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National Data Centre Academy promotes a sustainable future

John Booth, MD of Carbon3IT, explains the thinking behind the new National Data Centre Academy, as part of his company’s commitment to decarbonising ICT estates across the globe, by providing training in energy efficiency best practices in a real server room environment, demonstrating and showcasing products to accelerate the net zero agenda, and updating information on concepts and innovation to reduce energy consumption and to meet existing and future regulations.

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Silicon photonics promises efficiency and sustainability in the data centre

Thomas Barber, Vice President, Communications Infrastructure and Datacenter at GlobalFoundries, explains how the adoption of silicon photonics in data centres enables ultra-fast data transmission between GPUs at double the speed, enhancing the efficiency and performance of communication systems to meet today’s demand for generative AI, while also providing a more sustainable method of data processing. Thomas also discusses other power management solutions that can save up to 10% of data centrepower consumption, and the promise of RF GaN technology for future communication needs.

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AI regulation - a delicate balancing act?

Ivana Bartoletti, Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer at Wipro, also a Council of Europe adviser on AI and human rights, provides some fascinating insights into the EU AI Act, the UK’s upcoming AI Bill, as well as relevant US legislation, in terms of how much AI regulation is actually based on existing laws around privacy and non-discrimination and also about achieving the balance between AI innovation and AI ethics. Ultimately, AI is set to make a major, positive contribution to our quality of life, so long as AI-driven challenges, such as misinformation and bias, can be kept under control.

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Schneider Electric continues to drive the data centre sustainability agenda

Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President, EcoStruxure Solutions, Secure Power Division, and Alison Matte, Sustainability Lead EcoStruxure IT, both at Schneider Electric, explain the introduction of new model based, automated sustainability reporting features within the company’s EcoStruxure IT DCIM software - discussing the importance of accurate performance metrics as data centres respond to the business imperatives of energy efficiency and performance optimisation as well as the march of environmental legislation - with the EU Energy Directive already making an impact.

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Edge takes centre stage for Smart Textile Transition

Domenico Ardizio, System, Network & Security Administrator, ICT Infrastructures, SMS Engineering, talks through the company’s work on the Smart Textile Transition 5.0 project, which won the Edge Project of the Year at the recent DCS Awards. He discusses the challenges, the client benefits, the lessons learnt from the project, before moving on to examine edge computing’s place within a hybrid IT infrastructure solution, which also includes cloud computing.

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AI could ‘make or break’ the data centre industry

Jim Hart, BCS CEO, provides some brilliant insights into the sustainability, skills and supply chain challenges facing the data centre industry, and that’s before the AI explosion promises to redefine the rules completely! As ever, Jim brings some much needed wisdom to a discussion of the legislation, technology innovation, and choice of data centre location which will likely frame the industry’s future success.

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Data centre sustainability evaluation - deeds not words matter

Jo Debecker, Managing Partner and Global Head of Wipro FullStride Cloud, discusses the ways in which the sustainability agenda is shaping the data centre landscape, with cloud and AI seen as both challenges and opportunities when it comes to carbon reduction initiatives. Jo emphasises the importance of ‘deeds not words’ when it comes to evaluating the sustainability credentials of any potential data centre partners.

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Vertiv finds opportunities in responding to industry challenges

Sam Bainborough, Director, Strategic Segment Colocation & Hyperscale at Vertiv, discusses recent developments at the company, including expansion plans, liquid cooling, modular timber construction and energy storage innovations, as well as sharing his thoughts on some of the key challenges in the year ahead, with AI, sustainability and flexibility taking centre stage.

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Understanding the science of sustainability

Anthea van Scherpenzeel, Senior Sustainability Manager at Colt Data Centre Services, discusses the ways in which data centre owners/operators can make demonstrable progress on the road to Net Zero – with a commitment to science-based targets, improved and increased monitoring and management data points and transparency seen as key components of a successful sustainability strategy.

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AI creates unprecedented data centre demand

Daniel Thorpe, Associate Director, Data Centre Research Lead, JLL, discusses the company’s ‘Data Centres 2024 Global Outlook Report’, which explores how data centers need to be designed, operated and sourced to meet the evolving needs of the global economy. AI, power challenges, sustainable energy and data centre locations are the main topics covered.

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DCW 2024: DCS talks to Joseph Bowden, Brady

To learn more about Brady, visit <a href="https://digitalisationworld.com/clients/brady/2023/ebook/">https://digitalisationworld.com/clients/brady/2023/ebook/</a>

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