The Ultimate Guide to Data centers
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data centers (DC).
What to know about Data centers
Data centers serve as the backbone of our digital world, housing the critical infrastructure that powers the internet, cloud services, and enterprise IT operations. They are pivotal in managing the ever-expanding volume of data generated across industries and consumers globally.
This collection of stories highlights the dynamic growth and technological innovations shaping data centers today. From expansions into emerging markets like Indonesia and Malaysia to the creation of AI-ready and sustainable campuses, data centers are evolving to meet increasing demands for performance, scalability, and environmental responsibility.
Readers will find insights into advancements in cooling technologies, energy efficiency, and the incorporation of renewable energy sources aimed at reducing carbon footprints. Moreover, the integration of AI and edge computing within data center architectures demonstrates how the industry adapts to modern workloads and latency-sensitive applications.
Security remains a critical theme, as data centers bolster defenses against cyber threats while ensuring compliance with emerging regulations. Partnerships between global tech firms and local providers underscore the importance of connectivity, interconnection, and hybrid cloud strategies in today’s data ecosystem.
Exploring these stories offers a comprehensive view of how data centers underpin digital transformation, drive innovation, and face challenges in sustainability, infrastructure expansion, and operational excellence.
UK Data centers News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Couchbase adds AI tools to cut agent costs & complexity
The new services promise to trim repeated model calls and deployment delays as firms struggle to make AI agents economical at scale.
Park Place updates Entuity to monitor AI GPUs & cooling
The update gives enterprise IT teams earlier warning of GPU and cooling faults that could throttle AI workloads or trigger outages.
SPhotonix appoints Alex Avramov as Chief Operating Officer
The optical data storage group is strengthening its push into commercial markets and fundraising as AI-driven data volumes boost demand for cold storage.
Finchetto launches Cardiff photonics manufacturing push
The ten-month project will add process engineering in Cardiff as Finchetto moves from system design to manufacturing for AI networking hardware.
Flexera expands AI cost controls across cloud & data
Only 31% of organisations can see their AI software costs, leaving finance teams struggling to govern spending as adoption accelerates.
British Business Bank backs £180m AI & deeptech funds
Backed funds will help fill a later-stage financing gap for UK AI start-ups, after the Bank committed £180 million across six specialist vehicles.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Kingston holds global DRAM module lead with 62% share
Gartner forecasts AI strain on services, costs & jobs
LG's 2.6MW cooling unit wins NVIDIA DSX qualification
AI drives bigger data storage needs, Western Digital study
Nutanix wins Gartner nods across three key reports
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
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DocuWare prepared for launch of new interface, IDP, AI tool
Existing customers will get the redesigned platform free as DocuWare readies AI-driven document search and extraction tools for autumn.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Expert Columns
The Next Evolution of Data Centres Isn't Technology. It's People
Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Engineering for operations: going from security to insight
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
Why the SOC needs to be re-engineered for AI
Unlocking the hidden potential of data centres through heat zoning
Trust, AI, and quantum technologies in the new logic of state power
Five control rooms, one tuesday afternoon
Why CIOs should be prioritising stability as the foundation for transformation
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data centers News
Quobly & SiPearl team up on European quantum computing
The tie-up could help Europe cut reliance on non-European hardware by linking classical supercomputers with emerging quantum systems.
IONOS adds European office suite to Nextcloud Workspace
Businesses and public bodies can now edit files inside a Europe-built alternative to Microsoft-based office software under European legal control.
DeepL selects VAST Data for AI translation platform
The deployment should let DeepL's researchers work on larger language models and real-time voice translation with less manual data movement.
WWT & Polarise partner on sovereign AI centre in Oslo
European firms are gaining more locally controlled AI capacity, as the Oslo site is set to house 5 MW of liquid-cooled compute under regional jurisdiction.
Google Cloud unveils ultra-low latency tools for markets
Exchanges and trading firms can now run latency-sensitive workloads in Google Cloud private regions, as it targets co-location-like timing predictability.
atNorth to discuss biodiversity at data centre COP17
As scrutiny of data centre land use grows, the Nordic operator will set out practical biodiversity measures at a UN conference in Armenia.
Dell expands AI Factory to push agentic AI on-site
Adoption has climbed to more than 6,500 customers as businesses shift from AI pilots to on-premise production and weigh rising costs.
Orange Business wins second SecNumCloud qualification
The award expands Orange Business's qualified cloud options as France tightens rules for hosting sensitive public-sector and regulated data.
Dell expands AI Factory with NVIDIA for enterprise use
More than 6,500 enterprises are now using the platform as Dell adds software, deskside systems and servers to help move AI from pilot to production.
Equinix opens Sydney centre for liquid-cooled AI tests
Enterprises can now test liquid-cooled AI systems in Sydney before committing to costly rollouts, as power and heat demands surge.
Nutanix expands AI ties with NVIDIA, Supermicro & Netris
The tie-ups are aimed at making it easier for enterprises and cloud providers to run agentic AI in production across mixed infrastructure.
Equinix launches global liquid cooling test centres
Enterprises racing to deploy AI systems can now test liquid cooling in live data centres before committing to large-scale infrastructure changes.
PyTorch Foundation adds nine members, including Shopify
The expansion signals deeper industry backing for open source AI as three new platinum members join the foundation's ecosystem.
OVHcloud posts first positive cash flow after record year
Cash generation turned positive for the first time since listing as annual revenue climbed 7.2% to €1,145.1 million, beating targets.
Innovate UK backs eight clean energy firms for Singapore
The move gives eight British clean energy firms a route into Singapore, where rising demand is creating opportunities for efficiency and storage technologies.
BCS launches power infrastructure unit for data centres
With grid connections stretching into the 2030s, developers are being forced to rethink data centre viability before sites can even be built.
Parker Chomerics launches EMI-shielded vent panels
Data centre operators can now cool power-dense enclosures without sacrificing electromagnetic shielding, thanks to a new vent panel with up to 96% airflow.
Five Nines Global & Nexus Core plan Casablanca AI centre
The initial 20MW site near Casablanca will anchor a much larger 180MW AI campus built around Nvidia's latest server architecture.
OmniOn launches efficient Osprey bus converters for AI
Higher efficiency and the same quarter-brick footprint could ease heat and power constraints for operators packing more AI hardware into dense racks.
CHINT unveils factory-built Power Pod for Asia data centres
Data centre developers in Asia-Pacific could cut installation times by up to 60% as CHINT's factory-built power pod targets AI-driven demand.
Job Moves
SPhotonix appoints Alex Avramov as Chief Operating Officer
HDR names Andy Yosten as Building Engineering Chief
Pulsant appoints Jon Arnold as Chief Commercial Officer
Kao Data appoints Bruce Claassen as Chief Financial Officer
ScotlandIS names Professor Gordon Morison as new Chair
Wasabi launches AI unit & names Mukherjee to lead it
Tem names Claire Addison as Chief of Staff after funding
Apatura appoints new Chief Financial Officer & CTO
Indigo appoints Nick Barton as Chief Revenue Officer
