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Penta Infra focuses on rapidly increasing edge data centre demand
  • Posted on 23rd August 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Patrick van der Wilt, Chief Commercial Officer, Penta Infra, describes the journey on which the company has embarked as a fast growing European provider of edge data centres. Currently, the company’s portfolio consists of 12 data centres, with plans to grow to 30+ over the next few years, identifying new opportunities to bring sustainable facilities to communities across an increasing range of locations.

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AI could ‘make or break’ the data centre industry
  • Posted on 18th June 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Jim Hart, BCS CEO, provides some brilliant insights into the sustainability, skills and supply chain challenges facing the data centre industry, and that’s before the AI explosion promises to redefine the rules completely! As ever, Jim brings some much needed wisdom to a discussion of the legislation, technology innovation, and choice of data centre location which will likely frame the industry’s future success.

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Making the magic happen
  • Posted on 14th June 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Doug Loewe, CEO, Kao Data, outlines the company’s strengths which attracted him to join the colo at the start of this year, and shares his vision for the future – with new locations in mainland Europe part of an ACE (AI, Cloud and Enterprise) plan. Doug also offers some great insights as to how the data centre industry in general is responding to the challenges and opportunities of providing a mission-critical foundation for today’s sustainable, digital world.

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Substantial re-think required for data centre design and build
  • Posted on 30th April 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Andrew Fettes-Brown, Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Global Board Director, Head of Data Centres at RLB UK and Europe, outlines the results of the company’s recent research, the results of which suggest that the way in which future data centres are designed and built must be substantially rethought to accommodate supply chain constraints and sustainability measures.

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Greener data centres set to take centre stage
  • Posted on 26th April 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Leah Goldfarb, Environmental Impact Officer at Platform.sh, explains the importance of being able to identify truly green data centres as organisation’s develop their own sustainability objectives and also look to meet their regulatory reporting requirements – with the new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) set to have a major impact.

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Vertiv finds opportunities in responding to industry challenges
  • Posted on 27th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Sam Bainborough, Director, Strategic Segment Colocation & Hyperscale at Vertiv, discusses recent developments at the company, including expansion plans, liquid cooling, modular timber construction and energy storage innovations, as well as sharing his thoughts on some of the key challenges in the year ahead, with AI, sustainability and flexibility taking centre stage.

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Understanding the science of sustainability
  • Posted on 25th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Anthea van Scherpenzeel, Senior Sustainability Manager at Colt Data Centre Services, discusses the ways in which data centre owners/operators can make demonstrable progress on the road to Net Zero – with a commitment to science-based targets, improved and increased monitoring and management data points and transparency seen as key components of a successful sustainability strategy.

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AI creates unprecedented data centre demand
  • Posted on 20th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Daniel Thorpe, Associate Director, Data Centre Research Lead, JLL, discusses the company’s ‘Data Centres 2024 Global Outlook Report’, which explores how data centers need to be designed, operated and sourced to meet the evolving needs of the global economy. AI, power challenges, sustainable energy and data centre locations are the main topics covered.

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DCW 2024: DCS talks to Peter Hannaford, Portman Partners
  • Posted on 19th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

DCS talks to Portman Partners at Data Centre World 2024

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DCW 2024: DCS talks to Gary Mitchell, AFL
  • Posted on 19th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

DCS talks to AFL at Data Centre World 2024

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DCW 2024: DCS talks to Charlotte Evans, Sunbelt Rentals
  • Posted on 19th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

DCS talks to Sunbelt Rentals at Data Centre World 2024

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DCW 2024: DCS talks to Lee Prescott, RED
  • Posted on 19th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

DCS talks to RED at Data Centre World 2024

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DCW 2024: DCS Talks to Paul Cotton, Crestchic Loadbanks
  • Posted on 14th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

In this video we talk to Paul Cotton from Crestchic Loadbanks

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DCW 2024: DCS Talks to Gareth Meyer, Technimove

In this video we talk to Gareth Meyer from Technimove

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The digital infrastructure sector needs to invest and innovate to meet demand
  • Posted on 13th March 2024 in by Phil Alsop

Jacqueline Davis, Research Analyst for Uptime Intelligence, discusses the organisation’s recently published "Five data center predictions for 2024" - AI and liquid cooling are both set to have an impact, but not at the scale anticipated, sustainability accountability has arrived, data centre software will get smarter, and there’s a growing trend for the building out of hyperscale campuses.

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News

Discover how Siemens and nVent are revolutionising AI data centres with a new liquid cooling architecture.
nVent introduces new modular liquid cooling solutions tailored for AI and hyperscale computing needs, enhancing data centre infrastructure and efficiency.
ISC2 introduces a new certificate to help cybersecurity professionals enhance their cloud security skills amidst increasing demand in the industry.
Veeam's acquisition of Securiti AI heralds a new era in data resilience, governance, and AI trust, uniting the industry's leading platforms.

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