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Jackson Vo, President of Gridmatic Retail, discusses the pressures on Texas as a rapidly developing data centre hub, with operators asking the same urgent question: how can we secure reliable power while staying competitive on cost and advancing carbon-free goals? Jackson explains how Gridmatic, an AI-powered retail energy provider, is working with data centre customers like EdgeConneX to answer that question – by unlocking the hidden flexibility in large electrical loads.

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Fibre overlooked in UK infrastructure planning

Posted on 1st November 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Lee Myall, CEO of Neos Networks, outlines how, over the past decade, there’s been a huge amount of investment in last-mile fibre builds, but core fibre networks across the country have received much less attention. Without them, workloads cannot move between data centres, data cannot be trained, and investments stall. The UK has the ambition, the demand and the regional readiness to lead in AI, but, as Lee explains, if we don’t address fibre gaps, we risk losing out on one of the greatest economic opportunities of our generation.

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Dynamism and energy - key to the BCS new brand

Posted on 29th October 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Anna Rantala, Marketing Manager at BCS, discusses the company’s new branding – a refresh that is about showing the world the BCS that already exists - modern, dynamic, and human at its core. Anna explains how the new branding is the platform to grow into the next decade and ‘gives space to our people and culture, the part of BCS that clients always tell me makes the biggest difference. It might feel like a big change, but the truth is we’ve been this brand all along. We just weren’t showing it’.

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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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N-able boosts operational efficiency

New integration automates ticketing, reduces missed alerts, and improves response times for backup failures, strengthening business resilience.

Panasonic TOUGHBOOK launches ELEVATE European partner programme

Panasonic reveals ELEVATE, aiming to enhance its channel partner programme with tiered structures, training, and strategic incentives.

Huawei releases the full-stack data infrastructure solution

At the Huawei Innovative Data Infrastructure (IDI) Forum 2026 held on May 21, Yuan Yuan, Vice President of Huawei and President of the Huawei Data Storage Product Line, delivered a keynote titled "Data...

Why Nickel-Zinc belongs in Europe’s next retrofit discussion

As European data centres face tighter regulations, sustainability demands and ageing VRLA infrastructure, nickel-zinc technology is emerging as a practical retrofit path that reduces deployment risk, lowers...

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High Bandwidth Flash: A New Memory for AI Data Centers and Edge Computing

By Alper Ilkbahar, CTO at Sandisk.

The Data Centre Industry’s Shift from On-Site Construction to Off-Site Manufacturing is an Opportunity for Northern Ireland

TES Power Managing Director, Michael Beagan, explores how the rapid growth of AI infrastructure is accelerating a major shift in data centre construction to off-site modular manufacturing and crucially, why...

The Hybrid Shift: Where Workloads Are Headed and How to Move Them

By Mark Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer at Pulsant

The Margin Squeeze: Why UK MSPs Must Monetise Observability, Not Just Support

By Ed Knight, Director of Global MSP Sales, Paessler GmbH

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