Opinion
Can the UK build AI at speed without breaking its ESG promises?
Salute's Jon Healy argues that the UK is walking a fine line between accelerating AI capacity and overloading operational and environmental risk.
Why private cloud is staging a comeback in a $2 trillion cloud world
Six Degrees' Tony Healy explains why enterprises are shifting workloads back to private cloud for greater control, compliance and predictability.
How IT professional services are becoming the backbone of the AI-ready data centre
Ian Shearer explores why expert support on power, cooling and operations is now essential as AI pushes legacy data centre designs to their limits.
The real risk to data centres isn’t power or land – it’s reputation
BCS' Anna Rantala argues that public perception is no longer just uncomfortable noise at the edges of the data centre sector, but a real constraint.
From patience to power play: How CP30AP is rewriting the rules of grid access
Farrer & Co's Jamie Goldberg argues that grid connections have shifted from a simple administrative hurdle to a strategic, capital-intensive contest.
The privacy paradox is turning into a data centre weak point
Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at Acronis, argues that the so-called privacy paradoxy is fast becoming a critical liability for data centre operators.
Can the data centre boom survive a security skills bust?
Reliance High-Tech's James Smith warns that expertise in design, installation and maintenance is becoming the decisive battleground.
The AI gold rush is fuelling an e-waste problem – can refurbished kit fix it?
With AI demand driving a surge in data centre build-out and hardware refreshes, refurbished tech could help operators with rising carbon footprints.
Legacy data centres are the missing lever in Europe’s AI plan
Refurbishments, targeted electrical upgrades and smarter cooling can deliver speed-to-market, cost and carbon wins over new build data centres.
Five tips to scale cooling for mega AI data centres
LiquidStack's Kevin Roof lays out five principles to future-proof cooling as AI campuses scale to gigawatts and racks push toward 1MW.
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