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Stitching together a seamless digital fabric in the UK with colocation  

Ian Cottingham, Director, Mobile Network Operators, BT Wholesale, highlights the extensive benefits of colocation, including cost efficiency, scalability and repurposing legacy Internet Exchanges to maximise...

Analysing the role of data centres in the Middle East’s Digital T...

Nick Roudev, Counsel – TMT, Dubai, Linklaters, explores the latest developments in the region’s data centre landscape and some expected future trends. The Middle East is emerging as a major data centre hub of global sig...

Data centre connectivity in the shadow of Shannon

As we inch asymptotically closer to the Shannon limit – or upper bounds – on spectral efficiency (bits/Hz), operators are looking for new ways to increase capacities on their existing fibre pairs. Christian Uremovic, Sen...

Does every data centre need generators?

The industry needs to re-evaluate the need for total generator backup capacity, according to Jamie Cameron, Associate Director, Cundall. The industry standard of ‘5 9s’ availability may be achievable without gen...

How AI is creating a new era of cloud vendor lock-in

Traditionally, transferring data between cloud providers is fraught with red tape, interoperability issues and high egress fees, locking organisations into lengthy deals. AI is now exacerbating the issue. Paul Mackay,...

How to optimise data centre piping systems for sustainable and future-ready...

Grooved mechanical pipe joining, combined with virtual design, prefabrication and BIM, holds exciting potential to overcome the challenges of data centre construction and sustainability in the Middle East, says Zeyd...

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