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110MW microgrid developed for Dublin data centre

Ben Pritchard, CEO of AVK, discusses the launch of what is believed to be Europe’s first, large-scale, 110 MW on-site microgrid, developed to support early phase site operational resilience. Located within Pure DC’s Dublin campus, the on site energy system provides the opportunity for dispatchable capacity to support data centre operations during initial development phases, prior to full integration with the national electricity system as grid connection capacity becomes available. Over...

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Community collaboration and transparency - key to data centre success in the AI era

Edgar Van Essen, Managing Director, CCO and Partner for Switch Datacenters, outlines a dramatic decline in water use, new cooperative stakeholder models including green residual heat exchange networks, and a clear pathway to reach net-positive impact by 2040, as reported in the company’s 2025 Sustainability Report. With plans for six new builds and more, Edgar highlights how Switch Datacenters is growing its footprint to over 1GW capacity in the coming years while supporting local societies...

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National Data Centre Day launches #BackToSchool campaign

12th September 2026 marks the second year of the awareness day, created to help recognise the role data centres play in powering the UK's digital economy and the countries AI ambitions.

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Deep Green and Zendo partner

Partnership combines modular data centres with clean, flexible energy to meet rising AI demand while delivering local community benefits.

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What it takes to deliver a data centre

Katie Coulson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Skanska Advanced Technology, discusses the many factors which need to be considered when delivering a data centre design and build, including the weather, available labour, power and water. Katie goes on to explain how modular, repeatable design and construction techniques and the harnessing of AI are helping to address the challenges of delivering new facilities as quickly as possible for the current AI boom.

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Switch to a strategic procurement approach when it comes to switchgear

Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Director at Prism Power Group, highlights the fact that switchgear is fast becoming one of the biggest hidden constraints in UK (and elssehwere) commercial construction - with data centres absorbing enormous volumes of low voltage and medium voltage switchgear, along with AI workloads, hyperscale cloud expansion and government backing of digital infrastructure, demand has raced into a different gear entirely. Adhum explains that, as a result, switchgear is no longer a...

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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, empowered edge, privacy and ethics, quantum computing, immersive experiences, augmented analytics, autonomous things and digital twins drive the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019. David Cearley, Gartner Vice President, presented the trends at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

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