Cyber and resilience
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Server resilience starts below the operating system
Infineon’s SEMPER NOR Flash has joined ASPEED’s AST2700 approved-vendor list, validating the component for firmware storage in next-generation server management controllers.
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Denser racks meet a thinner skills pool
Uptime Institute’s 2026 survey finds more facilities reaching 30kW rack densities while recruitment difficulties, outage costs, power constraints, and incomplete sustainability measurement persist.
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Cyber rules reach the control cabinet
European Commission guidance has clarified how the Cyber Resilience Act applies to connected products, remote services, support periods, modifications, and vulnerability reporting ahead of September obligations.
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Ireland makes fault response part of data-centre design
ABB has developed an ultracapacitor-based power architecture for Ireland’s proposed fault-ride-through rules, as EirGrid seeks to stop large electronic loads amplifying transmission disturbances.
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Cloud infrastructure meets conflict risk
Reported damage to Amazon-linked facilities in Bahrain puts physical security back into the cloud resilience debate.
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Ireland rewrites the rules for data centre faults
Proposed Irish grid rules would require large demand sites to remain stable through faults and restore at least 90% of pre-fault load within 500 milliseconds.
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When data centre load vanishes from the grid
A PJM voltage disturbance shows how sudden data centre load loss can test grid stability in dense clusters.
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Britain’s cyber rules collide with a skills shortage
A workforce report warns that expanded UK cyber regulation could draw scarce specialists into compliance work as data centres prepare for statutory resilience duties.
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Whitehall centralises AI but scatters its infrastructure
The UK government has moved AI strategy into the Cabinet Office while leaving planning, energy, telecoms, investment, security, and data centre regulation divided across Whitehall.
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Sines gains a 384Tbps Atlantic route
Google’s 7,000km Nuvem subsea cable has reached Sines, adding a high-capacity route between Portugal and North America.