Data centre
Deciding where and how to build and operate a datacentre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid datacentre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new datacentre, and cooling and air flow techniques. Learn about green IT, data management systems, servers and operating systems.
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News
02 Oct 2025
Singtel debuts low-code platform to ease AI deployment
Singtel’s AI Studio, part of its CUBΣ network-as-a-service offering, aims to simplify AI development and deployment while addressing enterprise concerns around security and data sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK
In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK
In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
30 Sep 2025
Increase data center energy efficiency with Linux
Linux kernel 6.13 introduces adaptive polling, which significantly reduces energy consumption and improves network performance in data centers. Learn how to deploy and configure this update effectively. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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News
29 Sep 2025
Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors
Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan? Continue Reading
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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Opinion
29 Sep 2025
Why SLA gaps should not hinder cloud innovation
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators. Continue Reading
By- Ashley Barker and Irfan Ahmed, PA Consulting
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Feature
26 Sep 2025
Nscale explained: Everything you need to know
AI infrastructure provider Nscale has risen to prominence in UK tech circles over the course of the past year, having aligned itself with the government’s AI strategy. But what is Nscale, and who is behind it? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
26 Sep 2025
The UK government’s AI Growth Zones strategy: Everything you need to know
Plans to make the UK an AI superpower imply pervasive use of the technology. Ramping up adoption of AI will require more datacentres to host compute-intensive workloads, which is where the AI Growth Zone strategy comes in Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Sep 2025
Amazon joins coalition to reduce water usage habits of AI datacentres
Amazon is joining forces with academics, research groups and utility firms to reduce the water usage habits of datacentres, and also find ways that AI can help tackle the problem of water scarcity in some regions of the world Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Sep 2025
AI infrastructure provider Nscale secures $1.1bn in series B funding
A week after it was revealed that Nscale would be working with Microsoft to build the UK's largest supercomputer, the company announces it has secured $1.1bn in series B funding Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes
Research from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England
The UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
24 Sep 2025
FT 250 executives call for UK grid upgrades to support AI datacentre expansion plans
A poll by the Energy Networks Association reveals FTSE 250 attitudes towards the state of the UK’s electrical grids Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Sep 2025
Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance
The Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
24 Sep 2025
Digital Catapult sets sights on boosting AI take-up in agrifood sector
Innovation organisation announces details of its agrifood startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards boosting adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
23 Sep 2025
Unbuckling of the green belt
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into an environmental-focused legal challenge that has the potential to upset the government’s plans to fast-track datacentre developments Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Sep 2025
Balancing IT security with AI and cloud innovation
Cyber security experts offer insights into how to manage service levels, potential lock-in clauses and security gaps in IT supplier contracts Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
21 Sep 2025
NUS supercomputer enters global Top500
Dubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
18 Sep 2025
Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use cases
We look at file storage in the cloud, its key benefits and how it can complement on-prem storage, in particular to burst to the cloud in times of increased application demand Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Sep 2025
Plotting a path forward with VMware version 7
Version 7 reaches end of life at the start of October. But while version 8 is available, buying support may require a VCF subscription Continue Reading
By- Shane O'Rouke
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News
18 Sep 2025
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
In just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
17 Sep 2025
Firms urged to adopt risk-based data sovereignty strategy
Geopolitical uncertainty is forcing organisations to rethink where their data is located, but a full retreat from the public cloud is not the answer Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Sep 2025
Podcast: Data sovereignty and what you need to do about it
Patrick Smith, EMEA CTO of Pure Storage, talks about data sovereignty, what’s driving heightened interest in it, and how customers, the tech industry and states are preparing for it Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
17 Sep 2025
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty
Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
17 Sep 2025
Maximizing water recycling in modern data center design
As water scarcity concerns rise, data centers are attempting to reduce their water footprint by recycling water through reclamation, stormwater retention and geothermal cooling. Continue Reading
By- Robert McFarlane, Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
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News
17 Sep 2025
Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
17 Sep 2025
Microsoft to invest $30bn in expanding its operations and AI infrastructure footprint in UK
Microsoft is making its biggest ever investment in building out its AI and general operations in the UK, citing the government’s commitment to making it easier for big tech to thrive in the country Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Sep 2025
Government confirms North East as location of second AI growth zone
UK government has selected two sites near to Newcastle as the home of its second AI growth zone, with one of them confirmed to be housing compute infrastructure for OpenAI's Stargate UK initiative Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2025
UK government signs US partnership to deliver Europe’s largest AI factory
Some 120,000 GPUs are set to be deployed in the UK over the next 12 months, as the government says it’s laser-focused on attracting talent and startups Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Opinion
16 Sep 2025
Cyber leaders must make better use of risk experts
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators. Continue Reading
By- Ellie Hurst, Advent IM
- Mike Gillespie
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News
16 Sep 2025
Waltham Cross to get heating from Google datacentre
There is potential to attract talent to the region as Google pushes out its renewables-powered datacentre strategy Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
16 Sep 2025
National Grid partners with AI firm to test dynamic management of datacentre energy demands
National Grid is partnering with Emerald AI for a live trial to test how the pressure artificial intelligence datacentres place on the grid could be altered according to workload demands Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2025
Startup Carbon3.ai sets sights on building UK-wide sovereign ‘national grid for AI’
Startup Carbon3.ai has a goal to link 30-plus UK-owned and operated datacentre sites across the UK that will host sovereign AI services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2025
eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs
eEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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16 Sep 2025
Go big or go home: Should UK IT buyers favour US clouds or homegrown providers?
Against a backdrop of geopolitical unrest and concerns about the US government snooping, the UK’s reliance on overseas cloud providers is coming into sharper focus and giving IT buyers some pause for thought on the issue of data sovereignty. Caroline Donnelly reports. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2025
Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit preview: Digital sovereignty in the public cloud
We look at how IT leaders need to balance data access, data residency and data sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
15 Sep 2025
Go big or go home: Should UK IT buyers favour US clouds or homegrown providers?
Against a backdrop of geopolitical unrest and concerns about the US government snooping, the UK's reliance on overseas cloud providers is coming into sharper focus and giving IT buyers some pause for thought on the issue of data sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Sep 2025
TechUK report on datacentre water usage habits criticised
Non-profit questions the reliability of TechUK’s study on water use, arguing that its anonymous, self-reported data may give a misleading picture of the sector’s environmental impact. Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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News
12 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence signs £400m sovereign cloud deal with Google
Google Cloud has signed a multimillion-pound deal with the Ministry of Defence that will see it provide the armed forces with access to sovereign cloud capabilities Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
12 Sep 2025
Cloud block storage: Key benefits and use cases
We look at block storage in the cloud, why you might want to use it, its key benefits, how it fits with on-premise storage, and the main block storage offers from the cloud providers Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Sep 2025
How AI and the Trump administration are fuelling ‘quiet quitting’ on IT sustainability
A decade ago, companies loudly boasted about their ambitious net-zero targets. Today, some of the world’s largest technology enterprises are quietly stepping back from those commitments Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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News
10 Sep 2025
Could an environmental legal challenge derail government’s fast-tracked datacentre builds?
The UK government is under fire after details emerged that it has waved through three large-scale datacentre planning applications without conducting an environmental impact assessment first Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Sep 2025
EU Data Act prompts Google to scrap data transfer fees for UK multicloud users
With the EU Data Act coming into effect, Google has confirmed that users of its cloud services across the UK and Europe will no longer pay to transfer data between its platform and competitors’ clouds Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
09 Sep 2025
AI help for pet parents
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we do another deep-dive into the latest freedom of information request revelations that have emerged pertaining to Police Scotland’s use of Microsoft cloud technologies. Ex-Googler Kate Balingit, and head of digital innovation at Mars Pet Nutrition, opens up about how artificial intelligence is transforming pet care for the company’s customers. We also take a closer look at the possible impact the UK government’s devolution agenda could have on cloud spending trends within local authorities. And, in our final piece from this round of buyer’s guides, we delve into how platform engineering is affecting how enterprises approach DevOps-related projects. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2025
Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning
During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
08 Sep 2025
Gibraltar government backs plans to build 250MW datacentre on island to tap into AI boom
The government of Gibraltar is throwing its weight behind a plan to build a £1.8bn datacentre on the island Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
08 Sep 2025
AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn
Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
05 Sep 2025
Water efficiency of English datacentres scrutinised in TechUK report
TechUK survey suggests English datacentres are consuming less water than perhaps expected, but concerns persist about how transparent the sector is being about its water usage Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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Opinion
05 Sep 2025
SLA promises, security realities: Navigating the shared responsibility gap
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators. Continue Reading
By- Aditya K Sood, Aryaka
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News
05 Sep 2025
How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation
The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Opinion
03 Sep 2025
Bridging the SLA gap: A guide to managing cloud provider risk
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators. Continue Reading
By- John Bruce, Quorum Cyber
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News
03 Sep 2025
Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI
Microsoft has worked with Barclays on a financial optimisation problem using consumer-grade electronics Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
03 Sep 2025
Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security
Chief exec Kip Compton explains how Fastly’s unified platform is solving the web’s biggest challenges, from content scrapping by AI bots to distributed denial-of-service attacks Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
OpenAI targets India with datacentre push
The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers Continue Reading
By- Mastufa Ahmed
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Podcast
02 Sep 2025
Agentic AI: Storage and ‘the biggest tech refresh in IT history’
We talk to Jeff Denworth of Vast Data about a future where employees are outnumbered by artificial intelligence agents and even smaller enterprises may need supercomputing levels of resources Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
02 Sep 2025
AWS goes live in New Zealand
The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
01 Sep 2025
Flash drive prices grow quickly while SAS and SATA diverge
Manufacturers have throttled back production of flash drives to tackle over-supply and it shows in rising prices Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
31 Aug 2025
Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore
Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
29 Aug 2025
HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI
Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Feature
28 Aug 2025
AI and backup: How backup products leverage AI
We look at how AI helps with backup, from AI analysis of backup jobs and their integrity through natural language support functionality to ransomware and anomaly detection Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China
The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
28 Aug 2025
VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APAC
As enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
27 Aug 2025
VMware virtualisation alternatives and the storage they need
We look at the main choices available to those that want to migrate away from VMware and the core requirements for storage to support virtualisation environments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
27 Aug 2025
Intel filing shows risks of US government stake
The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
26 Aug 2025
Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation
At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
26 Aug 2025
Storage suppliers’ market share and strategy
We look at the top eight enterprise storage suppliers’ market share, product offer and how they’ve responded to AI, hybrid cloud, as-a-service purchasing and containerisation Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
21 Aug 2025
The increasing concern of data center land acquisition
Data center land acquisition is increasing due to the growing demand for capacity and AI workloads. By 2030, facility areas are expected to triple, raising concerns about land use. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
BT Group ramps up its cloud transformation efforts with another five-year AWS deal
BT Group's multi-year cloud transformation effort is moving on from workload migrations to building out a cloud-native infrastructure, with the help of AWS Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Aug 2025
Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption
Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2025
The four trends reshaping the UK’s energy resilience
In this guest post, Jodie Eaton, CEO of Shell Energy UK, looks at the trends that could shape the nation's energy security In July 2031, an explorer spacecraft from Earth will finally reach Jupiter ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
HPE taps into AI market demand with Nvidia Blackwell-powered servers
HPE’s latest Nvidia Blackwell-powered GPU servers are due to start shipping soon, but could enterprises face delays when trying to get hold of them? Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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Feature
19 Aug 2025
Storage data management tools: What they do and what’s available
We look at data management tools from storage array makers, who supplies them, what they can do, and whether they stretch to managing third-party storage in customer datacentres Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Aug 2025
A winning formula for peak performance
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a look under the hood at the IT powering the McLaren Formula 1 team, with the help of its director of business technology, Dan Keyworth. We also delve into the Metropolitan Police’s controversial plans to expand its use of live facial recognition technology to counteract budget and job cuts in the force. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks
A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
18 Aug 2025
The CMA anti-trust investigation into AWS and Microsoft explained: Everything you need to know
After regulator Ofcom raised red flags about the anti-competitive behaviour of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, the UK cloud market was referred to the Competition and Markets Authority – here’s why Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
15 Aug 2025
Lenovo partners its way up the storage maker rankings
Storage profile: We look at Lenovo, a key storage player that has played the partnership game to rise in the array maker rankings and corner the SME and entry-level market Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
15 Aug 2025
India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push
The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy Continue Reading
By- Mastufa Ahmed
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2025
Airborne answers to a waterborne problem: Could drones help solve UK droughts?
In this guest post, Peter Stirratt, head of inspection and survey at Skyports Drone Services, offers an airborne answer to the UK’s heatwave-induced droughts As the UK experiences the driest start ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure
The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
14 Aug 2025
What’s going on inside Intel?
Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
13 Aug 2025
SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI
The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2025
Macquarie Data Centres to offer Dell-Nvidia AI tech stack
The Australian datacentre operator will host the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia infrastructure platform in its sovereign facilities to meet growing demand for local, secure and compliant generative AI infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
12 Aug 2025
Ola’s Krutrim builds ‘AI-first’ sovereign cloud for India
Krutrim is building a vertically integrated technology stack to make AI affordable, scalable and sovereign for Indian businesses while catering to the country’s linguistic needs Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
12 Aug 2025
Server hardware guide: Architecture, products and management
Today's server platforms offer various options for SMBs and enterprise IT buyers; it's important to learn the essentials before making any purchasing decisions. Continue Reading
By- Brien Posey
- John Moore, Industry Editor
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Podcast
11 Aug 2025
Podcast: Key hurdles in AI from proof of concept to production
We talk to DDN CTO Sven Oehme about key technical and organisational hurdles when taking AI projects from test to production, in storage and building the technical team Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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11 Aug 2025
CMA told to expedite action against AWS and Microsoft to rebalance UK cloud market
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a summary of the final conclusions it has reached following the completion of its long-running probe into the inner workings of the UK cloud infrastructure services market Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2025
Interview: How PXP shifted off VMware
When a business begins to see less and less value from an incumbent IT provider, especially as its software becomes more expensive, it might be time to switch. Here’s how one company did just that Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
07 Aug 2025
Interview: Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer, Thomson Reuters
As a technologist who also runs corporate operations, Thomson Reuters’ CTO believes her tech background gives her a unique edge as the business information group looks to transform its products with AI Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2025
Maybank inks RM1bn deal with Microsoft
The five-year deal will see Malaysia’s largest bank accelerate its digital transformation efforts, building on its current strategy to embed AI across the organisation and enhance its technological capabilities Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
06 Aug 2025
Airtel to sell its in-house tech globally, inks deal with Singtel
The Indian telecoms giant is commercialising the digital tools it built for its own vast network, using its subsidiary, Xtelify, to challenge cloud providers in India and sell its AI software to peers like Singtel and Globe Telecom Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Tip
05 Aug 2025
8 ways to enhance data center physical security
Data center physical security is just as important as cybersecurity. Organizations can follow these eight security approaches to enhance facility access monitoring. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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E-Zine
05 Aug 2025
Digitising fan experience
In this issue, discover the latest twist regarding a secret Home Office order requiring Apple to give UK law enforcement access to users’ encrypted data stored on the Apple iCloud. Also discover how the Premier League is using digital means to reach fans, and learn about identity security in SaaS deployments. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2025
Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks
Research finds increased adoption of unsanctioned generative artificial intelligence platforms is magnifying risk and causing a headache for security teams Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
04 Aug 2025
How the UK's cloud strategy was hijacked by a hyperscaler duopoly
The UK competition regulator says the cloud market is not working - it's time to take radical steps to reduce the dominance of the two US cloud giants Continue Reading
By- Bill McCluggage
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Tip
01 Aug 2025
Benefits of edge computing over large data centers
Edge computing attracts companies by reducing latency. Its benefits over large data centers include modular design, effective data management and zero-trust security. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2025
AWS sees revenue and profit rise in Q2, bats away competitive concerns
AWS has filed its Q2 results, reporting another quarter of revenue and profit rises, but questions are being asked about how the company is coping with the rising competitive pressure it is under Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Jul 2025
CMA told to expedite action against AWS and Microsoft to rebalance UK cloud market
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a summary of the final conclusions it has reached following the completion of its long-running probe into the inner workings of the UK cloud infrastructure services market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Jul 2025
Microsoft reports massive cloud uptick as CMA questions licensing
The company’s latest quarterly results show that the Microsoft cloud is booming. But the CMA is not happy with how it’s winning business Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
31 Jul 2025
Datacentre operators ‘faltering’ on collecting sustainability data, Uptime Institute data shows
Datacentre operators are ‘quietly retiring’ their net-zero strategies, as Uptime Institute data shows downturn in the number tracking key server farm sustainability metrics Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Jul 2025
Meta prepares for gigawatt datacentres to power ‘superintelligence’
Meta’s latest results show a big jump in datacentre costs as it builds out personal AI capabilities Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
30 Jul 2025
UK flights suspended after air traffic control outage
Flights arriving and departing from the UK were disrupted by an outage affecting technical systems at air traffic control body NATS’ Swanwick facility Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor