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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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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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A positive perspective on the data centre power challenge

Barny Evans, Director of Sustainability and ESG at Turley, explains how the data centre industry can sustainably navigate the energy demands of the AI revolution, discussing innovative approaches to powering data centres, such as microgrid implementation, demand flexibility, co-location strategies, and the integration of renewable energy sources in mixed-use developments.

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Technology adoption, operational agility, and ability to manage complexity at scale reported as the largest differentiators for high-growth MSPs.
Pure Data Centres Group (Pure DC) has extended its engagement with Securitas after appointing it as security partner for its data centre campus in Abu Dhabi, located on Yas Island (AUH01).
GREYKITE’s Digital Ursus data centre conversion project completes successful early repositioning of logistics property in Warsaw into a leading data centre.
The latest BCS Breakfast Club meeting was held in collaboration with Hyphen, the international architectural practice, in Madrid, Spain.

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