Opinion

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Why the future of AI infrastructure may depend on warmer water

Fred Miller -

As AI rack densities rise, warmer-water cooling is emerging as a way to cut energy use, simplify infrastructure, and support scalable growth.

Why physical security needs a bigger role in data centre resilience

Rob Middaugh -

Hana's Rob Middaugh explains why physical security should be treated as a core part of operational resilience, not just a front-desk function.

Can data centre power architectures keep pace with AI?

Robert van der Kolk -

nVent's Robert van der Kolk warns that data centres must rethink power and cooling architecture to deliver efficient, scalable and resilient AI infrastructure.

AI ambition means little without the people to run it

Matt Hawkins -

Matt Hawkins, CEO and founder of CUDO Compute, argues the UK’s AI ambitions will stall unless it builds the specialist talent to support them.

How do data centres scale for AI when power is the constraint?

Will Stewart -

Harting's Will Stewart explores how AI is forcing data centre operators to rethink power, cooling and maintainability as rack densities rise fast.

Europe’s data centres can no longer treat sovereignty as abstract

Jad Jebara -

Jad Jebara, President & CEO at Hyperview, argues that sovereignty is becoming an operational issue for UK and European data centre operators.

Could being a ‘good neighbour’ help data centres secure grid access?

Leo Evers -

Equity Energies' Leo Evers argues that community benefit is becoming far more important when it comes to securing a grid connection.

Can data centres stay sustainable as AI pushes energy demand ever higher?

James Pennington -

As AI drives data centre energy demand, Lenovo's James Pennington says sustainable growth depends on system-level efficiency and circularity.

AI won’t be won in the server room alone

Fabrizio Landini -

Fabrizio Landini, Global Data Centre Segment Leader at Hitachi Group, explains why AI growth now depends on bridging the long-standing divide between IT and OT.