Nobody chooses a career in an industry they have been taught to fear

The next generation of digital infrastructure talent could be lost before it even discovers what the industry has to offer, warns Lizzy McDowell.

Can we build AI infrastructure faster than we can staff it?

As AI data centres grow more complex, Maksim Gavriliuk explains why developing operational expertise must begin long before handover.

The AI infrastructure race will be won by people, not just technology

Solving the industry’s growing skills shortage will be just as important as securing the power and infrastructure needed to support AI.

Data centre sector gets dedicated route into STEM Ambassadors programme

National Data Centre Day (NDCD) has partnered with AVK and STEM Learning to give data centre professionals a route into schools.

Nobody plans a career in digital infrastructure. Almost everybody stays.

Why do so many people stumble into digital infrastructure by accident, only to discover an industry with a powerful reason to stay?

New careers platform aims to make data centre roles easier to find

The Data Centre Alliance has launched a dedicated careers gateway in partnership with Data Centre Job Market. 

The data centre industry needs more ambitious women, not quieter ones

Kao Data's Lizzy McDowell explores why women in data centres should own their ambition, and how leaders can help make space for it.

The Regulatory Radar data centre operators can’t afford to ignore

Built in partnership by The DCA and Clear Decisions, the Radar provides data centre leaders with real-time intelligence on the regulatory and policy landscape not just in the UK but right across the EU.

Resilience and the women holding this industry together

Lizzy McDowell, Director of Marketing at Kao Data, on why resilience has become the silent currency of women in digital infrastructure, and why the industry needs to stop celebrating it as a virtue and start asking what it costs.

The data centre boom will stall without a skills plan

The data centre boom risks running out of people before power, unless the industry replaces poaching with a real long-term skills pipeline.

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