. This follows an Audit Office…
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Home Office proposes AI tooling to accelerate digital disclosure
The Home Office has accepted key recommendations from an independent review of how digital material submitted to courts can be managed more effectively. London barrister…
Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham takes aim at outsourcing
On the eve of his anointment as prime minister, Andy Burnham told Labour MPs he will rein in government outsourcing. According to a Financial Times…
Chaotic July Patch Tuesday threatens to overwhelm defenders
Security analysts are struggling to reckon with the sheer volume of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) addressed in Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday update, which contains…
Study reveals Microsoft tactics to lure Windows users
A report co-authored by an expert in deceptive user interfaces and a technology and design ethicist has found that design choices in the Edge browser…
ICO ‘less effective as a regulator’ due to toxic culture
A toxic workplace culture stemming from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) senior leadership team meant staff felt unable to raise concerns or push back…
IDCA warns of ‘delay tax’ as AI datacentre power surges 50%
Artificial intelligence (AI)-focused datacentres grew electricity consumption by 50% during 2025, with demand now at 67.7GW – 1.9% of all electricity generation – and the…
PAC raises more questions over Capita’s role in government
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised questions over Capita’s suitability for the £370m contract to run back-office services for four major government departments. Capita’s…
AI impacting stress levels among cyber professionals
The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) as an analytical or defensive tool in the cyber professional’s arsenal appears to be having a significant impact on…
Pure DC launches €7.5bn Finland AI datacentre campus
Pure Data Centres Group has launched one of Europe’s largest ever artificial intelligence (AI) datacentre projects, a 550MW campus in Seinäjoki, Finland with claimed total…
UK and EU impose sanctions on hacking groups linked to Kremlin
The UK and the European Union have issued sanctions against individuals and organisations linked to Russian-backed cyber attacks. In their first joint cyber-sanctions package, the…
Datacentres need to consider alternatives to grid connection
With more than 500 datacentres currently active in the UK, and approximately another 100 in the planning system or under construction, it seems the government is set to…