EDITOR’ S LETTER
REBECCA MILES, EDITOR
W elcome to the 85th edition of Intelligent Data Centres. I hope those attending Data Centre World in London have a prosperous and enlightening time at this important event for data centre professionals.
On the front cover of this month’ s magazine, we feature Clinton Hasell, Chief Business Officer at Kao Data, which pioneers the development and operation of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing. Downing Renewable Developments has announced a landmark agreement to develop, build and operate a 40MW solar photovoltaic farm for Kao Data, representing a significant step in Kao Data’ s strategy. It will procure the electricity via a Power Purchase Agreement, securing long-term, dedicated access to this renewable energy source. Hasell discusses the partnership, the UK energy sector and the company’ s journey to net zero. Turn to page 14 to read more.
From page 45, Schneider Electric discusses its presence at Data Centre World in London. During the 2026 event, Schneider Electric will explore how it can scale AI infrastructure responsibly by bringing together industry leaders to discuss strategies for sustainable growth, innovative cooling solutions and the transformative potential of AI-powered operations in shaping the data centres of the future.
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
The rapid rise of AI workloads is driving rack power densities to unprecedented levels, forcing hyperscale data centres to rethink everything from power delivery and protection to rack design and monitoring. As per-rack loads surge beyond 60kW and GPU servers demand ever larger power supplies, traditional strategies are no longer sufficient. Prabhakar Muthuswamy, Senior Product Manager at Raritan, a brand of Legrand, explains how their new era of intelligent PDUs, advanced metrics and bespoke infrastructure is balancing efficiency, uptime and global expansion. Turn to page 23.
In the interview from page 35, Brandon Smith, VP of Global Sales and Product at ZincFive, discusses why traditional battery chemistries struggle with rapid, AI dynamic loads and how ZincFive nickel-zinc technology delivers high power density in a safer more sustainable solution. Smith highlights the BC 2 AI UPS battery cabinet’ s ability to reduce physical footprint by up to 50 % while lowering total cost of ownership and meeting the evolving infrastructure demands of the AI era.
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