Rebecca Scottorn, Managing Director of LEK, discusses the company’s recent ‘State of the Energy Industry’ report, providing valuable insights into a range of topics, including decarbonisation and sustainability, grid modernisation, renewables, behind-the-meter gas solutions, and the impact of AI - as part of the overall energy transition landscape.
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TES Power’s Managing Director, Michael Beagan explores the top five power challenges the data centre industry may face in 2026, in light of the surge in AI. With a huge increase in demand, power is becoming the most precious commodity across the data centre industry, and this piece delves into the details of why.
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By Buddie Ceronie, GM for Telecommunications, VertiGIS.
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Straightline Consulting’s Craig Eadie discusses how the rapid rise of hyperscale and AI-driven data centres is amplifying project complexity and risk, and why comprehensive commissioning from day one is now critical in his latest thought-leadership article. Craig highlights how long-lead equipment delays, tightening grid constraints, and beginning commissioning before quality control can derail builds, stressing the need for commissioning teams to actively manage supply chains, verify...
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By Tod Higinbotham, CEO, ZincFive.
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Conrad Purcell, partner at Haynes Boone, explains how data centre development in sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating, driven by rising digital demand and infrastructure investment. While project finance through DFI lending offers a viable route for funding these projects, they still come with challenges such as power grid reliability, political and social instability and contractor limitations. Despite these hurdles, strategic risk mitigation, market appropriate contract drafting and surging...
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