Opinion
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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.
Why stable temperatures could be hiding a cooling problem
Reliability Engine’s Rupesh Mainali explains why rising pump effort or pressure can reveal problems that rack temperature readings still conceal.
Are data centres forgetting the people who keep them running?
Agilité’s Daniel Hunt argues that data centres designed around machines still need to prioritise the people responsible for keeping them running.
Embodied carbon can no longer be everyone’s concern and nobody’s priority
With data centre demand soaring, the industry must bring embodied carbon into mainstream decision-making before key choices are locked in.
Could the future of the data centre be in space?
Could orbital compute ease the infrastructure bottlenecks slowing AI? Arthur D. Little’s Sean P. McDevitt assesses the opportunity and challenges.
Data centres have a planning problem – but are developers getting the sequence wrong?
Bringing communities into the conversation earlier could help developers build trust, reduce opposition and improve planning outcomes.
Why the data centre map of Europe is being redrawn
As AI drives unprecedented power demand, Europe’s data centre growth is moving north, where abundant renewable energy and space offer a new advantage.
AI needs more than a cloud-first infrastructure strategy
As AI moves into production, Leaseweb UK’s Terry Storrar explains why DevOps teams need a more flexible approach to infrastructure.
Should data centre security be measured by uptime, not optics?
Axis Communications’ Sienna Cacan argues that resilience improves when physical security and operations share the same picture.
Community is a philosophy, and it is quietly shaping the industry
Community is more than proximity, says Kao Data’s Lizzy McDowell – it is a shared commitment to protect, strengthen and grow what matters.
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