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How tier two locations are changing data centre planning

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Christina Mertens, vice president of business development, EMEA, at VIRTUS Data Centres, explains that, for data centre operators, the question is no longer only where capacity can be deployed quickly, but where it can be sustained, expanded and operated reliably over long time horizons. This shift has brought tier two locations into sharper focus. These locations are not replacing core markets, but they are increasingly shaping how new capacity is planned and managed over time.

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Scaling responsibly for the future of UK AI infrastructure at Data Centre World, 2026

Published in Energy Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling Tech & Trends

By Matthew Baynes, Vice President of Secure Power & Data Centres UK&I Schneider Electric.

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Waste heat from data centres could heat over 3.5 million UK homes

Published in Energy Management Power & Cooling

Simon Kerr, head of heat networks at EnergiRaven, discusses the recent analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe finds that projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in the UK by 2035 – if the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of it. Simon goes on to explain how the UK risks missing out on a major source of low-cost home heating if it fails to invest in the Heat Highways needed to capture waste heat from the next generation of...

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Stuttgart data centre to utilise excess server heat for local schools and offices

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management

nLighten collaborates with Wärmelösungen Synergiepark Stuttgart to supply heated water to local establishments.

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ECL unveils fuel-agnostic FlexGrid data centre platform for AI expansion

Published in Cloud Cloud + MS Digital Business Energy Management Infrastructure + Asset Management Power & Cooling

ECL introduces the FlexGrid, a power-agnostic data centre platform designed for AI inferencing in grid-constrained environments worldwide.

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TES Power secures 48MW project in Northern Spain

Published in AI Energy Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

TES Power has been contracted to deliver power infrastructure for a new data centre project supporting AI capabilities in Spain.

Centrica and AVK partner

Centrica Business Solutions and AVK have signed an exclusive collaboration agreement to co-develop...

Fujitsu powers near-zero emissions data centre in wind turbine

WestfalenWIND IT has built one of the world’s first data centres located inside a wind turbine,...

Pulsant invests £10 million in high-density data facility in Milton Keynes

Pulsant unveils a high-density data centre in Milton Keynes, enhancing UK AI capabilities and...

Subzero Engineering launches ‘Essential Micro Data Center’

Turnkey solution is building and infrastructure agnostic, providing 20%-30% cost-savings compared...

79% of IT decision makers cite the energy crisis as a future sustainability blocker

Almost eight in ten (79%) IT decision makers state that the energy crisis has created concern for...

Gartner predicts substantial data centre sustainability take-up

Seventy-five percent of organizations will have implemented a data center infrastructure...

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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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