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Portugal - powering to data centre success

Omer Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer at Start Campus, discusses the findings of a recent study, conducted by Start Campus and Copenhagen Economics, which reveals that the Portuguese data centre sector could contribute up to €26 billion to national GDP and support around 50,000 full-time jobs by 2030. Omer outlines the reasons for this anticipated expansion and explains how Start Campus, with its flagship SINES DC campus, is positioned to drive this economic growth with its fully secured grid...

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Data centres for good

Dame Dawn Childs, Chief Executive of Pure Data Centres, explains how the company’s belief that data centres can be the catalyst for urban regeneration, employment and positive environmental change is borne out by the development of its London site. She shares the many ways in which Pure Data Centres demonstrates a very practical commitment to sustainability, not least by setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company, A Healthier Earth (AHE), to deliver climate projects, including Biochar and...

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Can we power AI-driven data centres without derailing Net Zero progress?

Javier Cavada, President & CEO EMEA, Mitsubishi Power, discusses the many energy-related challenges facing the data centre industry as it tries to address the apparently contradictory demands of AI and the wider digital world at the same time as it continues on the path to Net Zero. He shares some brilliant insights as to the nature and the scale of the power problem and how these challenges can be addressed with technology, not ideology, as the priority.

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How Data Centres Are Adapting to the Demands of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are already transforming data centres, and at speed. From power and cooling to deployment timelines and security, the infrastructure beneath modern compute is being rethought. But for many operators, that pace is creating pressure points across the board. We spoke with Jon Abbott, Technologies Director, Global Strategic Clients at Vertiv, about how the infrastructure conversation is shifting, what risks are emerging, and where operators are finding...

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The end of 2017 marks the completion of Africa’s first hyperscale data centre, JB2-Bredell....
Echelon Data Centres and Biocore Environmental Ltd agree to co-locate biogas facility at Echelon...
Turnkey solution is building and infrastructure agnostic, providing 20%-30% cost-savings compared...
iON+ launches its pioneering energy asset management software, partnering with Hexa to optimise...
Mitsubishi Electric will again attend the Data Centre World Exhibition at the London ExCeL Centre...
The project will be the world’s first battery to absorb reactive power directly from the grid,...
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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, empowered edge, privacy and ethics, quantum computing, immersive experiences, augmented analytics, autonomous things and digital twins drive the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019. David Cearley, Gartner Vice President, presented the trends at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

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