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Collaboration is critical to data centre industry’s ongoing success

Jim Hart, CEO of BCS, discusses how the industry needs to focus on its ability to innovate continuously, adopt new technologies, and implement strategies that balance performance, cost, and sustainability - adapting to meet these growing demands while mitigating the associated challenges. Jim covers key topics such as AI, sustainability, edge, modular and scalable design, advanced cooling technologies, regulation and skills.

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What does an AI workload-ready UPS look like?

Louis McGarry, Sales and Marketing Director, Centiel discusses how AI is creating heavy demand for power protection - with projects that require multi megawatts of power for data centres and AI data processing facilities that rely on power protection equipment that can be scaled-up and rapidly deployed. Louis explains that, while efficiency and sustainability in UPS systems is now a given, customer choice now comes down to quality and also how big and how quickly can UPS systems be scaled and deployed. Centiel will be demonstrating an AI workload-ready UPS at the forthcoming DCW event in London.

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Developing the most sustainable, scalable and resilient data centres

Gareth Williams, Director, UK, India, Middle East, and Africa Data Centres and Technology Leader, Arup, outlines a “good neighbour” approach to data centre development – one that integrates community needs, environmental stewardship, and technological innovation to create projects that benefit all. He covers nature and biodiversity, decarbonisation – what net zero really means, repurposing assets, ‘one water’ – SuDS, green roofs, rainwater harvesting, wetlands and ponds and (renewable and alternative) energy options.

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Global data centre demand surges

Jonathan Kinsey, EMEA Data Centre Lead at JLL, discusses the findings of JLL’s new 2025 Global Data Center Outlook, exploring the relationship between AI, sustainability and investment demands. Jonathan is confident that, despite certain challenges, including supply constraints and electricity limitations in some markets, the outlook for the data centre sector remains highly favourable. The industry is poised for continued growth, driven by AI adoption, increased data processing demands and ongoing technological advancements.

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Five principles for a sustainable approach to GenAI

Maria Mohr, Global Presales Sustainability Lead at Dell Technologies, and Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Director at BT, discuss the challenges and opportunities organisations face as they seek to leverage around GenAI as a key digital transformation tool - needing to find ways to minimise the environmental impacts of the technology whilst maximising innovation. They share a five-point plan to help organisations sustainably adopt and run GenAI.

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Five principles for sustainably adopting and running GenAI

Maria Mohr, Global Presales Sustainability Lead at Dell Technologies, and Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Director at BT, discuss the challenges and opportunities organisations face as they seek to leverage around GenAI as a key digital transformation tool - needing to find ways to minimise the environmental impacts of the technology whilst maximising innovation. They share a five-point plan to help organisations sustainably adopt and run GenAI.

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Sustainability delivers smarter decision-making and happy shareholders

Buddy Bayer, Chief Operating Officer, Colt Technology Services, discusses the findings of the company’s fifth, annual Digital Infrastructure Report, with sustainability planning, CIOs shaping sustainability strategies, the positives of AI, legacy technology, NaaS and end-to-end intelligent infrastructure just some of the topics covered. Buddy is optimistic that ‘smart sustainability’ delivers benefits for all an organisation’s stakeholders.

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Metal foam makes for cooler data centres

Dr. Julia Carpenter, CEO & Cofounder of Apheros, explains how the start-up specialises in thermal management and is developing innovative cooling solutions for data centres and the high-power computing industry. The company’s high-performance metal foams maximise heat dissipation, optimise fluid flow, and reduce energy consumption, addressing the most crucial cooling challenges faced by industry.

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Advancing carbon reduction in data centres

Pierre-Adrien Bel, Product Manager - large generator set and sustainable solutions at Rehlko, explains how the company has provided Data4, a major European data centre, operator with crucial data on the environmental lifecycle impact of its mission-critical generators, allowing the company to make more informed decisions about low-carbon strategies. The data was provided in the form of a PEP ecopassport, which provides customers with comprehensive information about the lifecycle impact of generators, with granular data on the impact of activities such as raw material extraction, manufacture, distribution, installation, use, and end-of-life.

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By Andy Ward, SVP of Absolute Security.
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