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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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atNorth partners with Vestforbrænding to recycle data centre heat in Denmark

Published in AI Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

atNorth's collaboration with Vestforbrænding will pioneer the use of excess data centre heat in Danish homes, aligning with national decarbonisation goals.

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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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Key legal risks and considerations for UK data centre providers and their customers

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By Sophie Ashcroft, Partner, and Miranda Joseph, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, at Stevens & Bolton.

Interxion offers AI-as-a-Service

Interxion is partnering with Scan Business UK to offer AI-as-a-Service, powered by NVIDIA DGX™...

Sparkle activates Rome PoP

Thanks to the connection with Sparkle’s new cable, BlueMed, the capital city strengthens its role...

Digital Realty expands renewable energy supplies

Digital Realty has signed energy supply contracts that will enable it to achieve 100% renewable...

Raxio Data Centres raises additional $46 million in equity funding

Raxio Data Centres has secured an additional $46 million in equity funding. This significant...

Comarch to locate 32,000-square-foot data centre in Mesa, AZ

Comarch, a global software house delivering IT solutions for improving business efficiency, will...

Aruba and Arelion plan new Point of Presence at Aruba’s Hyper Cloud Data Centre (IT4) in Rome

Aruba S.p.A and Arelion plan activate a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Aruba’s Hyper Cloud Data...

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Elektrobit Case Study: Enable Immense Data Intake to Support Autonomous Driving

Automated vehicles record and process massive amounts of data daily with simulations and high capacity sensors. For Elektrobit, a global supplier of connected software for the automotive industry, the biggest challenge was how to securely store, transfer and process these large amounts of data. The interconnection-first approach, deployed on Platform Equinix®, provided Elektrobit the fastest and most stable option available. Find out how Equinix, with its global data centers and digital edge presence, boosted efficiency, performance, reliability and security for Elektrobit.

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