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UK data centre bosses take on Arctic trek for hospice
Data centers

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.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • Yesterday
Southampton's We UC launches Olatti business platform
Software-as-a-Service

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.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
AVK Capital launches to fund data centre power sites
Data centers

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.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Vaisala launches datacentre care service for sensors
Edge Computing

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.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Oracle to invest USD $5 billion in UK cloud infrastructure
Data Protection

Oracle to invest USD $5 billion in UK cloud infrastructure

The spend will expand local cloud capacity as UK demand for AI and data services rises, with healthcare and finance among target sectors.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Cloudhouse launches Guardian Essentials for audits
Hybrid Cloud

Cloudhouse launches Guardian Essentials for audits

Enterprises under audit pressure can now trace unauthorised IT changes in days, as the tool connects to existing ServiceNow and AWS data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
UK public awareness of data centres rises, trust falls
Data centers

UK public awareness of data centres rises, trust falls

Trust in data centres is slipping as more Britons worry about their power use and environmental impact, a Telehouse survey found.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Grundfos urges data centres to cut cooling energy use
Data centers

Grundfos urges data centres to cut cooling energy use

Cooling already accounts for up to 40 per cent of data centre energy use, as AI-driven growth strains UK power and water supplies.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Data centre STEM ambassadors to enter UK classrooms
Data centers

Data centre STEM ambassadors to enter UK classrooms

It aims to ease skills shortages by giving pupils aged eight to 16 direct contact with data centre workers in classrooms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month
Cambridge Management Consulting tops £1m in charity giving
Digital Transformation

Cambridge Management Consulting tops £1m in charity giving

Its giving now tops GBP £1 million, with staff volunteering and pro bono work for charities alongside donations since 2015.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month
Law firms must codify judgement as AI spreads, Avvoka says
Digital Transformation

Law firms must codify judgement as AI spreads, Avvoka says

AI adoption could turn legal advice into a commodity unless firms capture and refresh their own standards, Avvoka has warned.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
NTT Data rolls out AI ops platform for Daimler Truck
Hybrid Cloud

NTT Data rolls out AI ops platform for Daimler Truck

The rollout aims to cut outages and speed fault response across Daimler Truck's global factories, offices and cloud systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre
Digital Transformation

Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre

The upgrade aims to ease London dependence for Midlands firms needing low-latency AI capacity, security and resilience.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month
PeaSoup & Vawlt forge UK sovereign multi-cloud tie-up
Data Protection

PeaSoup & Vawlt forge UK sovereign multi-cloud tie-up

The tie-up gives customers a way to spread storage across clouds while keeping sensitive data within UK jurisdiction for compliance and continuity.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
DataVita seeks approval for third Chapelhall data centre
Data centers

DataVita seeks approval for third Chapelhall data centre

The scheme could bring GBP £849.6 million of investment to Chapelhall, alongside 120 permanent jobs and a GBP £75 million community fund.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month
Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets
Data centers

Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets

Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 34% from Logicalis's FY22 baseline, while renewable electricity use rose and supplier climate pledges advanced.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Vertiv to buy UtilityInnovation Group for USD $1.45bn
Data centers

Vertiv to buy UtilityInnovation Group for USD $1.45bn

The deal could help data centre builders secure power faster as grid delays and AI demand push more projects towards onsite generation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month
UK battery storage faces major cyberattack risk, study
Cybersecurity

UK battery storage faces major cyberattack risk, study

A single attack on UK battery storage could trigger a nationwide outage and cost up to GBP £10 billion, Centrii's analysis warns.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • This month
Humain and Qualcomm launch the Horizon Ultra AI PC
Data Protection

Humain and Qualcomm launch the Horizon Ultra AI PC

Enterprise buyers in Saudi Arabia will get a locally hosted AI PC from September 2026, alongside Adobe's shift to sovereign workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month