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Powering sustainable data centre growth

Published in Energy Management Power & Cooling

Rollo Maschietto, Policy Manager, Renewable Energy Association (REA), discusses the ways in which the data centre and energy sectors can work together to ensure delivery of the clean, reliable, and scalable power required to underpin the rapid expansion of the UK’s digital infrastructure. He warns that, without fast, coordinated government action, planned investment will flow to overseas markets with clearer delivery pathways. Which is why the REA has launched the Data Centre Coalition – to...

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High performance infrastructure demands high density cooling

Published in Power & Cooling

DCS talks to Paul Quigley, President of Airsys Cooling Technologies. Paul also holds the executive leadership position at Airsys Global Group overseeing Sales and Marketing. In this interview, Paul discusses the ways in which AI is re-shaping the data centre and how liquid cooling solutions are coming into their own as a result. Airsys is continuing its long history of innovation to develop the LiquidRack patented single-phase spray liquid cooling system, designed to efficiently cool AI and HPC...

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nLighten sets new sustainability benchmark

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Francesco Marasco, VP Energy Operations and Sustainability, nLighten, explains why the European data centre provider has published the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities, marking a significant milestone in data centre sustainability measurement. The innovative scoring methodology goes beyond traditional industry standards by capturing hourly carbon-free energy matching, heat recovery, and contributions to grid stability. Developed in collaboration with the...

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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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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...

Bringing a boost to data centres

NG Bailey’s Freedom business has developed a new innovation to help data centres make vital...

Explaining the relevance of data centre carbon reporting

A new white paper from the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) talks through Scope 1, 2 & 3...

Enterprises unprepared for AI's power demand

72.4% are aware of the “significant” energy required to train or run AI models, 49.8% are...

Schneider Electric and EcoDataCenter partner for 'climate positivity'

Schneider Electric partners with EcoDataCenter to build an ultra-low-carbon-footprint data centre...

Power shortages to restrict 40% of AI Data Centres by 2027

AI and generative AI (GenAI) are driving rapid increases in electricity consumption, with data...

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres advancing a sustainable digital future

'Relentless' focus on innovation and investing in renewable energy sources achieves 52% renewable...

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