Comment on International Data Centre Day – How can data centres serve society?
26 March 2026
By Dave Philp, Chief Value Officer, Bentley Systems.
International Data Centre Day is a moment to recognise the often-unseen critical infrastructure that underpins modern life. Like healthcare, transport and energy systems, data centres have become essential civic infrastructure in an increasingly connected world.
Datadog plans to launch new UK data centre presence as cloud adoption in regulated industries accelerates
18 March 2026
Datadog, Inc., the AI-powered observability and security platform for cloud applications, has unveiled plans for a new UK data centre presence.
The move will support UK organisations as cloud adoption accelerates across regulated industries and as data governance and security requirements continue to evolve. The launch adds to Datadog’s existing service locations in North America, Asia and Europe.
To co-locate or not to co-locate?
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03 March 2026
As UK enterprises rethink where their infrastructure should live, the old build-versus-buy debate is giving way to a far more complex set of choices around power, regulation, sustainability and flexibility.
For years, the question facing UK IT leaders seemed deceptively simple: build your own data centre or rent space in someone else’s. In 2026, that binary choice has quietly collapsed.
Find out more AI hosting: the colocation vs. cloud dilemma for your next project
02 March 2026
Organisations running AI workloads, like banks training fraud detection models, hospitals testing diagnostic tools, or manufacturers using predictive analytics, all face the same problem: hosting them is costly and resource-intensive.
They require dedicated GPUs running non-stop, vast amounts of data moving in and out, and far more power and cooling than a typical IT system.
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