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Fuel cells central to Centrica’s power blueprint

Robert Booker, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Centrica, discusses the company’s ‘Navigating The Energy Labyrinth – the blueprint for power data centres’ report, focusing on the industry’s twin challenges of (steeply) rising power demand and grid constraints/resilience concerns. Robert details the work that Centrica is doing to help data centre owners and operators address this situation, not least via the recently announced infrastructure partnership with Delta Electronics - launching with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs), licensed by British solid oxide technology leader Ceres, for off-grid energy generation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwRHnLNLByY

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PIC100 platform enters high volume production

Sylvie Gellida, General Manager, Optical and RF Foundry Division, STMicroelectronics, discusses the implications of the company entering high-volume production of its PIC100 silicon photonics platform to support AI infrastructure demand. With plans to quadruple capacity by 2027, further expand in 2028 and with PIC100 through-silicon via (TSV) on ST’s technology roadmap, the company is delivering the benefits of higher bandwidth, lower latency, and greater energy efficiency as AI workloads surge.

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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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