Opinion
Including On The Record – regular insights from our partners
Can air cooling survive the AI era, or is hybrid the new default?
Colt DCS' Alistair Barnes explains why air still matters in the AI era, and how selective hybrid deployments help control cost and improve efficiency.
Is your Java estate audit-ready – or just hoping for the best?
Azul's Simon Taylor argues that with audits now routine and licensing increasingly opaque, proactive Java governance is the only safe default.
Before we build more data centres, we should stop wasting energy in the ones we have
Schneider Electric's Sadiq Syed argues that making existing data centres more efficient will be key to enabling AI to grow.
DCR Predicts: Can data centres become ‘good neighbours’ in 2026?
Arup's Gareth Williams argues 2026 should be the year for designing facilities that stabilise grids, steward water, and deliver community benefits.
DCR Predicts: Is data sovereignty about to trigger a cloud rethink?
Pure Storage's Fred Lherault outlines why hybrid strategies and selective cloud repatriation are likely to accelerate as AI scales.
DCR Predicts: The new bottleneck for AI data centres isn’t technology – it’s permission
As gigawatt-scale sites move from imagined to visible ‘AI factories’, grid capacity, water myths, and local sentiment will decide what gets built.
How to avoid drowning in data at the expense of freshwater supplies
TechBuyer’s Astrid Wynne argues that as AI drives up cooling demand, water stewardship must become a core design principle.
DCR Predicts: Is 2026 the year cloud customers take back control?
James Lucas, CEO at CirrusHQ, argues that cloud autonomy and ‘choice by default’ will accelerate in 2026.
DCR Predicts – UK data centres are booming – but is the power running out?
A panel of experts explore why grid capacity, connection queues, and rising AI power density are dictating what can be built in 2026 – and where.
DCR Predicts: 2026 will be the year of movement and growth for the data centre industry
OVHcloud's Emma Dennard believes 2026 will be the year organisations plan migrations in the wake of security and sovereignty concerns.
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