Knud Lasse Lueth

Data Centre World London 2026 was in full swing in March 2026 in London, UK, with over 19,000 attendees. IoT Analytics conducted 50+ interviews on-site, producing a 36-page event and trends report with 26 individual data center trends. 7 of the standout data center trends are shared in this article, including the move to higher rack densities (1MW+), liquid cooling innovations, 800V DC architectures, and busbars replacing cables. Data Centers are one of the fastest-growing markets at the moment.

The enterprise IoT market is entering the agentic and AI phase of IoT maturity according to IoT Analytics’ 124-page State of Enterprise IoT 2026 report. Companies are now embarking on a concrete path towards autonomous cross-ecosystem-optimized systems, the 8th and last step of the IoT value–maturity curve. Several decisive technology shifts are visible in this part of the journey: 1. The hardware shift: Device makers are integrating AI accelerators. 2.

The $11 trillion IoT market potential projected for 2025 has fallen short of expectations, according to IoT Analytics’ latest 228-page IoT Platforms Market Report 2025–2030. While IoT adoption advanced over the last 10 years, the market for IoT platforms has gone from a potential “blue ocean” to a “red lake,” as the complexity of IoT deployments proved to be a key inhibitor to scaling and many end users did not see enough tangible value with a horizontal IoT platform.