Opinion
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What Africa’s shared data centres can teach the rest of EMEA
Raxio's Ryan Holmes looks at how Africa's approach to data centres could offer a glimpse of what digital infrastructure across EMEA could become.
Are UK planners losing patience with AI data centre promises?
IES’s Colin Rees believes Edinburgh’s AI data centre rejection is a warning to the sector: planning decisions will hinge on evidence.
Why even small retrofit delays can carry a huge data centre cost
Alice Technologies VP Dan Evets explains why even minor delays to data centre upgrade programmes can have significant financial consequences
Data centres don’t have to come at the expense of urban growth
Supermicro's Vik Malyala argues that smarter design and efficient cooling can ease grid pressure and protect power for wider urban needs.
Can data centres scale AI without putting water under pressure?
Salute's Jon Healy argues that water management must become a central part of data centre strategy.
Can biomethane solve the power problem without blowing up your ESG claims?
Suneel Appan at Future Biogas looks at biomethane as a drop-in alternative to fossil gas to speed up data centre delivery amid gridlock.
Europe’s AI moment depends on what’s under the hood
Broadcom's Joe Baguely highlights how Europe’s AI ambitions rely on scalable cloud and data centres built for resilience and compliance.
AI is rewriting the rules of data centre power – but who wins?
AI workloads are straining the grid and forcing new data-centre designs. Who wins now – hyperscalers with scale, or agile mid-sized operators?
Why data centres must be included in the UK’s clean flexibility strategy
NESO’s flexibility archetypes must include data centres, or it risks sidelining one of its most controllable, scalable sources of clean system support.
The next AI race may not be on Earth at all
As AI scales, orbital compute is moving from theory to strategy — and interconnection may decide whether space-based infrastructure works.
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