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Centrica and Ceres partnership to deliver multi GW on site fuel cell power

Phil Caldwell, CEO of Ceres, explains how the collaboration will accelerate the deployment of solid oxide, low carbon, high efficiency, grid-independent on site power solutions, capable of being deployed much faster than gas turbines or nuclear, to meet the multi-gigawatt demand from data centre, commercial and industrial customers across the UK and Europe.

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Can Power Grids Keep Up With AI Demand?

Craig Wentworth, Research Director at TechMarketView, discusses the key findings of the company’s new report, “AI data centres and energy responsibility: Who really pays for intelligence at scale?”, which highlights how AI infrastructure is increasing pressure on local energy systems and why responsibility for its environmental impact must be shared across hyperscalers, enterprises, and policymakers. Craig looks at the operational and policy risks of AI infrastructure growth, including local grid strain and strategic prioritisation at a national level and explains how enterprise IT leaders can embed sustainability into AI adoption, from workload architecture to deployment planning.

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Inspiring the next generation of digital technology talent

Rory Flashman-Wells, Co-Founder, National Data Centre Day, and Managing Director at Spa Communications, and Duncan White, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing at AtlasEdge, National Data Centre Day supporting company, discuss the #BackToSchool theme of this year’s National Data Centre Day. With 12th September marking the second year of the NDCD awareness campaign, both Rory and Duncan are excited as to the opportunity to bring data centre education into classrooms over the coming months, ensuring that the UK has the right quality and quantity of digital infrastructure workers ready to deliver the country’s AI-fuelled, sustainable data centre growth programme.

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Fleet of 1,000 urban neocloud sites deploying across US by end of 2026

Kiersten Hileman, Available Infrastructure VP of Partner Relations, discusses Project Qestrel, a nationwide fleet of cybersecure, private neocloud edge data centres – the initial phase, to be live by the end of 2026, will span 1,000 individual sites across 100 US cities and more than 30 US states from coast to coast, representing nearly $5 billion in project CapEx at full buildout. Each site will feature full-stack edge deployments of Available's trio of SanQtum solutions: zero trust network, high-performance compute (HPC) infrastructure, and AI inference capability.

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Industry under-prepared for surge in AI data centre demand

Tim Collier, director and UK data centre lead at Turner & Townsend, explains what’s needed to build confidence in the industry and to deliver data centres on schedule, how to navigate heightened competition for power and skills, and what the company’s latest Data Centre Construction Cost Index – which analyses costs and trends in 52 data centre markets worldwide – reveals for emerging solutions for improving productivity and the complexities of building especially AI data centres.

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Kiteworks establishes an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) under the ownCloud brand to coordinate its open-source activities and governance.
A new report highlights that overlooking sustainable water and energy management is actively hindering building and operating data centres efficiently and responsibly, threatening the UK's pursuit of digital...
IONOS report reveals UK SMBs weigh AI adoption amidst cost, time, and trust challenges, preferring investment in immediate returns.
Deloitte and Netskope expand their partnership to offer Managed SASE services aimed at supporting enterprise security for cloud and AI environments.

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