Digitalisation World

Super-grid transformers create closed distribution network at Wustermark Campus

Published in Hosting + Colocation

Mike Golding, SVP of Construction at VIRTUS Data Centres, discusses the successful delivery and installation of two 185MVA super-grid transformers at its Wustermark Campus in Berlin/Brandenburg. From the 380kV connections to the deployment of these super-grid transformers, every element has been designed to deliver levels of resilience and scalability that have note previously been available in this region. Mike explains that the campus represents a new generation of infrastructure - one that supports AI-scale growth, reduces reliance on generators, and aligns with the future of renewable energy.

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Reducing tool sprawl in IT operations with unified visibility and autonomous patching

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Jon North, Area VP, Enterprise Architecture and Partner Enablement at NinjaOne, discusses how organisations are moving away from fragmented toolsets toward consolidated IT operations platforms. He explores the growing importance of unified endpoint visibility, resilient patch management, and automation in reducing operational risk. The conversation also highlights emerging trends such as autonomous patching and the shift toward proactive, intelligence-driven security at scale.

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What to do when delivery volumes shrink and prices climb?

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Oskar Lampe, Regional Director at BCS Consultancy, discusses how supply chain disruption, material shortages and rising costs are creating new challenges for data centre construction projects.

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REMI delivers renewable energy portfolio optimisation

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Albert Hofeldt, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Power Factors, discusses the launch of Unity REMI: Renewable Energy Management Intelligence. REMI is the purpose-built intelligence engine that understands the full operational and financial context of every asset in a renewable energy portfolio — and acts on it. REMI’s embedded intelligence engine introduces agentic optimisation to renewable energy portfolios, creating a force multiplier for the teams that manage them. Trained on operational data from more than 310 GW of renewable energy assets globally, REMI’s transparent, traceable intelligence understands every asset, hardware configuration, calculation, and optimisation scenario in the renewables industry.

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What happens when service desk support becomes AI-assisted in real time

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CEO Ed Crane and COO Archie Maddocks of Phoenix47 reveal how their Fusion47 platform is shifting service desk operations from reactive ticket handling to real-time, AI-assisted resolution. They discuss measurable efficiency gains, knowledge retention challenges, and why keeping humans in the loop still matters. The conversation also unpacks agentic AI design, trust, and compliance, alongside a bold look at where hybrid human and AI support models are heading next for enterprise IT teams.

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Closing the visibility gap in modern MSP cybersecurity

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Kristian Wright, Co-Founder and CEO at enhanced.io, discusses why MSPs must move beyond traditional endpoint security and embrace a unified approach across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and IoT environments. He shares insights into the industry's biggest security blind spots, the growing skills shortage, and how correlated detection will shape the future of managed cybersecurity services.

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Hybrid world promises true PUE

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Peter Griffiths, Founder and Chairman of Argyll Data Development, argues that the energy efficiency debate should move beyond making existing data centres marginally more efficient and focus instead on how AI infrastructure is built in the first place.

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

Published in Infrastructure + Hardware

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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Space-based data centres to complement terrestrial compute infrastructure

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Andrew Batson, Global Head of Data Center Research at JLL, discussed what needs to happen for space-based data centers to scale, what milestones matter most, and how energy constraints are reshaping digital infrastructure on Earth.

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

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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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