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Fire safety at scale: protecting modern data centre construction sites

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management

Aaron Velardi, head of North American development at Ramtech North America, explains that, as data centre construction across North America accelerates, projects are becoming larger, faster and more complex than ever before – and the consequences of getting fire safety wrong have never been higher. Traditional approaches, developed for early, smaller-scale facilities, are being stretched beyond their limits on today’s megasites. Aaron explores how evolving risks, updated NFPA guidance and...

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How 2026 will redefine the UK’s data centre landscape

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Mary-Ann Clarke, AECOM’s Director of Data Centre Delivery, believes that developers, utilities, planners and government need to work together to accelerate investment in grid reinforcement and smart energy systems and strengthen engagement with communities to secure social licence for continued data centre growth – alongside recognising the strategic importance of data centres to the national economy and ensuring policy keeps pace with the scale and urgency of demand.

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Collaboration to develop smaller data centres for the AI era

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Ben Sooter, Director of Agentic AI Initiatives & Distributed AI Architecture at EPRI, and Bal Aujla, Director, Head of Advanced Research and Engineering, InfraPartners, discuss the collaboration between EPRI, Prologis, NVIDIA, and InfraPartners to study smaller-scale data centres designed for distributed inference. The collaborators will assess the deployment of micro data centres - ranging from 5 to 20 megawatts - at or near utility substations with available grid capacity that can be quickly...

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Building a strong Finnish ecosystem around data centre investments

Published in Design + Optimisation Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Antti “Jogi” Poikola newly appointed Managing Director of the Finnish Data Center Association (FDCA), explains how Finland has an exceptional opportunity to become a leading country in sustainable digital infrastructure in Europe. The data center industry is growing rapidly in Finland, and in his role as Managing Director of FDCA, Poikola will play a key part in strengthening the visibility and recognition of the sector.

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How tier two locations are changing data centre planning

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Christina Mertens, vice president of business development, EMEA, at VIRTUS Data Centres, explains that, for data centre operators, the question is no longer only where capacity can be deployed quickly, but where it can be sustained, expanded and operated reliably over long time horizons. This shift has brought tier two locations into sharper focus. These locations are not replacing core markets, but they are increasingly shaping how new capacity is planned and managed over time.

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Hyphen architects exciting digital infrastructure future with new CEO

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management

Eva Diego, the new CEO of Hyphen, an international architectural practice working with many of the world’s leading brands and digital infrastructure developers, explains how global demand for critical digital infrastructure is reshaping the built environment and shares many valuable insights as to how expert delivery partners and trusted architectural advisors can help the data centre sector navigate complex and technically demanding projects while ensuring commercial viability.

Data Centre Alliance Energy Efficiency Special Interest Group Spotlight - Part 1

Part 1 of 2. DCS talks with John Booth, Chair of the DCA’s Energy Efficiency SIG, about the work...

The Evolution of the Colocation Data Center to Meet Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Demands

Hear from Svein Atle Hagaseth, CSO at Norway’s Green Mountain AS, discuss which sustainability...

Schneider Electric continues to drive the data centre sustainability agenda

Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President, EcoStruxure Solutions, Secure Power Division, and Alison Matte,...

Simplifying the Edge, Data Center Trends 2019

Martin Olsen, VP Global Edge and Integrated Solutions at Vertiv, shares his views on one of our key...

DCS talks to RED Engineering at Data Centre Transformation 2023

n this video, we talk to RED Engineering at Data Centre Transformation 2023.

DCS talks to Piller at the DCA's 2025 10x10 Event

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