The Ultimate Guide to Data centers
A curated UK edition of IndustrialDay 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
UK tech founders welcome Budget AI push but want more
Budget measures on AI and founder tax relief won praise from tech backers, but many said Britain still lacks the scale-up capital to keep firms here.
Olatti lets Claude & ChatGPT send messages for users
Users must approve the wording first, as Olatti now lets Claude and ChatGPT draft and send messages inside its business phone platform.
North East data centre hub names John Paul speaker
Growing data centre investment is putting the North East's supply chain in focus as the Hub prepares to hear from John Paul Construction's Colin Crowley.
Fuse launches UK AI compute service with NVIDIA GPUs
Businesses can now reserve capacity as the energy supplier moves into AI infrastructure, with 128 NVIDIA B300 GPUs due online in December.
llm-d 1.0 aims to cut AI inference costs for firms
Businesses deploying chatbots and AI agents could cut serving bills as the open source project adds production tools for shared infrastructure.
Budget to boost defence & AI with billions in spending
Billions in long-term borrowing could lift drone makers and defence tech groups, while half a billion pounds is set aside for AI safety and skills.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Infrastructure Flexibility Becomes A Competitive Advantage As Uncertainty Mounts
Check Point launches AI-scale security orchestrator 200
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
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
Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
Could AI enable successful socialism? Eliminating the fatal flaw
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
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data centers News
Mubbadrah leads USD $3 billion Oman AI data centre plan
The project could give Oman a larger role in AI infrastructure, with a 400 MW campus planned to draw on grid power and renewables.
Dell expands AI factory with NVIDIA for agentic AI
More than 6,500 customers have adopted Dell's AI Factory with NVIDIA as it adds deskside systems, servers and managed services for agentic AI.
WitFoo says filtering data cuts AI security costs 79%
Filtering security logs before they reach AI models could save organisations 79% on annual costs, according to WitFoo's paper.
Data centre power market set to hit USD $107 billion
Rising AI power demand and grid delays are pushing operators to upgrade electrical systems as the market is forecast to reach USD $107.06 billion by 2034.
GNX+ joins Equinix Fabric Marketplace for EMEA access
Equinix customers across EMEA can now buy and manage local access links through one portal, reducing the need to juggle multiple carriers.
Green data centre market to hit USD $197.02bn by 2031
Rising demand for AI and cloud services is pushing operators to spend on lower-emission facilities as the market heads towards USD $197.02 billion by 2031.
VAST Data says 14 customers committed USD $10 billion
Four customers each committed more than USD $1 billion as demand for AI storage systems pushed VAST's aggregate customer pledges above USD $10 billion.
Fortinet brings AI security to Equinix distributed hub
Enterprises can now inspect AI prompts and responses across clouds and data centres through a validated Fortinet-Equinix architecture.
Rubrik launches hosted backup for on-premise NAS data
The hosted service shifts backup storage and maintenance off site, aimed at enterprises under pressure from rising hardware costs and ransomware risk.
NVIDIA launches Minerva to spot AI factory faults early
The software aims to cut downtime and boost output for operators of massive GPU clusters by turning event storms into likely root causes.
Rakon launches timing portfolio for AI data centres
Better timing is becoming a bottleneck in AI clusters, prompting Rakon to add clocks and oscillators for networking, synchronisation and compute layers.
Vertiv completes USD $1.45 billion UtilityInnovation deal
The deal broadens Vertiv's power offering as data centre operators race to secure electricity for AI sites amid grid constraints.
Schneider Electric launches modular AI data centre design
Rising demand for AI computing is pushing operators towards repeatable builds, and Schneider Electric says its new modular design can speed deployments.
Sparxity deploys sparse-native rack at Jülich supercentre
The deployment could cut energy use for event-based AI workloads by 18X as Europe's first exascale supercomputer site tests sparse-native hardware.
Hitachi Energy expands Celonis AI partnership on supply
The move aims to help the power equipment maker spot supply snags sooner and speed delivery as demand for grid hardware keeps rising.
Taara brings 10 Gbps link to rural Texas sports ranch
A seven-mile optical link has spared Parsons Sports Ranch a fibre build that was priced at USD $300,000 to USD $500,000.
Photon Bridge raises €10 million for AI laser scale-up
The Eindhoven startup says the cash will help ease a laser bottleneck as AI data centres demand millions of units a year.
Hetzner launches first four-GPU server for AI work
The new machine gives businesses enough memory to run several AI models at once on dedicated hardware, with pricing from €3,599 a month.
Toshiba launches platform for quantum-safe networks
Organisations facing future encryption risks can now trial Toshiba's system, which is designed to scale quantum-safe protection across existing networks.
LG Electronics lifts profit as vehicle systems surge
Vehicle systems and subscriptions helped offset softer TV demand, as operating profit for the first nine months climbed 55.9 per cent to KRW 4.03 trillion.
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
