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Legacy data centres - time for open heart surgery?!

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Simon Harris, Director of Critical Infrastructure at BCS, discusses the role that legacy data centres have in supporting the development of AI, with inferencing seen as a major opportunity. Simon outlines the challenges of making legacy data centres ‘AI ready’, suggesting that many, if not all, such facilities, need to recognise the importance of refurbishment if they are not to miss out on not just the current AI boom, but also the ongoing, general digital transformation expansion.

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DCS speaks to Infineon at DCW Asia

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Data Centre World Asia 2025

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DCS speaks to Castrol at DCW Asia

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Data Centre World Asia 2025

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Aston University helps tackle the soaring data centre energy use

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Dr Aleksandr Donodin, based in the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), has received just one of 12 fellowship grants from The Royal Academy of Engineering to support his work examining fibre-optic networks to find solutions to the increasing power demands of data centres. Dr Donodin will be exploring the use of the networks and bringing together bismuth-doped fibre amplifiers which have tiny amounts of the metal bismuth added to them, and optical frequency combs which are used to measure and control light very accurately. It will be the first time this combination is explored in detail and if successful could cut power consumption in optical networks by 30–50% per bit. It will also enable O-band range of light wavelengths to reach transmission capacities beyond 200 terabytes per second.

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Collaboration key to data centre project innovation

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Maria Barrero, in charge of Architecture and Business Development at DConcept, outlines the company’s innovative approach to data centre projects, with the focus very much on both the people who work in the data centre alongside sustainability. She shares examples of how the company has managed all aspects of data centre projects, from consulting and design through to operations and maintenance, with the collaboration philosophy of ‘designing the future by connecting the present’.

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Collaboration, connection times and capacity the key to delivering future data centre resilience

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Pete Aston, Specialist Connections Engineer at Roadnight Taylor, discusses the findings of a new report Powering Great Britain’s Data Centre Ambitions, explaining how data centre developers are facing mounting grid connection challenges that can derail even the most promising projects. The interplay between technical, regulatory and commercial complexities in grid connections creates challenges that most developers underestimate until they’re deep into the process. Pete is confident that, with the right planning and collaboration in place, there is enough grid capacity to meet the data centre industry’s predicted increased power demands into the future.

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DCS speaks to Haiwu at DCW Asia - Part 2

Posted on 27th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Data Centre World Asia 2025

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DCS speaks to Haiwu at DCW Asia - Part 1

Posted on 27th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Data Centre World Asia 2025

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DCS speaks to ECOLAB at DCW Asia

Posted on 27th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Data Centre World Asia 2025

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How data centres need to react to risk and resilience challenges and opportunities

Posted on 24th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Donna Bridgman, Founder of HerWorX, discusses the hidden costs of tomorrow’s data centres – mastering resilience, not reacting to risk, ahead of her speaking engagement at DCW Madrid. Donna discusses the hidden costs of misaligned data centre strategies – from financial and operational impacts to reputational damage and the loss of client trust and key personnel; going on to explore moving beyond basic risk mitigation to mastering a proactive resilience strategy.

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