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$37m in new contracts secured in January alone for welding & coatings specialist

CRC Evans, the leading welding and coating specialist for energy and infrastructure projects, has secured $37m in new global contracts in January 2026, marking...

Vertiv launches new power swap program in the UK

Vertiv, today announced the launch of the Vertiv Power Swap Program, a UK-wide trade-in initiative. The program enables businesses to replace older single-phase...

Power supply will decide winners and losers of AI boom

Following the publication of a report that states up to a third of US data centres are expected to be fully off-grid by 2030,...

LFB Group’s data centre division rebrands to Apx

The data centre division at LFB Group has formally rebranded as ‘Apx’, marking a strategic decision designed to reflect the growing complexity, pace and performance expectations...

New research finds waste heat from data centres could heat over 3.5 million UK...

Analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe finds that projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in...

Multi million pound datacentre electrical infrastructure upgrade completed at Heathrow Corporate Park

Managed IT service provider, Redcentric has completed a multi-million pound electrical infrastructure upgrade as part of a wider datacentre refurbishment project at its facility...

Making data centre development work for the energy transition

Data centres sit at the heart of the UK’s digital ambition, yet their growth presents one of the most complex energy challenges of this...

Renewable transparency for nLighten’s French data centres

nLighten has entered into a new renewable energy supply agreement covering all of its data centre locations across France. The three-party arrangement, which begins...

£15 Billion green datacentre network across Scotland

ILI Group has announced plans for three new hyperscale datacentres across Scotland, creating what it calls The Stoics – A £15 billion Green Digital...

Data centres can’t be the achilles’ heel of the £150bn UK–US Tech Prosperity Deal

Data centres drive digital progress - but without clean, resilient energy they could also be its downfall, warns UrbanChain's Charlie Parry The recent announcement of...

Solving AI data centre challenges

“AI is biggest shift of our lifetimes,” says Google boss Sundar Pichai.  And he’s not wrong.  However, leveraging all the potential advantages that machine...

Integrated Carbon-Free Energy scores for data centres

nLighten, a European data centre operator, today announced the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany and...

Higher power densities and greater efficiency need system-level approach

Schneider Electric reinforced its commitment to supporting the industry's transition to 800 VDC power architectures, which are a critical requirement for emerging high-density rack systems...

Schneider Electric unveils liquid cooling portfolio with Motivair

Schneider Electric has today unveiled its portfolio of end-to-end liquid cooling solutions for hyperscale, colocation and high-density data centre environments, engineered to enable the...

As energy leaders bet on IoT, is the infrastructure ready?

Global energy systems are undergoing a once-in-a-generation transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) is at its core. From enabling distributed generation to optimising...

Data Centre boom demands predictive maintenance shift

As the data centre sector undergoes rapid expansion, operators are being urged to adopt condition-based monitoring and predictive maintenance strategies in facilities. The callout comes...

Decentralised energy key to easing AI-related data centre construction bottlenecks

Following warnings the UK risks missing out on significant investment in artificial intelligence facilities due to grid connection concerns, Aggreko is encouraging operators to...

Race against time to restore renewable power in the Philippines

At its Nasulo geothermal power plant in Valencia, Negros Island, Energy Development Corporation (EDC) — the Philippines' largest geothermal energy producer — had delivered uninterrupted sustainable...

How resistors protect data centres from electrical stress

The data centre market is booming thanks to AI. According to Goldman Sachs, the explosion in generative AI means demand for data could increase...

Equinix collaborates with leading alternative energy providers to power AI-ready data centre growth 

Equinix, Inc. announced it is working with leading energy companies that are developing innovative approaches to generating reliable and sustainable electricity to support the needs...