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
Grundfos urges data centres to cut cooling energy use
Cooling already accounts for up to 40 per cent of data centre energy use, as AI-driven growth strains UK power and water supplies.
Data centre STEM ambassadors to enter UK classrooms
It aims to ease skills shortages by giving pupils aged eight to 16 direct contact with data centre workers in classrooms.
Cambridge Management Consulting tops £1m in charity giving
Its giving now tops GBP £1 million, with staff volunteering and pro bono work for charities alongside donations since 2015.
NTT Data rolls out AI ops platform for Daimler Truck
The rollout aims to cut outages and speed fault response across Daimler Truck's global factories, offices and cloud systems.
Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre
The upgrade aims to ease London dependence for Midlands firms needing low-latency AI capacity, security and resilience.
PeaSoup & Vawlt forge UK sovereign multi-cloud tie-up
The tie-up gives customers a way to spread storage across clouds while keeping sensitive data within UK jurisdiction for compliance and continuity.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Check Point named Leader in Gartner hybrid mesh firewall
AI drives enterprise storage demand as data piles up
SUSE named Gartner Leader for container management
Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year
Dragos tops Forrester OT security strategy ranking
Featured News
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.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Expert Columns
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
2026 security trends mid-year check-in: What's accelerating, what's stalling, and what comes next
How data centres make the FIFA World Cup possible
The opportunity for microgrids in an AI-powered future
The Death of the Firewall
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Cyber sovereignty - Do we need to wrestle back control from the tech titans?
Why fibre connectivity must be a front-end consideration in data centre site selection
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Data centers News
DataVita seeks approval for third Chapelhall data centre
The scheme could bring GBP £849.6 million of investment to Chapelhall, alongside 120 permanent jobs and a GBP £75 million community fund.
Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets
Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 34% from Logicalis's FY22 baseline, while renewable electricity use rose and supplier climate pledges advanced.
Vertiv to buy UtilityInnovation Group for USD $1.45bn
The deal could help data centre builders secure power faster as grid delays and AI demand push more projects towards onsite generation.
Humain and Qualcomm launch the Horizon Ultra AI PC
Enterprise buyers in Saudi Arabia will get a locally hosted AI PC from September 2026, alongside Adobe's shift to sovereign workloads.
Budget smartphone prices rise faster than premium handsets
UK shoppers are turning to refurbished phones as cheaper handset prices have outpaced inflation, with budget models rising fastest.
Latos plans AI-ready data centre for east Manchester
The canal-side brownfield scheme could reuse disused land while adding capacity for AI workloads closer to Manchester users.
Panduit launches ES2P rack power unit for data centres
Rack-level power monitoring is being pushed further into edge and branch sites as demand rises for cloud, AI and distributed workloads.
ANS Academy expands AI leadership apprenticeship sixfold
Growing employer demand has pushed the AI leadership apprenticeship to six cohorts, with 71 learners now in the pipeline.
Trust, AI, and quantum technologies in the new logic of state power
States risk losing strategic autonomy as cloud, chip and cryptographic dependencies spread beyond borders and into foreign-controlled systems.
DataVita secures GBP £300 million to build AI data centres
The funding backs Scotland's first AI Growth Zone, with two sites set to create hundreds of jobs and cut reliance on overseas compute capacity.
CTI Digital opens access to sovereign AI platform Croft
UK organisations can now run AI tools on domestic infrastructure while keeping data and prompts under their own control, CTI says.
TalkTalk Business & ARO to merge in GBP £200m deal
The combined group will serve more than 70,000 UK organisations, but the deal still needs clearance under the National Security Investment Act.
Krystal warns UK data centres face extreme weather risks
Extreme heat, flooding and grid strain could knock critical UK hosting services offline, Krystal warns, as older sites face rising climate pressure.
British firms warned over digital disruption risks
Outages in cloud, payments and software could stop British firms trading within minutes, Everywhen said, even with premises still open.
Keepit launches AI Truth Cloud to verify data for AI
Enterprises get a tamper-proof backup layer for AI use, as Keepit says verified data can reduce risk and support audits.
AVK secures Partners Group backing for data centres
The first external funding in AVK's 36-year history will help it build on-site power systems as grid delays choke European data centre expansion.
UK brings solar storm tools into live forecasting use
A £9 billion exposure to major space weather events is prompting earlier warnings for flights, GPS users and the electricity grid.
Orbital Industries signs BASF deal to speed research
The tie-up could shorten emissions-catalyst development for carmakers as BASF turns to AI tools to cut costly lab testing.
Phoenix Software staff win Broadcom VCF Knight status
The rare certification bolsters Phoenix Software's credentials as customers reassess VMware environments after Broadcom's acquisition.
British Business Bank backs PhysicsX with USD $25 million
The funding will help PhysicsX expand abroad and deepen its industrial AI platform as revenue and customer numbers accelerate.
Job Moves
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
Leaseweb launches UK channel programme & names Goody
Kao Data names Spencer Lamb as Chief Executive Officer
Vertiv appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer
Salute appoints Dale Harding as capital projects chief
SUSE revamps structure to boost digital sovereignty focus
Verne appoints Wayne Louw as COO to drive AI growth