Opinion
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Does AI really need more power – or just smarter infrastructure?
As AI strains data centre power supplies, ABB’s Brandon Spencer argues smarter infrastructure could unlock more capacity without simply adding power.
Digital sovereignty means more than keeping data close to home
Angela Bishop, UK CEO at Zühlke, explains why true digital sovereignty depends on resilience, portability and operational control.
Could Ofgem’s grid reforms disadvantage smaller data centre developers?
Could Ofgem’s connection reforms fix the data centre queue – or make life harder for smaller developers? Elliott Meighan explores.
Speed-to-market should not mean fixing problems after go-live
As pressure mounts to bring new AI capacity online faster, getting infrastructure right the first time is becoming more important than ever.
AI growth is forcing data centres to rethink sustainability
Hitachi Energy's Andre Gargi explores how operators can balance the growth of AI with increasingly ambitious sustainability goals.
Should fibre be treated like power in data centre planning?
Should fibre now be treated as critical infrastructure the same way land, power and water are? That's the argument Emtelle's Gavin Faulds makes.
The data centre industry can’t afford to wait for things to go wrong
Data centres face a maintenance maturity gap. Alice Oakes, Service and Support Manager at Wilo, explains how to close it.
Are data centres prepared for the ‘commissioning cliff’?
RS UK & Ireland's Richard Graham explains why MRO planning needs to begin long before a facility becomes operational.
Is it time to bring AI to the data, rather than the data to AI?
Acceldata’s Colin Fernandes explores how hybrid and federated approaches could help enterprises bring AI compute closer to their data.
Europe’s data centres face a double heat test
Colin Rees, Co-lead of Consultancy at IES, explains why data centre operators need to start designing for a very different thermal future.
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