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Powering sustainable data centre growth

Rollo Maschietto, Policy Manager, Renewable Energy Association (REA), discusses the ways in which the data centre and energy sectors can work together to ensure delivery of the clean, reliable, and scalable power required to underpin the rapid expansion of the UK’s digital infrastructure. He warns that, without fast, coordinated government action, planned investment will flow to overseas markets with clearer delivery pathways. Which is why the REA has launched the Data Centre Coalition – to bring together operators, developers, energy providers and policymakers to shape the UK’s approach to powering data centre and AI growth with clean, reliable energy.

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High performance infrastructure demands high density cooling

DCS talks to Paul Quigley, President of Airsys Cooling Technologies. Paul also holds the executive leadership position at Airsys Global Group overseeing Sales and Marketing. In this interview, Paul discusses the ways in which AI is re-shaping the data centre and how liquid cooling solutions are coming into their own as a result. Airsys is continuing its long history of innovation to develop the LiquidRack patented single-phase spray liquid cooling system, designed to efficiently cool AI and HPC servers by spraying dielectric fluid directly onto hot components, enabling extreme heat rejection, 100% heat recovery (as hot water), and moving data centres towards sustainable, low-carbon operations by turning waste heat into a valuable energy resource for district heating, industrial use, and more.

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nLighten sets new sustainability benchmark

Francesco Marasco, VP Energy Operations and Sustainability, nLighten, explains why the European data centre provider has published the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities, marking a significant milestone in data centre sustainability measurement. The innovative scoring methodology goes beyond traditional industry standards by capturing hourly carbon-free energy matching, heat recovery, and contributions to grid stability. Developed in collaboration with the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), the ICFEn framework represents a fundamental shift in how data centres measure and report their environmental impact. Unlike conventional metrics that rely on annual averages or focus solely on electricity consumption, ICFEn provides real-time transparency on how facilities contribute to decarbonisation through energy reuse and sector coupling.

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£15 billion green data centre network planned for Scotland’s central belt

Mark Wilson, CEO of ILI Group, discusses the ILI Group’s plans for three new hyperscale data centres across Scotland, creating what it calls The Stoics – a £15 billion Green Digital Network spanning the central belt. The projects, named after Stoic philosophers, are located in Fife (Cato), East Ayrshire (Rufus), and North Lanarkshire (Aurelius). The Stoics will stand among the largest hyperscale data centre clusters globally - more than double the size of many of today’s biggest recognised campuses.

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CISO report reveals the extent of the cybersecurity challenge in the age of AI

CEO Dave Gerry, and Dr David Brumley, Chief AI and Science Officer, both at Bugcrowd, discuss the findings of the recent “Inside the Mind of a CISO 2025: Resilience in an AI-Accelerated World” report, designed to serves as a vital guide for security leaders navigating exponential attack surface growth due to AI. It empowers Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) with critical intelligence, enabling them to make data-driven decisions about risk profiles, resource allocation, and strategic security investments. Furthermore, the report emphasises the crucial role of collective intelligence and continuous offensive security testing as the foundation of organisational resilience against increasingly complex threats.

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Specialist logistics underpins AI-fuelled data centre expansion

Keith Young, Global Head of Last Mile Services at Arvato, explains how the recent entry into the US data centre market is the latest step in the strategic integration of ATC, the Irish logistics company that became part of Arvato earlier this year. By embedding scalable processes, advanced technologies, and a unified global delivery model, the organisation supports its clients in meeting the increasing complexity and speed of modern digital infrastructure projects, whether in Europe, the US and, in the near future, the Middle East and Australia.

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Assessing the state of the energy industry

Rebecca Scottorn, Partner at L.E.K. Consulting and part of the global Industrials Practice, 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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Proactivity, AI and transparency - the top customer expectations

Andy Venables, CEO at POPX, discusses the findings of a new survey of 250 MSP leaders by POPX, which reveals a significant shift in expectations for MSPs in 2026. Unsurprisingly, security and AI featured heavily as key trends among customers, with demands for a more proactive service, increased customer support, and transparency being essential areas for MSPs to evolve their offerings and client engagement strategies.

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Sustainability and advanced storage performance go hand in hand

Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, outlines how and why Infinidat has seen outstanding success with the launch of the InfiniBox® G4 Family, creating a new foundation for the future with enterprise storage solutions that perform up to 2.5X better than the previous generation. He also explains how the family marks a clear step towards creating enterprise storage solutions that operate at the intersection of environmental responsibility while also ensuring a sustained business advantage.

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Unlocking Africa’s digital infrastructure future - data centre developments are key

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 demand for digital services are driving momentum.

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Survey reveals AI readiness gap

Nicolas Leszczynski, Principal Solutions Engineer at Riverbed Technology, discusses the findings of the company’s 2025 Future of IT Operations in the AI Era report. Despite record investments, only 12% of AI projects are fully deployed, caused by gaps in implementation, confidence, and data quality. Simultaneously, tool consolidation, OpenTelemetry adoption and resilient, cost-effective IT infrastructure are emerging as critical enablers of AI success.

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Helping to scale the next generation of optical connectivity

Benoit Fleury, CPO Business Director at Corning, explains how Corning is collaborating with GlobalFoundries to develop detachable fibre connector solutions for the GF Fotonix™ silicon photonics platform. The latest solution, a glass-waveguide based edge-coupler compatible with GF Fotonix’s v-grooves, is designed to meet the growing demands of AI data centres for high bandwidth and power-efficient optical connectivity. Other coupling mechanisms are also being developed, including a vertically-coupled detachable fibre-to-PIC solution – demonstrating Corning and GlobalFoundries’ combined ability to produce multiple forms of co-packaged PIC-to-fibre connectivity.

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Expert Opinions

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