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Is AI Growth and Investment Sustainable in the Data Centre World?

Mark Acton — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:22:21 +0000

The rapid advancement and uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in a significant increase in projected demand and subsequent investment in data centres. Questions are now being asked about the sustainability of such investments, the accuracy of demand projections, and the true implications for future growth. Concerns include whether the current level of data […]

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Exploring The Rapid Growth And The Future of Data Centres in Africa

Mark Acton — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:34:58 +0000

The future of data centres in Africa is exciting. The African data centre market has grown exponentially over the past few years and continues to do so. This growth is being accelerated by the rapid digital transformation taking place across various sectors and the resulting need for increased digital infrastructure to support that demand. To […]

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Investment panel debate

James Wilman — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:49:23 +0000

Data centres are being seen as a high return asset class by investors and resistant to the current downturn, however do investors understand the risk involved and how do they determine what type of data centre to invest in and where? Speakers: John Wilson, Director, Data Centre & TMT Financing, SMBC James Wilman, CEO, Future-tech […]

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Why Europe’s data centre market is getting in a FLAP

James Wilman — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:24:33 +0000

In the quest for self-improvement, many New Year’s resolutions include improving diet, exercise and general health and well-being. If the European data centre market were to be personified, what might its resolutions be? With booming demand outstripping supply, with multiple knock-on effects, one might be to streamline and improve the supply chain. Flapping hell Data […]

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Hyper-Cloud: a new Russian Revolution?

James Wilman — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:24:33 +0000

The recent success of the FIFA World Cup may bring back memories of Fifa Young Player Award winner Kylian Mbappe slotting home France’s fourth goal in the final. Yet with the cost to host the tournament estimated at $14 billion, the most expensive football competition in history – it has raised the question of what’s […]

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Panning for data centre opportunities in Africa’s digital gold rush

James Wilman — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:00:00 +0000

East Africa is undergoing a technological revolution. Banking modernisation, transition to cloud-based services and expansion in household electrification are all helping to increase demand for web-based services in the region. Add in a renewed sense of data mission criticality into the mix and the recipe brings together all the ingredients to create opportunities for data […]

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India data centre market part two: standardised and efficient

James Wilman — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:24:11 +0000

The second of a two part report series looks at the practical challenges and innovations for designing and building data centres in India. As outlined in the first part of this report, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world thanks in part to its IT services and business outsourcing sector. A […]

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Data centres Africa part two: Efficiency and Resiliency

James Wilman — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:24:11 +0000

The second of a two part series on the African data centre market covers some of the specific challenges and opportunities for building new capacity in the region. Intro As described in part one of this series, there is growing demand for data centre services across Africa. Existing capacity is very limited given an estimated […]

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India data centres part one: Embracing a cloudy future

James Wilman — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The first of a two part report series looks at how the data centre sector in India is evolving thanks to the presence of international companies including cloud providers and local initiatives. India is the second most populated country in the world with more than 1.2 billion people. It is also one of the fastest […]

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Data Centres Africa part one: Digital development

James Wilman — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:24:11 +0000

The first of a two part series on the African data centre market looks at how digital development is driving demand for new capacity across the continent. The majority of the 54 nations that make up the Africa continent have historically been stymied when it comes the development of, and use, of IT. Poverty, political […]

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