REBECCA MILES, EDITOR

elcome to the 84th edition of Intelligent Data

Centres. It’ s a pleasure to be editing this established magazine, where within its pages we learn more about the changes happening within the data centre industry and the latest innovations and partnerships.

On the front cover of this month’ s magazine, we feature Matt Neil, Director of Data Centres at Datacom. To be the best data centre partner possible, Datacom is focused on continuous improvement, which led it to work with Uptime. Datacom also wanted a certification that reflected how its data centres perform in the real world under real operational conditions. Uptime’ s M & O Stamp of Approval does exactly that: it assesses the processes, people and practices that keep a site resilient over the long-term. Neil discusses how Uptime has helped Datacom maintain its high standards. Turn to page 14.

goal of protecting the organisation, often operate in silos. This communication breakdown can create tension and leave companies vulnerable to cyberthreats.

We also have an Intelligent Technology section on page 28, a round-up from our regions on page 33 and from pages 39 to 44, a snapshot of content from our vertical IT publications.

I hope you enjoy this issue and if you would like to feature, please do email rebecca. miles @ intelligentglobalmedia. com

REBECCA MILES, Editor

Our expert column comes from Ben Leitch, Digital Content Manager at Intelligent Global Media. He looks at water regulations within the data centre industry and the need for a reset. He said:“ Some in the industry are already grumbling about red tape and operational constraints. They’ re missing the point. This isn’ t a threat to growth – it’ s overdue accountability.” Turn to page 19 to read more.

As the UK aims to expand AI computing capacity and build new data centres to achieve a 20-fold increase in sovereign compute by 2030, AI faces increasing scrutiny for its heavy resource use and emissions. Alois Reitbauer, Chief Strategist, Dynatrace explores the conversation around why sustainability is fixated on AI, ignoring other systemic factors within IT that are causing far greater environmental damage. Turn to page 23 to read more.

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From page 35, David Shepherd, SVP EMEA, Ivanti, explores how security and IT teams, despite sharing the same ultimate

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