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DataVita invites Greens to Chapelhall data centre tour
The Chapelhall campus expansion is now part of Scotland's row over AI data centres, with a parliament debate on a possible moratorium looming.
UK data centres warned over climate resilience gap
Older facilities may struggle as hotter summers, floods and grid strain threaten UK data centre uptime for essential services.
UK data centre bosses take on Arctic trek for hospice
Care for families in Greater Manchester could gain GBP £1 million as data centre executives brave a five-day Arctic trek in Finland.
Southampton's We UC launches Olatti business platform
The shift gives the group full control of calls, messaging and meetings for small firms, with data kept on UK infrastructure.
AVK Capital launches to fund data centre power sites
Developers could secure on-site electricity without upfront power costs, as AVK Capital and Partners Group target data centre projects facing grid delays.
Vaisala launches datacentre care service for sensors
Growing datacentre fleets could face less downtime as Vaisala bundles calibration, support and replacement probes into a single service package.
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The new software aims to curb token waste and improve answer quality as enterprises connect AI models to sprawling, unstructured file stores.
Eaton to buy Italy's COL Group for EUR €810 million
Greater access to European power distribution markets is at stake as Eaton adds COL Group's medium-voltage business and Italian factories.
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The chip aims to ease power and cooling constraints for operators seeking AI systems with tighter supply chain control and domestic manufacturing.
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As AI racks draw more power, data centre operators are shifting to liquid cooling, and LG's latest unit now meets NVIDIA's reference design requirements.
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The vendor's latest rankings may help it win deals as customers seek a single platform for hybrid cloud, virtual machines and Kubernetes.
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A second straight top ranking underlines growing demand for firewall tools that span cloud and on-premise systems without separate stacks.
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