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Legacy data centres - time for open heart surgery?!

Simon Harris, Director of Critical Infrastructure at BCS, discusses the role that legacy data centres have in supporting the development of AI, with inferencing seen as a major opportunity. Simon outlines the challenges of making legacy data centres ‘AI ready’, suggesting that many, if not all, such facilities, need to recognise the importance of refurbishment if they are not to miss out on not just the current AI boom, but also the ongoing, general digital transformation expansion.

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AtlasEdge secures €253 million green financing for Lisbon data centre expansion

AtlasEdge reinforces its position in Europe with a green financing boost, set to accelerate its data centre campus expansion in Lisbon.

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Aston University helps tackle the soaring data centre energy use

Dr Aleksandr Donodin, based in the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), has received just one of 12 fellowship grants from The Royal Academy of Engineering to support his work examining fibre-optic networks to find solutions to the increasing power demands of data centres. Dr Donodin will be exploring the use of the networks and bringing together bismuth-doped fibre amplifiers which have tiny amounts of the metal bismuth added to them, and optical frequency combs which are used...

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Collaboration key to data centre project innovation

Maria Barrero, in charge of Architecture and Business Development at DConcept, outlines the company’s innovative approach to data centre projects, with the focus very much on both the people who work in the data centre alongside sustainability. She shares examples of how the company has managed all aspects of data centre projects, from consulting and design through to operations and maintenance, with the collaboration philosophy of ‘designing the future by connecting the present’.

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Collaboration, connection times and capacity the key to delivering future data centre resilience

Pete Aston, Specialist Connections Engineer at Roadnight Taylor, discusses the findings of a new report Powering Great Britain’s Data Centre Ambitions, explaining how data centre developers are facing mounting grid connection challenges that can derail even the most promising projects. The interplay between technical, regulatory and commercial complexities in grid connections creates challenges that most developers underestimate until they’re deep into the process. Pete is confident that,...

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Pioneering AI infrastructure meets renewable energy in Scotland

Argyll and SambaNova collaborate to launch the UK's first renewable-powered AI cloud, transforming Scotland's Cowal Peninsula into a hub for sustainable AI development.

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Enhancing sustainability, adding capacity and contributing to a more stable grid.
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ABB supports growth of Indonesian colocation market with IndoKeppel data center project
Demonstration marks significant progress toward providing data centers with reliable and...
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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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