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Grid-to-chip approach helps improve data centre performance and sustainability

Nicolas Champagne, Global Market Manager of batteries and data centres at Arkema, highlights the importance of the raw materials and solutions designed to meet the challenges of high-power density, continuous operation, thermal constraints, and safety requirements, as data centre construction grows at an unprecedented rate to support the increased computing demands of AI.

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AI continues to shape data centre design and operations innovation - Part 3: Future & innovation

Stefano Mozzato Vice President of Marketing, EMEA, discusses the findings of the Vertiv Frontier report, which details the technology trends driving current and future innovation, from powering up for AI, to digital twins, to adaptive liquid cooling. Stefano explains how data innovation continues to be shaped by macro forces and technology trends related to AI, with cross-technology forces, including extreme densification, driving transformative trends such as higher voltage DC power architectures and advanced liquid cooling, alongside on-site energy generation and digital twin technology.

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AI continues to shape data centre design and operations innovation - Part 2: Energy & infrastructure

Stefano Mozzato Vice President of Marketing, EMEA, discusses the findings of the Vertiv Frontier report, which details the technology trends driving current and future innovation, from powering up for AI, to digital twins, to adaptive liquid cooling. Stefano explains how data innovation continues to be shaped by macro forces and technology trends related to AI, with cross-technology forces, including extreme densification, driving transformative trends such as higher voltage DC power architectures and advanced liquid cooling, alongside on-site energy generation and digital twin technology.

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AI continues to shape data centre design and operations innovation - Part 1: AI impact

Stefano Mozzato Vice President of Marketing, EMEA, discusses the findings of the Vertiv Frontier report, which details the technology trends driving current and future innovation, from powering up for AI, to digital twins, to adaptive liquid cooling. Stefano explains how data innovation continues to be shaped by macro forces and technology trends related to AI, with cross-technology forces, including extreme densification, driving transformative trends such as higher voltage DC power architectures and advanced liquid cooling, alongside on-site energy generation and digital twin technology.

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PIC100 platform enters high volume production

Sylvie Gellida, General Manager, Optical and RF Foundry Division, STMicroelectronics, discusses the implications of the company entering high-volume production of its PIC100 silicon photonics platform to support AI infrastructure demand. With plans to quadruple capacity by 2027, further expand in 2028 and with PIC100 through-silicon via (TSV) on ST’s technology roadmap, the company is delivering the benefits of higher bandwidth, lower latency, and greater energy efficiency as AI workloads surge.

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Industry under-prepared for surge in AI data centre demand

Tim Collier, director and UK data centre lead at Turner & Townsend, explains what’s needed to build confidence in the industry and to deliver data centres on schedule, how to navigate heightened competition for power and skills, and what the company’s latest Data Centre Construction Cost Index – which analyses costs and trends in 52 data centre markets worldwide – reveals for emerging solutions for improving productivity and the complexities of building especially AI data centres.

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What it takes to deliver a data centre

Katie Coulson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Skanska Advanced Technology, discusses the many factors which need to be considered when delivering a data centre design and build, including the weather, available labour, power and water. Katie goes on to explain how modular, repeatable design and construction techniques and the harnessing of AI are helping to address the challenges of delivering new facilities as quickly as possible for the current AI boom.

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Apprentice celebrates data centre success

Laura Allwood, now a fully qualified Project Manager at Arcadis, outlines her journey from Apprentice Project Manager to her current role - along the way obtaining a degree in Construction Management and specialising in the data centre sector.

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Services set to define the data centre landscape

Phil Cullerton, VP Services EMEA at Vertiv, explains why services will define the future of the data centre. The future of the data centre is not just about who builds fastest, it is about who operates best. And in this evolving landscape of digital transformation / AI density, tightening regulation, stretched supply chains and rising expectations, digital infrastructure services are the differentiator. If you are an operator, the question is no longer whether to invest in services, it is whether you can afford not to.

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Belden expands its portfolio with new products and enhancements to strengthen IT/OT networks, aiming to improve efficiency and security across industries.
VAST Data and Megaport collaborate to streamline AI workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.
SailPoint enhances its partner program with a new Unified Platform Access, aiming to foster innovation and integration in identity security.
The gap between AI investment and necessary infrastructure is widening, raising concerns about future sustainability in the UK.

Expert Opinions

By Fraser Hutchison, Vice President UK&I  at Cohesity 
By Peter Pugh Jones, Field CDO, Confluent.
Rethinking hydronic design with polymer piping systems is key to efficient, scalable, and durable D2C liquid cooling in high-density data centers.
Attributed to Anthony Lobretto, Senior Vice President, Connectivity Services, 11:11 Systems