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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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Higher loads, faster builds: six trends defining data centres in 2026

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

This article was developed jointly by engineers from Black & White Engineering’s global offices, with contributions from: Wyn Turnbull, Yiping Lin, Niamh O’Halloran, Wesley Daniel, Rashi Negi, Aurore Knight, Adam Asquith, Eduardo Golloy Jr, Stuart Bridges, David Williams, Chris Nisbet, Charlie Bater and Kevin Laugo.

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What the UK’s AI growth zones mean for the data centre industry

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

By Jon Healy, Managing Director, EMEA, at Salute.

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The Greening of the Internet Exchange Point

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

By Jennifer Holmes, CEO of the London Internet Exchange (LINX).

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WHAT WILL 2026 BRING FOR THE DATACENTRE SECTOR

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

By James Hart, CEO at BCS, the global datacentre consultancy.

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Balmoral Tanks expands global reach in data centre market

Published in Design + Optimisation Power & Cooling

Balmoral Tanks doubles its export sales in the data centre sector, spotlighting the increasing demand for sustainable water solutions.

BT seals data centre deal with BAI Communications

BT has signed a multi-million pound contract with BAI Communications (BAI), to deliver a core part...

Comtec Power deliver IP House upgrade

Schneider Electric Elite Partner is on track to deliver phase one of the Tier III Data Centre,...

Revolutionising power monitoring

Janitza’s UMG 801 provides scalable, high-accuracy power monitoring for data centre...

CBRE expands EMEA Data Centre Solutions team

CBRE, the leading real estate advisor, has bolstered its EMEA Data Centre Solutions team with four...

VIRTUS announces certification milestones

ISO 20000-1 and Uptime Institute success for LONDON5.

Telehouse completes first phase of its London Docklands North Two Data Centre

New ?135 million data centre will further improve connectivity at London Docklands campus.

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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