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This month ’ s cover story comes from Huawei Technologies , and Sanjay Kumar Sainani , Global SVP of Business Development & Global CTO for the Digital Power Business , discusses the tech giant ’ s strategy for successful data centre innovation .

We also hear how Huawei plays an integral role in supporting the Digital Transformation journey of organisations in the Middle East . Read about this in further detail on page 47 .

Another interesting topic we cover this issue is what it ’ s like to operate in the Indian data centre market . Ed Cooke , Founder at Conexus Law , shares some of his experiences of working on Indian projects , including some of the key differences in design and construction contracts . You can find this on page 17 .

In our ‘ Editor ’ s Question ’ feature on page 29 , we explore where experts predict will be the most popular region for data centre development over the coming year and why . Spokespeople include Russell Poole , Managing Director UK , Equinix ; Josh Buis , SVP , Business Development , EMEA & APAC , Vantage Data Centers ; Venessa Moffat , DCA Advisory Board Member ; and Mark Acton , DCA Advisory Board Member .

This month ’ s ‘ Expert Opinion ’ comes from Fabrizio Garrone , Aruba representative on the Board of Directors of Climate Neutral Data Center Pact , who discusses why the data centre industry must take steps towards becoming more sustainable and get behind the green revolution . Find this on page 40 .

Another of our features in this edition focuses on the topic of the Edge – a popular talking point across the data centre industry . Sam Prudhomme , Vice President of Sales & Marketing , Subzero Engineering , discusses re-thinking the concept of micro data centre designs , and defining your Edge , on page 44 .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any upcoming editions , please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk

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