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How 2026 will redefine the UK’s data centre landscape

Mary-Ann Clarke, AECOM’s Director of Data Centre Delivery, believes that developers, utilities, planners and government need to work together to accelerate investment in grid reinforcement and smart energy systems and strengthen engagement with communities to secure social licence for continued data centre growth – alongside recognising the strategic importance of data centres to the national economy and ensuring policy keeps pace with the scale and urgency of demand.
Ben Sooter, Director of Agentic AI Initiatives & Distributed AI Architecture at EPRI, and Bal...
Antti “Jogi” Poikola newly appointed Managing Director of the Finnish Data Center Association...
Christina Mertens, vice president of business development, EMEA, at VIRTUS Data Centres, explains...
Eva Diego, the new CEO of Hyphen, an international architectural practice working with many of the...
Mark Wilson, CEO of ILI Group, discusses the ILI Group’s plans for three new hyperscale data...
Rebecca Scottorn, Partner at L.E.K. Consulting and part of the global Industrials Practice,...
Conrad Purcell, partner at Haynes Boone, explains how data centre development in sub-Saharan Africa...
Joe Morgan, Patmos’ Chief Operating Officer, outlines the company’s expansion of its AI data...