Digitalisation World

Conrad Purcell, partner at Haynes Boone, explains how data centre development in sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating, driven by rising digital demand and infrastructure investment. While project finance through DFI lending offers a viable route for funding these projects, they still come with challenges such as power grid reliability, political and social instability and contractor limitations. Despite these hurdles, strategic risk mitigation, market appropriate contract drafting and surging...

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Higher loads, faster builds: six trends defining data centres in 2026

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

This article was developed jointly by engineers from Black & White Engineering’s global offices, with contributions from: Wyn Turnbull, Yiping Lin, Niamh O’Halloran, Wesley Daniel, Rashi Negi, Aurore Knight, Adam Asquith, Eduardo Golloy Jr, Stuart Bridges, David Williams, Chris Nisbet, Charlie Bater and Kevin Laugo.

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What the UK’s AI growth zones mean for the data centre industry

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By Jon Healy, Managing Director, EMEA, at Salute.

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The Greening of the Internet Exchange Point

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

By Jennifer Holmes, CEO of the London Internet Exchange (LINX).

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WHAT WILL 2026 BRING FOR THE DATACENTRE SECTOR

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

By James Hart, CEO at BCS, the global datacentre consultancy.

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Patmos expands Kansas City’s AI capability

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Joe Morgan, Patmos’ Chief Operating Officer, outlines the company’s expansion of its AI data centre facility in downtown Kansas City, and the immediate availability of 10MW of new colocation space for high-density GPU, HPC and AI infrastructure. Purpose-built for Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and GPU workloads, the Kansas City facility is the first Patmos AI Campus - transforming disused industrial buildings into advanced data centres alongside spaces for...

Green Mountain doubles its Norway colocation capacity

Green Mountain’s €31.5M investment will increase data centre capacity by 35MW across two sites...

Data centre security market set for growth

The global data centre security market is estimated to exhibit a CAGR of 11.1% during 2018-2028, as...

Siemens delivers AI-based white space cooling solution for Tier IV data centre

White Space Cooling Optimization for highly efficient greenfield data center in Paris region.

Equinix opens £90m London data centre

New flagship London data center, LD7, will support global digital transformation, allowing...

Equinix and GIC agree to form joint venture

Equinix has announced the signing on June 27, 2019, of a greater than U.S.$1.0 billion initial...

Market challenges rise by over a third as data centres battle mounting pressure

Annual research from Keysource uncovers operational transitions, existing challenges and future...

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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