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Making an Impact on the future of the data centre industry

Lizzy McDowell, Marketing Manager at Kao Data, and Richard Irwin, Co-founder of Gen+1, share their enthusiasm and insights for all things data centre-related and, specifically, the work that the two organisations will be sharing as Kao Data becomes a new Impact Sponsor of the Gen+1 initiative. As an Impact Sponsor, Kao Data will play a crucial role in advancing GeN+1’s initiatives, which include educational programs, career development, and community engagement. Kao Data’s proactive approach aligns seamlessly with GeN+1’s goals to inspire and empower the future workforce in the data centre industry.

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Data centres need to become critical stakeholders in the energy sector

Ciarán Forde, VP, Strategic Accounts & Alliances, Electrical Sector Sales - EMEA, Eaton, discusses the collaboration between Eaton and data centre design and build company CTS Nordics, which has recently seen the opening of the new NordicEPOD factory in Oslo. NordicEPOD’s facility is now manufacturing standardised power modules called EPODs that shave weeks off data centre construction time. Ciaran explains the growing momentum behind such truly modular power modules and offers some fascinating insights into the ways in which the energy and data centre sectors need to work more closely together into the future.

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Carbon footprint reporting takes a giant leap forward

Jad Jebara, President and CEO of Hyperview, introduces the recently unveiled suite of features which are being added to the company’s DCIM solution, with the new carbon footprint reporting system, providing granular insights that surpass traditional location-based methods, taking pride of place. The initial offering provides location and rack-level carbon footprint reporting, with future releases set to include carbon footprint reporting down to the asset level. Jad also provides fascinating insights into the ways in which such operational data can transform data centre performance in terms of both sustainability and cost-savings.

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AI Transform - Interview with NetApp

Kirsty Biddiscombe, AI, ML and Data Analytics lead for NetApp EMEA, discusses the challenges and opportunities of enterprise AI - with the focus very much on the current skills shortage.

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Hydrogen-powered AI factory data centre lifts off in Houston

Yuval Bachar, co-founder and CEO of ECL, the data centre-as-a-service pioneer which unveiled a world first off-grid, sustainable, modular, built-to-suit data centre earlier this year, explains the thinking behind the company’s decision to build what it says will be the first fully sustainable 1GW AI Factory – ECL TerraSite on a 600+ acre site in the New Orleans to Houston corridor.

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Networks face the challenges of AI and quantum-safe security

Paul Alexander, Nokia's Head of Cloud Infrastructure Business, Europe at Nokia, discusses the network challenges faced by the data centre industry in the face of AI’s rapid expansion, as well as how automation and AI, such as Nokia’s Event-Driven Automation solution, is being harnessed to help address this situation. Paul also the importance of quantum-safe security and the recent 800GbE optical and IP service trial between Chicago and London.

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News

Cohesity has introduced multiple new features for Cohesity NetBackup 11.0 to help organizations protect against current and future cyber threats.
MIT researchers crafted a new approach that could allow anyone to run operations on encrypted data without decrypting it first.
Over one in four (28%) British small business owners have used AI tools to help run their business.
Endava has launched its latest research report “AI and the Digital Shift: Reinventing the Business Landscape”.

Expert Opinions

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