Insights
-
How AI will disrupt the data centre model
Chetan Visrolia, business development manager for data centres at SHI, examines how AI hardware cycles, the economics of training, and growing inference workloads could change the commercial model for data centre operators.
-
Every little helps
Tim Mitchell, sales director at Klima-Therm, explains how free cooling, adaptive controls, and waste heat recovery can help data centre operators reduce electricity use, maintenance requirements, and resource consumption.
-
The changing fire safety challenge facing Europe’s data centre boom
Aaron Velardi, head of business development at Ramtech, examines how expanding data centre campuses and lithium-ion battery systems are changing fire safety requirements during construction and across operational facilities.
-
The data hall will be finished before its electricians are
Mike Slevin, director of EMEA market at Fluke, argues that funded apprenticeships and protected engineering supervision are essential to prevent the UK’s shortage of skilled electricians delaying new data centre capacity.
-
The data centre dilemma
High electricity costs and grid delays are squeezing the UK’s data centre ambitions, pushing developers towards more flexible routes to power. Charles Deacon, technical director of grid at Eclipse Power, examines the alternatives taking shape.
-
Can Europe compare data centres fairly?
Europe is preparing a common data centre efficiency rating system using energy and water metrics already collected from operators. Comparing facilities operating under different climates, cooling systems, utilisation levels, and water conditions remains considerably harder.
-
Who reports the incident when nobody sees the whole stack?
New resilience rules are putting data centre incidents under closer scrutiny, but colocation divides control across operators, customers, and suppliers, complicating who can see, classify, and explain a serious disruption.
-
Data centres urged to manage voltage risk
Data centres face escalating voltage risks. Dr Vincent Thornley, managing director of Fundamentals at EA Technology, argues operators should consider in-house voltage control as grid conditions become more volatile.
-
What data centre resilience means under the cyber bill
The cyber bill reaches deep into physical operations. Data centre resilience will be judged through power, cooling, controls, suppliers, incident evidence, and customer continuity.
-
Which data centre sustainability numbers can be trusted?
Sustainability metrics can hide as much as they reveal. PUE, WUE, heat reuse, and renewable energy claims need location, load, grid, water, and operating evidence.