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Industry under-prepared for surge in AI data centre demand

Tim Collier, director and UK data centre lead at Turner & Townsend, explains what’s needed to build confidence in the industry and to deliver data centres on schedule, how to navigate heightened competition for power and skills, and what the company’s latest Data Centre Construction Cost Index – which analyses costs and trends in 52 data centre markets worldwide – reveals for emerging solutions for improving productivity and the complexities of building especially AI data centres.

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Community collaboration and transparency - key to data centre success in the AI era

Edgar Van Essen, Managing Director, CCO and Partner for Switch Datacenters, outlines a dramatic decline in water use, new cooperative stakeholder models including green residual heat exchange networks, and a clear pathway to reach net-positive impact by 2040, as reported in the company’s 2025 Sustainability Report. With plans for six new builds and more, Edgar highlights how Switch Datacenters is growing its footprint to over 1GW capacity in the coming years while supporting local societies and economies and ensuring the minimum possible impact on the environment. He also explains how the data centre industry can transform its image by pursuing deep integration with local communities and value chains, through collaboration with municipalities, grid operators, and local stakeholders from the earliest planning stages.

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What it takes to deliver a data centre

Katie Coulson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Skanska Advanced Technology, discusses the many factors which need to be considered when delivering a data centre design and build, including the weather, available labour, power and water. Katie goes on to explain how modular, repeatable design and construction techniques and the harnessing of AI are helping to address the challenges of delivering new facilities as quickly as possible for the current AI boom.

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DACH focus delivers for Portus

Falk Weinreich, CEO of Portus Data Centers, discusses the company’s focus on the DACH region, with plans to accelerate expansion of their existing data centre portfolio – most immediately with the construction of additional facilities in Munich and Hamburg.

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