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AI might be here and now, but quantum computing is looming on the horizon

Daniel Thorpe, JLL's Head of Data Center Research, EMEA, outlines the findings of the company’s new "The Future of Quantum Real Estate" report, which details how quantum computing is emerging as the next major technological force, set to profoundly impact real estate – especially the data centre sector – similar to AI's recent revolution. Daniel discusses quantum investments, quantum computing infrastructure requirements, the emergence of global quantum hubs and the likely integration of quantum processing units into existing data centres, leading to hybrid facilities.

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The hidden economics of AI: balancing innovation and reality

Chris Carreiro, CTO, Park Place Technologies, explains why so many AI ambitions are faltering and how organisations can navigate this complex landscape. Core issues to address include the underestimation of AI's total cost of ownership, flexible strategies to account for potential future compliance costs, managing hidden implementation costs and balancing infrastructure with sustainability. Technology-wise, Chris explains the increasing importance of liquid cooling within the data centre.

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The potential of a connected world unleashed

Tom Artinian, CEO and President of TiniFiber, shares the company’s vision and mission which centres on delivering ultra-rugged, high-speed fiber cabling, connectivity, tools, and solutions that enable robust, adaptive network infrastructures - engineered for long-term performance and reliability. Tom also explains how he is strategically positioning the company to remain at the forefront of next-generation cabling and connectivity - driven by innovation, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

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Powering a cleaner future thanks to Private Wire renewables

Alexander Goodall, Founder & CEO at Xela Energy, talks through the company’s rebrand from Clean Energy Capital to Xela Energy, an Enterprise Independent Power Producer (EIPP) and a leading UK provider of Private Wire renewable energy solutions. With growing customer adoption and a host of new sites in development, the decision reflects the next stage in the company’s evolution, and its mission to provide the world’s largest electricity consumers, including from IBM’s research and development data centre complex in Hursley, with secure, sustainable, and cost-effective renewable power.

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US data centre water expenditure to exceed $4 billion by 2030

Amber Walsh, Senior Analyst at Bluefield Research, discusses the findings of the company’s new report, U.S. Water for Data Centers: Market Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts, 2025–2030, which reveals that the role of water in the data centre market is fast becoming a critical factor in site selection, design, and operations. By 2030, annual water-related capital and operational expenditures are forecast to reach US$797.1 million, representing a 31.4% increase from today, while hyperscale data centres, which currently represent 51.4% of total market demand, are forecasted to withdraw 150.4 billion gallons of water between 2025 and 2030.

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DENALI delivers an exciting new era in fibre network innovation

Meredith Kendrick, Product Line Manager at AFL, explains the company’s DENALI platform – with a particular focus on how it supports increasing fibre density demands in rapidly evolving, GPU-intensive fibre networks, how it helps reduce deployment time and improves infrastructure build ROI, whilst simplifying operations from order to install, and how DENALI balances global performance standards with the need for local compliance and delivery requirements.

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Securing critical water resources in the digital age

Prakash Govindan, Gradiant’s co-founder and COO, discusses the challenges facing both the data centre and semiconductor industries when it comes to water usage. The company is currently working with two data centres in the US and the Indo-Pacific to provide sustainable water solutions and has also recently won the contract to build an ultrapure water (UPW) facility for a European semiconductor fab.

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Waterless liquid cooling for AI factories

Andreas Keiger, Chief Revenue Officer at ZutaCore, discusses the AI power density challenge facing data centre owners and operators, looking at the various liquid cooling options available to address the increasing heat levels being generated in racks and cabinets, before explaining the company’s HyperCool, two-phase, direct-to-chip, waterless liquid cooling solution, designed for both AI factories and AI at the edge.

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Industry first for scalable, modular CDU with a future-proof platform

Joe Capes, CEO of LiquidStack, outlines the thinking behind the launch of the company’s GigaModular™ CDU - the industry’s first modular, scalable Coolant Distribution Unit with up to 10MW cooling capacity, made possible through the unit’s modular platform and pay-as-you-grow installation approach. Joe explains how the platform is designed to be the only CDU customers will ever need - it future-proofs design selections for direct-to-chip liquid cooling ‘without traditional limits or boundaries’.

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Structured cabling vs. point-to-point in AI GPU data centres

Michael Akinla, Business Manager UK / Ireland / Nordics at Panduit, explains that, as increasing numbers of data centres are being developed with GPU-based compute as a key growth opportunity, factoring in connectivity requirements for multi-GPU servers means that cabling, a previously near afterthought, is now a key consideration for performance, practicality and futureproofing.

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