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The front-runners are no longer experimenting

Most enterprises believe they are doing AI. Very few are reinventing themselves around it. Accenture’s latest research reveals a widening structural gap between organisations deploying ...
Feb. 27, 2026
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

The AI hangover is real, and the hard work is only just starting

The first wave of enterprise AI delivered experimentation at unprecedented speed but left many organisations with impressive pilots and little operational change. As reality replaces ...
Feb. 25, 2026
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Power is now the defining constraint of intelligence

Artificial intelligence is no longer constrained by algorithms but by electricity, planning systems and infrastructure reality. As digital ambition accelerates, the nations that align energy, ...
Feb. 24, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Rewiring for AI is no longer optional

Digital transformation has run out of road, and AI is now forcing a far more fundamental redesign of how enterprises think about infrastructure. The real ...
Feb. 20, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Infrastructure decides the future of intelligence

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the infrastructure designed to carry it. From silicon to space-based data centres, Google’s Amin Vahdat sets out why the ...
Feb. 19, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Factories

The power struggle behind the intelligence boom

Artificial intelligence promises efficiency, optimisation and a cleaner digital future, yet the infrastructure supporting it is consuming energy at an unprecedented rate. The question facing ...
Feb. 18, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The AI era will be built on fibre not hype

The discussion around artificial intelligence often focuses on models, chips and software breakthroughs, yet the true determinant of scale sits beneath the surface. The next ...
Feb. 16, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

When software stops waiting for you

Enterprises have spent two decades optimising cloud delivery, yet the real constraint is no longer provisioning, it is permission, governance, and trust. If billions of ...
Feb. 13, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Europe’s data centre moment has arrived

Europe’s digital economy is now constrained less by ambition than by infrastructure. Data centres, once treated as background utilities, have become strategic assets shaping competitiveness, ...
Feb. 9, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Factories

AWS has stopped talking about models and started talking about systems

At re:Invent 2025, AWS did not present AI as a single breakthrough or a dominant model. Instead, it quietly revealed a full-stack strategy for making ...
Feb. 5, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The year AI grows up

We are late with this piece, but perhaps that is fitting. The loudest AI predictions are always made too early, before reality has time to ...
Feb. 5, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Why AI infrastructure no longer fits the cloud models that built it

Enterprises are discovering that the cloud architectures that powered the last decade of digital transformation are not automatically suited to the next decade of artificial ...
Feb. 2, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The physics now decides what AI can become

AI infrastructure is no longer being shaped by software ambition or commercial demand, but by the hard limits of heat, power and materials. Liquid cooling ...
Jan. 30, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Retail AI has entered its execution era

Retail’s AI ambitions are no longer held back by imagination or intent. Progress is now limited by the ability to operationalise intelligence at scale. Leaders ...
Jan. 23, 2026
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The compute trapped inside modern data centres

The AI infrastructure race is being framed as a global scramble for new power, new land, and new permits, yet one of the largest opportunities ...
Dec. 23, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

Why heat is becoming the hard limit of AI

AI infrastructure is scaling at a pace few anticipated, yet the industry conversation remains dominated by chips and power. Cooling, long treated as an engineering ...
Dec. 20, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

When intelligence meets broken systems

Enterprises are investing heavily in generative AI, but most fail to realise their ambitions. Research reveals that the main barriers are not technical, but the ...
Dec. 20, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

AI has outgrown Europe’s digital foundations

Europe’s AI ambitions are colliding with physical limits that strategy papers rarely acknowledge. As AI moves from experimentation to infrastructure-scale deployment, the continent faces a ...
Dec. 19, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Britain is pricing itself out of intelligence

Britain urgently wants to be an AI maker, but data centres and model training demand more than ambition. Without immediate reform of how energy is ...
Dec. 17, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

When automation stops being optional

As enterprises push AI from pilots into production, infrastructure is emerging as the defining constraint between ambition and impact. AI-driven automation is no longer an ...
Dec. 16, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The quiet rise of agentic intelligence inside the enterprise

The next wave of enterprise transformation will not be led by humanoid robots but by smart content AI that understands, interprets and acts on the ...
Dec. 15, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Europe’s AI gold rush is shaped by power, not property

Artificial intelligence is forcing Europe to confront an inconvenient truth: the limits of its energy system, not its innovation capacity, will decide where AI infrastructure ...
Dec. 13, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

The quiet rewiring of higher education is already underway

The push toward ethical and responsible AI in universities is accelerating, and the sector now stands at a decisive crossroads. Digital maturity has emerged as ...
Nov. 27, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

When the weight of intelligence starts to reshape the physical world

Artificial intelligence is accelerating faster than the infrastructure built to sustain it. As the world races to scale compute, a new question emerges, one with ...
Nov. 21, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

AI disruption is the inflection point leaders keep misreading

AI disruption is not a distant risk on the horizon, it is the ground already shifting under every assumption leaders hold about value, talent and ...
Nov. 20, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

The blueprint for AI success depends on how well you orchestrate intelligence

As AI moves from pilots to production, orchestration and governance are redefining what enterprise success looks like. The future belongs to organisations that can embed ...
Nov. 13, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The integration paradox that will define the next decade of enterprise AI

As AI systems grow more intelligent, the data that feeds them becomes more fragile. The intelligent enterprise will be defined not by its algorithms, but ...
Nov. 12, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The next frontier of start-up acceleration lies in the AI tech stack

The rise of generative and agentic AI has redefined what it means to start a company. Capital, talent, and timing still matter, but in today’s ...
Nov. 4, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

Quantum-centric supercomputing will redefine the AI stack

Executives building for the next decade face an awkward truth, the biggest AI breakthrough may not be a larger model or faster GPU, but the ...
Nov. 4, 2025
AI In Depth, Exclusives

The invisible barrier that could decide the future of artificial intelligence

As AI workloads grow denser and data centres reach physical limits, the real bottleneck in the AI revolution is not chips or power, but heat. ...
Oct. 28, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

When the cloud goes dark

The global AWS outage revealed more than a temporary loss of service. It exposed the fragility of centralised cloud systems and the urgent need for ...
Oct. 24, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

Meta is building a data center the size of Manhattan. How cool is that?

Kevin Roof, Director of Offer & Capture Management at LiquidStack, explores how Meta’s next-generation AI data centres will push cooling technology to its limits. As ...
Oct. 24, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The real AI crisis is not job loss but the widening skills gap

AI is transforming the workforce faster than most organisations can adapt, yet the most significant threat is not automation itself but the lack of readiness ...
Oct. 22, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

When clean data meets intelligent machines

Artificial intelligence can only ever be as intelligent as the data it consumes. As enterprises race to embed AI into decision-making, the battle for business ...
Oct. 21, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Stop treating AI like a side project and start wiring it into the business

Executives everywhere are learning the same lesson: AI proves its value only when it is embedded in processes, data, and decisions throughout the entire end-to-end ...
Oct. 8, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Master data management decides whether enterprise AI scales or stalls

Enterprises keep discovering that model prowess is not the bottleneck; master data management is. Treat master data management as the operating system for AI and ...
Oct. 3, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Enterprise AI deployment needs open systems more than shiny models

Enterprise AI deployment is not a magic trick; it is a disciplined operating approach. The organisations that win are building on open foundations, tuning models ...
Oct. 2, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Trust but verify must become the AI security operating model

AI security will not be won with a bigger budget or a new dashboard. It will be won by disciplined engineering, clear governance and a ...
Sep. 26, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Security

Geospatial data is the lever for infrastructure resilience

AI and infrastructure resilience matter when models meet messy reality, not slides. The organisations that win treat data as an operating asset, simplify the pipes ...
Sep. 23, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Human-AI co-learning is the missing operating model for enterprise performance

Enterprises need a learning system embedded in the flow of work, not a catalogue of courses. According to Accenture’s white paper “Functions: Learning Reinvented”, Human-AI ...
Sep. 18, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Agentic AI as collaborator is rewriting the creative operating system

Agentic AI is moving from novelty to infrastructure, changing how people ideate, make, and experience culture. The shift is less about replacing talent and more ...
Sep. 17, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Data hunger is rewriting the rules of web scraping

Video platforms have surpassed traditional text-based sources as the primary targets for large-scale scraping, highlighting how the pursuit of diverse training data is reshaping the ...
Sep. 13, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

AI is rewriting the future of coding one conversation at a time

As AI reshapes never-thought-of industries worldwide, software development is undergoing a revolution of its own. We went from low code to no code, and now ...
Sep. 12, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Spatial intelligence is the missing piece in enterprise AI

Artificial intelligence has mastered text and images, but without a deep understanding of three-dimensional space, it cannot move into the physical world. Spatial intelligence is ...
Sep. 11, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The cooling dilemma reshaping AI infrastructure

The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence is straining the physical limits of data centres. A new white paper from LiquidStack, produced in collaboration with Syska ...
Sep. 8, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The generational data divide is reshaping trust in AI

Data sharing attitudes are being transformed by generational shifts, cultural expectations, and evolving notions of trust. As AI personalisation moves beyond compliance and into prediction, ...
Sep. 7, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The GPU price wars are only just beginning

GPUs are the defining resource of artificial intelligence, yet the market is caught between scarcity and surplus. The fight over access is no longer just ...
Sep. 4, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

The rise of AI factories as the new engines of intelligence

AI factories are redefining the architecture of digital infrastructure, transforming data into intelligence at an industrial scale and reshaping the competitive landscape for enterprises and ...
Sep. 3, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

The end of centralised cloud is closer than enterprises think

The AI era is exposing the cracks in centralised cloud infrastructure. As GPU demand spirals and inference workloads demand new performance profiles, decentralised models are ...
Aug. 27, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Factories

The hidden cost of large language models is not scale, but governance

Large language models promise fluency at an industrial scale, yet the difference between a pilot and a production system is not measured in parameters. The ...
Aug. 23, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

AI coaching is reshaping how enterprises develop talent

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool for automating processes or crunching data. It is beginning to influence one of the most human-centric areas ...
Aug. 20, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

AI is exposing the cloud’s biggest blind spot

The future of AI depends as much on what connects data centres as what runs inside them. Cloud evolution cannot outpace network design, and ignoring ...
Aug. 15, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

AI will not replace lawyers, but it will force them to think like product designers

The intersection of AI and law is not a contest between humans and machines. It is a shift in how legal work is conceived, delivered ...
Aug. 14, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Rewiring industry requires more than AI hype

Digital twins and AI are converging to transform industrial operations, but success demands deep data discipline, strategic humility, and an uncomfortable rethink of control. Real ...
Aug. 7, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Small is powerful when the enterprise takes control

Small language models promise to reshape enterprise AI by delivering tailored accuracy, lower energy costs and tighter governance, but only for those willing to take ...
Aug. 6, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The death of rote learning and the rise of applied intelligence

As immersive learning and AI reshape the knowledge economy, the future of education depends not on memory but mastery. Skill development, not facts, is now ...
Aug. 5, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

The future of sampling is happening at home

AI-powered brand engagement is transforming how consumers discover and try products, with voice interfaces, behavioural data and hyper-personalisation replacing the old model of handing out ...
Aug. 4, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Why agentic AI will not replace your team, it might help you grow it

Agentic AI is reshaping enterprise workflows by introducing autonomous, decision-making systems that collaborate like human colleagues. But rather than displacing jobs, these digital agents may ...
Aug. 1, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Solutions

Predictive power and human touch will reshape adult social care

AI in social care promises early intervention, workforce support and real-time decision-making. But the value of automation depends entirely on trust, transparency and an unwavering ...
Jul. 31, 2025
AI In Depth, AI for Enterprise

Smaller, faster, everywhere: how AI efficiency is reshaping the edge

Edge AI is no longer a technical novelty but a strategic necessity. The combination of smaller models, accelerated compute, and smart deployment is enabling a ...
Jul. 30, 2025
AI In Depth, AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The front-runners are no longer experimenting

Most enterprises believe they are doing AI. Very ...

The AI hangover is real, and the hard work is only just starting

The first wave of enterprise AI delivered experimentation ...

Power is now the defining constraint of intelligence

Artificial intelligence is no longer constrained by algorithms ...

Rewiring for AI is no longer optional

Digital transformation has run out of road, and ...
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Why the next phase of AI will be built in gigawatts not models

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Formula One becomes a proving ground for enterprise AI

As Formula One prepares for one of the most significant regulatory shifts in its modern ...
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Data centres are becoming part of the urban energy system

As artificial intelligence workloads continue to drive demand for compute across Europe, attention is shifting ...
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AI steps into the laboratory and begins to cut the cost of biology

Artificial intelligence has shown its strength in domains where progress can be tested instantly, from ...
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The front-runners are no longer experimenting

Most enterprises believe they are doing AI. Very few are reinventing themselves around it. Accenture’s ...
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The AI hangover is real, and the hard work is only just starting

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How intelligent power management helps CIOs do more with less in the race to net zero

As organisations race towards net zero while grappling with rising energy demand, power management is ...
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Why edge computing forces a rethink of cooling strategy

Matt Thompson, Managing Director, Airsys, argues that edge computing is exposing the limits of cooling ...
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Still trying to catch your breath in 2025 Just wait until 2026

Acceleration is no longer a phase but a permanent condition for the data centre industry, ...
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Episode 28: The trust gap is the real AI bottleneck

In this episode of Into The Madverse, Mark Venables speaks with Daniel Meyer, Chief Technology Officer at Camunda, about why AI in regulated industries fails at scale when enterprises cannot prove what the system did, why it did it, and who stayed accountable.

Episode 27: Why trusting one AI model is the biggest risk

In this episode of Into The Madverse, Mark Venables speaks with Matt Penton, Director of Data & AI at BIP Group, about why relying on a single large language model is a fundamentally flawed strategy for enterprise AI. They explore multi-LLM consensus, agentic supervision, bias, hallucination.

Episode 26: The control room is asleep, and AI is about to wake it up

Mark Venables is joined by Sean Grimm, US Country Manager at Ipsotek, to explore why security control rooms remain stuck in passive monitoring despite massive investment in surveillance. They discuss how AI is turning video into proactive intelligence.

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Episode 28: The trust gap is the real AI bottleneck

In this episode of Into The Madverse, Mark Venables speaks with Daniel Meyer, Chief Technology Officer at Camunda, about why AI in regulated industries fails at scale when enterprises cannot prove what the system did, why it did it, and who stayed accountable.

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