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Seawater cooling delivers a sustainable Start

Omer Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer, Start Campus, outlines the company’s plans to develop a 1.2GW data centre campus in Sines, Portugal – an €8.5bn AI infrastructure-focused investment, the project runs on 100% renewable energy, targeting a best-in-class PUE of 1.1 and WUE of 0 by harnessing ocean cooling. Omer explains why Portugal is an increasingly attractive destination for data centres, what Start Campus is doing for the local community in SINES and how its sustainability focus is one of several differentiators when it comes to data centres in Europe and beyond.

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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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AI and bespoke cloud services central to DataVita's expansion plans

Danny Quinn, Managing Director of DataVita, discusses the reasons behind the company’s record-breaking financial results – a new focus on being Scotland’s leading provider of AI-ready data centres - of supporting cutting-edge workloads with up to 400 kW per rack; the National Cloud, which delivers tailored services for workloads unsuitable for public cloud providers, prioritising data sovereignty, cost transparency, and simplified pricing models, while addressing issues related to cloud repatriation and critical workloads; and plans to reach 500 MW data centre capacity in central Scotland over the next five years.

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Further expansion in Finland for Verne

Dominic Ward, CEO at sustainable data centre provider, Verne, discusses the company’s expansion plans in Finland – with the acquisition of a strategic site in Mantsala, to build its fifth Nordic data centre, as well as the acquisition of the land at its existing Helsinki data center campus, securing room for future expansion. Dominic also shares some fascinating insights into the data centre industry more generally – setting AI and sustainability in context with the current geopolitical uncertainties.

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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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DTCP invests across Ireland and the Nordics

Zahl Limbuwala, Operating Partner at DTCP and Chairman of GreenScale, provides a comprehensive update as to the company’s recent investments in Atlantic Hub, a data centre campus developer based in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and GreenScale , a large-scale sustainable data centre platform engineered to meet the needs of hyperscale, AI, and Cloud customers with a focus on sustainability and rapid deployment. Atlantic Hub is set to launch the development of a large multibuilding data centre campus in Derry-Londonderry, while GreenScale launches with 170MW of secured capacity, spanning two strategic sites in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (via Atlantic Hub) and has plans to develop an additional 300MW in the Nordics.

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BCS Consultancy expands its global reach with a new office in Cape Town, aiming to strengthen local expertise amidst rising data centre demands in Africa.
The DCA teams up with the Carbon Trust to support sustainable digital infrastructure, aiming to meet Net Zero targets.
Checkmarx and Carahsoft have forged a partnership to enhance application security solutions for governmental IT sectors, using a unified AI-native security approach.
inforcer launches its latest solution to provide complete threat detection and response, aiming to strengthen security for Managed Service Providers.

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