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AI - the solution to AI data centre expansion

Jackson Vo, President of Gridmatic Retail, discusses the pressures on Texas as a rapidly developing data centre hub, with operators asking the same urgent question: how can we secure reliable power while staying competitive on cost and advancing carbon-free goals? Jackson explains how Gridmatic, an AI-powered retail energy provider, is working with data centre customers like EdgeConneX to answer that question – by unlocking the hidden flexibility in large electrical loads.

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Fibre overlooked in UK infrastructure planning

Lee Myall, CEO of Neos Networks, outlines how, over the past decade, there’s been a huge amount of investment in last-mile fibre builds, but core fibre networks across the country have received much less attention. Without them, workloads cannot move between data centres, data cannot be trained, and investments stall. The UK has the ambition, the demand and the regional readiness to lead in AI, but, as Lee explains, if we don’t address fibre gaps, we risk losing out on one of the greatest economic opportunities of our generation.

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Dynamism and energy - key to the BCS new brand

Anna Rantala, Marketing Manager at BCS, discusses the company’s new branding – a refresh that is about showing the world the BCS that already exists - modern, dynamic, and human at its core. Anna explains how the new branding is the platform to grow into the next decade and ‘gives space to our people and culture, the part of BCS that clients always tell me makes the biggest difference. It might feel like a big change, but the truth is we’ve been this brand all along. We just weren’t showing it’.

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Legacy data centres - time for open heart surgery?!

Simon Harris, Director of Critical Infrastructure at BCS, discusses the role that legacy data centres have in supporting the development of AI, with inferencing seen as a major opportunity. Simon outlines the challenges of making legacy data centres ‘AI ready’, suggesting that many, if not all, such facilities, need to recognise the importance of refurbishment if they are not to miss out on not just the current AI boom, but also the ongoing, general digital transformation expansion.

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Expert Opinions

Data centres underpin the digital economy, enabling services from cloud computing to artificial intelligence and global communications. As demand continues to grow, the need for uninterrupted operation rises...
By Grant Caley, UK & Ireland Solutions Director, NetApp.
By Michael Vallas, Technical Principal and Field CTO at Goldilock Secure
By Ryan Lacey, UK Transport Market Lead at Sopra Steria