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Data centre gas connections enquiries surge

James Earl, CEO of Future Energy Networks (FEN), outlines how gas networks received well over 100 connection enquiries from data centre developers in 2024 and 2025. Published by FEN – the representative body for the UK gas networks – the figures demonstrate how enquiries have risen exponentially, with around three times as many submitted in 2025 compared to 2024. Thiss dramatic increase in the number of data centre enquiries to gas networks reflects the long delays developers are encountering in accessing the electricity grid. James explains that, to get ahead in the global AI race, bolster economic growth and secure future investment, the UK, and the data centre sector specifically, must harness the immense potential of both gas and electricity systems.

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'Alarming' gaps in US data centres’ cyber security defences

Rahul Powar, explains that, as cyber threats increasingly target critical infrastructure, a new analysis from Red Sift exposes major email security weaknesses across the US’s largest data center operators. Despite powering the country’s digital economy, more than a quarter of the top 100 data centres fail to enforce basic email authentication, leaving the door wide open to domain spoofing and phishing.

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A viable pathway to a genuine, distributed, green, and secure digital future

Andy Bates, CISO/Chief Product Officer at StonesThro, explains how the company, working in partnership with Cornerstone, a leading mobile infrastructure services provider, has successfully executed a groundbreaking Proof of Concept (POC) for micro-edge computing. The trials have demonstrated that distributed architectures can deliver sub-10ms latency, essential for many IOT applications, while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of AI and data processing. As Andy summarises, taking the compute power usually locked away in massive warehouses and deploying it in the regions where it is actually needed and makes the cloud local, sovereign, and sustainable.

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A picture paints a thousand words

Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO at OpenSpace, explains how “visual intelligence” is becoming a new layer of infrastructure for how large projects get built, outlining how the company’s technology has evolved from a jobsite documentation tool into a platform now embedded in the day-to-day operations of major global construction projects – particularly as AI-driven demand accelerates data centre builds.

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Data centre developers needs to address community opposition

David Rubenstein, Shareholder in law firm Polsinelli’s Real Estate Practice Group in Seattle, provides insights into the challenges data centre developers face regarding community opposition and considerations they should keep in mind while navigation moratoriums and widespread opposition.

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CNDCP Paper outlines potential pitfalls in proposed rating scheme for data centres

Lex Coors, chair of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP) board, discusses the organisation’s paper highlighting some areas of concern with the European Commission’s proposal for a sustainability rating scheme for Europe’s data centres. Whilst the Pact has supported the concept and the drafting of the proposal throughout, it believes that in key areas its advice and insight has not been clearly heard. Several areas in particular give cause for concern; the unintended consequences of which could damage Europe’s competition and growth agendas in the digital era.

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