Data Centre Solutions

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

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

By Jon Healy, Managing Director, EMEA, at Salute.

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The Greening of the Internet Exchange Point

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

By Jennifer Holmes, CEO of the London Internet Exchange (LINX).

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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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Balmoral Tanks expands global reach in data centre market

Published in Design + Optimisation Power & Cooling

Balmoral Tanks doubles its export sales in the data centre sector, spotlighting the increasing demand for sustainable water solutions.

EUDCA elects new Chair, Board Members, and confirms Managing Director

Following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 14th, the European Data Centre Association...

Secure I.T. Environments delivers new data centre through lockdown for Opus Trust Communications

A closely managed key worker data centre project in Leicestershire. Delivered on time and in budget...

NetActuate increases service capacity in London

A new deployment in London has improved NetActuate’s service capacity and global network...

Tier III data centre for Vietnam

Delta has announced the successful implementation of its energy-saving POD (Point of Delivery) data...

Quantum computing for business

Size Matters: Advantage’s 5000+ qubit and 15-way qubit connectivity powers large-scale,...

Open Compute compliance

First certified Nordic colocation data center delivers world first triple benefit to OCP Community....

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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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