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Iceotope raises USD $26 million in Series B funding

Rising AI hardware heat loads are pushing data centres towards liquid cooling, and Iceotope's latest cash injection is aimed at scaling its systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Data Protection

UK firms race ahead on AI, but controls lag behind

Most large UK companies lack full visibility of staff AI use, with executives fearing breaches and struggling to rein in autonomous agents.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Schneider Electric & GreenScale plan AI-ready data centres

Rising AI demand is pushing European operators to build denser sites with lower costs, stronger monitoring and less maintenance risk from day one.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

DataCentre infrastructure

Vertiv appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer

Heightened scrutiny over components and costs makes the hire significant as Vertiv seeks to keep data centre equipment flowing amid AI-driven demand.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month

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Network Infrastructure

DE-CIX joins Mplify alliance to push NaaS standards

The move could speed automated connectivity for enterprise customers as operators seek common NaaS standards across cloud and AI networks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

BCS boosts Iberian presence with Barcelona data centre win

Spain is drawing more data centre work as BCS adds senior staff and secures a Barcelona assignment amid tighter capacity in northern Europe.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Australia & New Zealand brands lead APAC in agentic AI

But data quality and integration are slowing deployment, as most brands in Australia and New Zealand remain unable to scale agentic AI.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data centers

Forrester warns GenAI strains resources despite gains

Rising power and water demand from AI data centres could wipe out some sustainability gains unless firms demand stricter vendor transparency.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Appian adds AI-assisted development & MCP integration

Enterprises could gain more governed AI workflows as the software maker links agents, legacy app modernisation and Snowflake data access.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Snowflake ecosystem startups draw USD $113 billion

Investors are concentrating on AI data and governance startups, with funding in the Snowflake partner ecosystem now skewed towards fewer, larger rounds.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

NEOIX teams with Hitachi units on AI-ready data centres

Rising power constraints are pushing data centre developers to pair AI capacity with renewable energy and storage as demand surges.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Virtualisation

HPE unveils GreenLake upgrades for AI & private cloud

Rising virtualisation costs and AI demands are pushing organisations towards HPE's updated GreenLake stack for simpler private cloud and data protection.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week