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2026’s Perfect Storm: AI Growth vs. Power Availability

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

TES Power’s Managing Director, Michael Beagan explores the top five power challenges the data centre industry may face in 2026, in light of the surge in AI. With a huge increase in demand, power is becoming the most precious commodity across the data centre industry, and this piece delves into the details of why.

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How large motors and generators enable stable, scalable data centers

Published in Energy Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

By Luca Rizzo, Segment Manager at ABB Motion High Power.

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The future of AI depends on data centre efficiency

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

By Sadiq Syed, SVP Digital Buildings, Schneider Electric.

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The Data Centre Challenge: Powering up sustainable data storage

Published in Energy Management Power & Cooling Storage + Servers

By Andrew Dodd, HPE Storage Worldwide Marketing Communications Manager, the LTO Program.

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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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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.

Short-depth, Smart-UPS with Lithium-Ion

Latest short-depth single-phase Smart-UPS models provide simplified installation and critical power...

Rittal and ABB ensure IT efficiency at expanded Croatian airport

New data centre for Dubrovnik Airport from Rittal and additional partners.

Renewable energy drives Norwegian market

The Norwegian leased data centre market is set to grow by nearly 100MW by 2024, according to a new...

Vertiv introduces plug and play micro data centre

Vertiv™ VRC-S integrates rack PDU, UPS, cooling and monitoring systems in a highly efficient IT...

Vertiv expands Customer Experience Centre

New investments will further enhance uninterruptible power supply testing capabilities for Vertiv...

Key insights from Data Centre World 2025: Sustainability and AI

Major data center players converged in London, UK, in the middle of March for the 2025 iteration of...

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Can Your Data Center Cooling System Do This?

Just how flexible is your data center cooling system? The incredibly agile and efficient Liebert DSE Free-Cooling system is designed around a single platform that can be configured in many ways for placement indoors or outdoors. With more than 5,000 installations globally and growing each day, it’s the most popular cooling system in the Vertiv stable of offerings.

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