Artificial Intelligence
Allbirds swaps shoes for AI infrastructure
Allbirds, a struggling shoemaker, has announced plans to exit the footwear business and instead focus on AI infrastructure.
Opinion
AI ambition means little without the people to run it
Matt Hawkins, CEO and founder of CUDO Compute, argues the UK’s AI ambitions will stall unless it builds the specialist talent to support them.
Industry
Blackstone looks to raise $2 billion to buy ready-made AI data centres
Blackstone has filed for an initial public offering of a new acquisition vehicle designed to buy operational data centres.
Data Centre Design & Operations
QTS reaffirms commitment to North East AI Growth Zone
QTS is still going ahead with its Cambois data centre project in the AI Growth Zone located in Northumberland.
Opinion
How do data centres scale for AI when power is the constraint?
Harting's Will Stewart explores how AI is forcing data centre operators to rethink power, cooling and maintainability as rack densities rise fast.
Industry
EMEA data centre vacancy hits record low as AI demand outpaces supply
The EMEA data centre market is tightening rapidly, with demand continuing to outpace supply across many of its most established hubs.
Opinion
Europe’s data centres can no longer treat sovereignty as abstract
Jad Jebara, President & CEO at Hyperview, argues that sovereignty is becoming an operational issue for UK and European data centre operators.
Industry
OpenAI puts Stargate UK on pause, cites ‘high energy costs’
OpenAI has paused its Stargate project in the UK, in a setback for the Government’s hopes of positioning the country as a major destination for AI.
