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Portugal - powering to data centre success

Omer Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer at Start Campus, discusses the findings of a recent study, conducted by Start Campus and Copenhagen Economics, which reveals that the Portuguese data centre sector could contribute up to €26 billion to national GDP and support around 50,000 full-time jobs by 2030. Omer outlines the reasons for this anticipated expansion and explains how Start Campus, with its flagship SINES DC campus, is positioned to drive this economic growth with its fully secured grid capacity of 1.2 GW of IT and the first building (SIN01) already operational.

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Data centres for good

Dame Dawn Childs, Chief Executive of Pure Data Centres, explains how the company’s belief that data centres can be the catalyst for urban regeneration, employment and positive environmental change is borne out by the development of its London site. She shares the many ways in which Pure Data Centres demonstrates a very practical commitment to sustainability, not least by setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company, A Healthier Earth (AHE), to deliver climate projects, including Biochar and Forest Factories.

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Can we power AI-driven data centres without derailing Net Zero progress?

Javier Cavada, President & CEO EMEA, Mitsubishi Power, discusses the many energy-related challenges facing the data centre industry as it tries to address the apparently contradictory demands of AI and the wider digital world at the same time as it continues on the path to Net Zero. He shares some brilliant insights as to the nature and the scale of the power problem and how these challenges can be addressed with technology, not ideology, as the priority.

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Architecture for scaling AI data centres

Ben Miller, Product Marketing Manager at Keysight Technologies, discusses the Keysight Artificial Intelligence (KAI) architecture, a portfolio of end-to-end solutions designed to help customers scale artificial intelligence (AI) processing capacity in data centres by validating AI cluster components using real-world AI workload emulation. Providing system-level interoperability, performance, and efficiency insights, KAI helps operators maximise system performance and pinpoint performance issues not found when testing individual components.

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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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