AI-scale cooling enters a new phase as data centres seek waterless thermal control
As artificial intelligence reshapes the demands placed on digital infrastructure, data centres face mounting pressure to accommodate increasingly dense, high-performance workloads without sacrificing sustainability or uptime. A new cooling solution announced by ZutaCore points to how the industry may reconcile these conflicting pressures. The company’s newly launched End-of-Row (EOR) Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) family introduces […]
NVIDIA raises the stakes as AI inference enters its industrial phase
As artificial intelligence shifts from experimental models to full-scale production, the economic engine powering it, inference, is entering a new phase. A new set of independent benchmarks published this week places NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform at the centre of this evolution, with performance metrics that redefine what AI factories can expect from their compute investments. The […]
AI data centres drive demand for real-time renewable energy tracking
A new energy agreement covering nLighten’s French data centres signals a shift in how AI-driven infrastructure will source and account for renewable electricity, raising expectations for transparency and accountability across Europe’s digital sector. From 1 January 2026, all nLighten’s French operations will be supplied via an innovative three-party energy arrangement, combining continuous power delivery with […]
Chief Data Officers move from control to creation in the age of AI
Chief data officers (CDOs) are increasingly stepping into the role of innovation leaders, as more organisations move beyond the basics of data governance and start investing in artificial intelligence. According to a new report from Deloitte, 70 per cent of CDOs are now deploying or testing AI systems, although few believe the technology is yet […]
AI will break Europe’s energy system unless photonic computing scales fast
Artificial intelligence is reaching a tipping point, not in terms of model capability or adoption, but energy. According to a new report released by Photonics21, AI’s surging appetite for electricity could overwhelm power grids, drive up emissions, and derail Europe’s clean energy transition—unless computing moves from electrons to photons. Compiled by market intelligence agency TEMATYS, […]
NorthC and Legrand deliver a new class of ai-enabled data center infrastructure
Legrand has partnered with NorthC Data Centers (NorthC) to transform its data center in Münchenstein (Basel) 1 into a high-density, AI-ready facility. This upgrade facilitates the rapid deployment of advanced GPU clusters, hybrid-cloud workloads, and scalable high-performance computing (HPC) environments. NorthC, which operates regional data centers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany, faced growing demand […]
Signings for AI Data Centre Capacity in Europe More Than Treble in First Nine Months of 2025
Demand for data centre capacity dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) has surged across Europe this year, as emerging AI infrastructure providers, often referred to as neoclouds, accelerate their expansion efforts amid slowing hyperscaler activity. According to new research from CBRE, signings for AI-focused colocation capacity reached 414MW in the first nine months of 2025, up […]