Joe Morgan, Patmos’ Chief Operating Officer, outlines the company’s expansion of its AI data centre facility in downtown Kansas City, and the immediate availability of 10MW of new colocation space for high-density GPU, HPC and AI infrastructure. Purpose-built for Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and GPU workloads, the Kansas City facility is the first Patmos AI Campus - transforming disused industrial buildings into advanced data centres alongside spaces for...
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Alex Stoewer, CEO of Greenlight Data Centers, outlines the data centre challenge as AI adoption is moving faster than infrastructure build out. Greenlight builds for the real world, one where extreme weather is normal, grid instability is rising and every hour of downtime costs millions. Alex discusses how Greenlight shortens build timelines through early utility partnerships, de-risks projects with local stakeholder engagement and future-proofs facilities against the kinds of failures that...
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Conrad Purcell, partner at Haynes Boone, explains how data centre development in sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating, driven by rising digital demand and infrastructure investment. While project finance through DFI lending offers a viable route for funding these projects, they still come with challenges such as power grid reliability, political and social instability and contractor limitations. Despite these hurdles, strategic risk mitigation, market appropriate contract drafting and surging...
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Keith Young, Global Head of Last Mile Services at Arvato, explains how the recent entry into the US data centre market is the latest step in the strategic integration of ATC, the Irish logistics company that became part of Arvato earlier this year. By embedding scalable processes, advanced technologies, and a unified global delivery model, the organisation supports its clients in meeting the increasing complexity and speed of modern digital infrastructure projects, whether in Europe, the US...
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