Opinion
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.
Artificial Intelligence
New North Wales AI Growth Zone promises to create 3,400 jobs
North Wales has been named as the UK’s latest AI Growth Zone, with ministers claiming the scheme will create more than 3,400 jobs in the region.
Power
Downing to build 40MW private-wire solar farm for Kao Data in Harlow
Downing Renewable Developments has agreed to develop, build and operate a 40MW solar farm to supply Kao Data’s colocation campus in Harlow.
Opinion
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.
Industry
Cloudflare issue knocks parts of the web offline
Following widespread outages at AWS and Microsoft’s Azure, Cloudflare has become the latest platform to go offline.
Power
Global data centre electricity demand set to double by 2030
Electricity demand for data centres worldwide is set to grow 16% in 2025 and to double by 2030, according to new figures from Gartner.
Artificial Intelligence
Carbon3.ai commits £1bn to sovereign AI data centre network in the UK
Carbon3.ai has announced plans to convert legacy industrial and energy sites into a nationwide network of low-carbon, AI-ready data centres.
Cooling
Ecolab launches integrated cooling programme for data centres
Ecolab has launched a ‘Cooling as a Service’ programme for data centres, positioning it as a way to optimise performance at global scale.
