AI Hardware/Infrastructure

The data centre is now the machine

For years, artificial intelligence has been framed as a software problem, defined by models, algorithms, ...

Why the next phase of AI will be built in gigawatts not models

Artificial intelligence is moving into an industrial phase where scale, power and physical infrastructure matter ...

Power is now the defining constraint of intelligence

Artificial intelligence is no longer constrained by algorithms but by electricity, planning systems and infrastructure ...

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 ...

The economics of AI are shifting from models to the cost of every token

Artificial intelligence has long been defined by advances in model capability, but a new phase ...

Rewiring for AI is no longer optional

Digital transformation has run out of road, and AI is now forcing a far more ...

Supercomputing confronts the end of Moore’s law as AI reshapes the future of computing

The next phase of artificial intelligence may depend less on bigger models and more on ...

Infrastructure decides the future of intelligence

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the infrastructure designed to carry it. From silicon to ...

The power struggle behind the intelligence boom

Artificial intelligence promises efficiency, optimisation and a cleaner digital future, yet the infrastructure supporting it ...

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 ...

The hidden infrastructure behind the moments that keep the digital world connected

The surge of online activity associated with global events and seasonal peaks is increasingly revealing ...

When software stops waiting for you

Enterprises have spent two decades optimising cloud delivery, yet the real constraint is no longer ...

Liquid cooling moves from experiment to foundation for UK academic AI

The physical limits of artificial intelligence are no longer an abstract concern for universities. As ...

Enterprise edge is becoming the next battleground for AI infrastructure

As artificial intelligence moves out of centralised data centres and into distributed, real-world operations, the ...

Prosus bets on platform scale as AI reshapes global ecommerce

As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation into the operational core of digital commerce, the competitive ...

Why cloud infrastructure choices are becoming an AI era decision

As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation into production, the underlying cloud infrastructure that supports it ...

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 ...

AI traffic is pushing fibre networks beyond their physical limits

As artificial intelligence workloads scale across cloud platforms, data centres and edge environments, pressure is ...

Europe’s data centre moment has arrived

Europe’s digital economy is now constrained less by ambition than by infrastructure. Data centres, once ...

Why edge computing forces a rethink of cooling strategy

Matt Thompson, Managing Director, Airsys, argues that edge computing is exposing the limits of cooling ...

Data centres are being redesigned for a more brutal compute reality

Artificial intelligence is no longer stretching data centre infrastructure at the margins. It is reshaping ...

The AI buildout turns fibre into a strategic national asset

As artificial intelligence pushes data centres to unprecedented scale, the most critical components are no ...

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 ...

Airsys announces first European manufacturing facility

Airsys Cooling Technologies Inc., a global leader in mission-critical cooling, today announced the establishment of ...

How the data centre is being redesigned around the needs of intelligent systems

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is forcing a fundamental rethink of how data centres ...

AI is forcing a hard rethink of how data centres are powered

Every week brings fresh announcements about the expanding capabilities of artificial intelligence. New models arrive, ...

Infrastructure is being pushed to the ends of the earth

Advanced digital services are no longer confined to metropolitan data centre clusters or hyperscale campuses ...

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 ...

The physics now decides what AI can become

AI infrastructure is no longer being shaped by software ambition or commercial demand, but by ...

The infrastructure race intensifies as AI systems push data centres to their limits

The next phase of artificial intelligence is not being shaped solely by models or algorithms, ...

Liquid cooling moves from option to requirement in large scale data centre builds

The physical limits of traditional data centre design are being tested by the rapid expansion ...

Why artificial intelligence performance now depends on electrical design

Artificial intelligence is forcing a reassessment of what actually determines digital performance. While public attention ...

Canada bets on sovereign supercomputing as AI reshapes academic research

Canada’s ambitions in artificial intelligence and advanced scientific research are increasingly being shaped by a ...

Why streaming data is becoming the weakest link

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded across business operations, organisations are discovering that the hardest part ...

Schneider Electric reshapes its data centre leadership for the AI era

Britain’s data centre sector is entering a decisive phase. Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demand ...

The invisible power systems determining whether artificial intelligence works at all

Artificial intelligence is often described through breakthroughs in models, data and compute performance. Yet the ...

Power resilience becomes the defining challenge of the AI data centre

Artificial intelligence is forcing a quiet but profound rethink of how data centres are powered. ...

AI data centres are making liquid cooling a baseline requirement

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future planning consideration for data centre operators. It is ...

The hidden infrastructure race powering the age of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence may be defined by algorithms and computing power, but its reliability increasingly depends ...

The compute trapped inside modern data centres

The AI infrastructure race is being framed as a global scramble for new power, new ...

Why heat is becoming the hard limit of AI

AI infrastructure is scaling at a pace few anticipated, yet the industry conversation remains dominated ...

AI has outgrown Europe’s digital foundations

Europe’s AI ambitions are colliding with physical limits that strategy papers rarely acknowledge. As AI ...

The cooling crisis reshaping the future of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is forcing a fundamental rethink of how data centres are designed, built and ...

AI is forcing data centres to rethink cooling from the ground up

The race to scale artificial intelligence is exposing a constraint that has little to do ...

Britain is pricing itself out of intelligence

Britain urgently wants to be an AI maker, but data centres and model training demand ...

The race to cool artificial intelligence moves to the back of the rack

Artificial intelligence is reshaping data centre engineering in unexpected ways, forcing operators to confront a ...

When automation stops being optional

As enterprises push AI from pilots into production, infrastructure is emerging as the defining constraint ...

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 ...

Why power resilience is becoming the hidden constraint on artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of algorithms, models and compute performance, yet the ...

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, ...

A new era for AI ecosystem innovation

David Terry, Schneider Electric’s AI Enterprise & Alliance Partner Director for EMEA discusses the emergence ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI is forcing data centres to rethink both networks and operations

Artificial intelligence is no longer simply increasing demand for compute inside data centres. It is ...

Hospitals turn to AI ready data centres to power a new era of digital care

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has completed a £1.4 million project to overhaul its ...
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