Digitalisation World

As AI leads to bigger data centres, power grids and public perceptions may shape what’s actually possible.   By Tate Cantrell, Verne CTO.

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£15 billion green data centre network planned for Scotland’s central belt

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

Mark Wilson, CEO of ILI Group, discusses the ILI Group’s plans for three new hyperscale data centres across Scotland, creating what it calls The Stoics – a £15 billion Green Digital Network spanning the central belt. The projects, named after Stoic philosophers, are located in Fife (Cato), East Ayrshire (Rufus), and North Lanarkshire (Aurelius). The Stoics will stand among the largest hyperscale data centre clusters globally - more than double the size of many of today’s biggest...

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Partner data centres with biodiversity for a sustainable AI era

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

By David Davies, Associate Director at Arup.

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Assessing the state of the energy industry

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Rebecca Scottorn, Partner at L.E.K. Consulting and part of the global Industrials Practice, discusses the company’s recent ‘State of the Energy Industry’ report, providing valuable insights into a range of topics, including decarbonisation and sustainability, grid modernisation, renewables, behind-the-meter gas solutions, and the impact of AI - as part of the overall energy transition landscape.

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Unlocking Africa’s digital infrastructure future - data centre developments are key

Published in Design + Optimisation Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

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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Patmos expands Kansas City’s AI capability

Published in Design + Optimisation Hosting + Colocation

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...

Legrand enjoys the rule of six!

Legrand Data Center Solutions, powered by experts Minkels, Raritan, Server Technology and Starline,...

Securing the hybrid data centre

Against the backdrop of the rise of the remote workforce and the growing prevalence of...

Icelandic PoP for BT

The new Point-of-Presence connects pan-European enterprise hubs expanding reach for data centres...

Students learn about data centre career opportunities

As part of its campaign to address the ongoing skills shortage in the digital infrastructure...

Frankfurt successes for maincubes

maincubes, a European data center owner/operator providing German-engineered colocation data center...

R&M updates Colocation Migration Handbook

New ‘partnerships’ section focuses on NTT’s new ‘London 1’ data centre.

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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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