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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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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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News

Smartsheet extends its AI integrations, offering enterprise teams new capabilities with Smart Assist and wider AI connectivity.
Craig Wilson to take the helm of Sopra Steria UK, focusing on growth and innovation in technology services.
Megaport collaborates with VAST Data to strengthen its infrastructure platform, supporting AI workloads across multicloud environments globally.
Siemens, NVIDIA, and Fluence have developed an AI infrastructure design, aiming to enhance electrical and thermal management solutions for future data centres.

Expert Opinions

By Ciaran Flanagan, Vice President & Global Head of Data Center Solutions & Services, Siemens.
By Sarah Beechey, Practice Leader Data Center & AI, SHI.
By Peter Pugh Jones, Field CDO, Confluent.
By Greg Wainhouse, Regional Business Development Manager - Industrial Water, North Europe, at Bürkert Fluid Control Systems.