Data Center Dynamics

John Gagge is vice president of business development, network and infrastructure solutions at EnerSys Data centers continue to walk the tightrope of meeting burgeoning power demands, while also fulfilling sustainability aims and obligations The International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that global data center electricity demand grew by 17 percent in 2025, while consumption from data centers serving AI applications grew 50 percent in the same period.

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) has now gone far beyond the generative era and has moved from a global disruptor to a catalyst for economic growth. Across the world, governments are accelerating investments into infrastructure that will propel adoption and innovation, and research from Morgan Stanley estimates that nearly $3 trillion of AI-related investment will flow through the economy by 2028, with more than 80 percent of that spending yet to come.

T-Mobile US added a new intent-based AI automation layer to its self-organizing network (SON) service, claiming the technology can make real-time network adjustments in roughly half the time of its existing processes. AutoPilot, as it's dubbed, is now being rolled out by the operator across the US, with the technology described as an extension of the intelligence already embedded in T-Mobile's SON.

Australian telecoms company Vocus has announced plans to construct a 4,000km (2,485 mile) fiber route that will connect Brisbane to Darwin. It is the second project as part of its Australian Digital Infrastructure Platform (ADIP), which aims to support growing demand from hyperscaler, neocloud, and enterprise customers. The company said it has already started route planning, technical design, and customer engagement activities as part of the new project's early works phase.

As organizations work to reduce their carbon footprint and meet increasingly demanding sustainability and reporting requirements, the way they manage technology at end of life matters. This guide from SK tes explores how responsible IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) can help organizations reduce Scope 3 emissions, support a circular economy and generate verified data for sustainability reporting.

DCD Connect London 2026 was 6RG's first real dip into the data center world, and it was very much a fact-finding mission. We wanted to better understand the sector, listen to the people already working within it, and consider whether our experience could bring a different perspective to the established QA/QC roles and services already supporting data center delivery. 6RG provides independent client-side MEP Clerk of Works and QA/QC services.

AI cloud Nscale has raised $3.36 billion in pre-IPO funding as it prepares for its public listing. The company has pulled in the cash from a group of investors led by hedge fund Third Point. Others to have put money in include GPU maker Nvidia, and funds managed by Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, and 8090 Industries. Earlier this month, it was reported that the company was looking for $3.5 billion ahead of its listing.

Angad Sandhu is CTO at Giga Energy Data centers are the last heavy industry still built by hand. It's time to move them into the factory Every other capital-intensive industry broke the link between cost and output by moving work into the factory. Data centers are the holdout, and the AI buildout can't afford to keep scaling in a straight line. Ask anyone in the data center industry what it takes to double your capacity, and the answer comes back immediately.

AI chip startup DensityAI has raised "hundreds of millions of dollars" in a funding round that has valued the company at $10 billion, per a report from The Information. Andreessen Horowitz has been in talks to lead the round, and the company claims to have already secured a purchase agreement - based on performance requirements - with AWS, the report added, citing two people with knowledge of the situation.

Rep. Carol Miller is Congresswoman for West Virginia's 1st Congressional District Will Korea's revisions to its cloud security framework work for the US? The alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea has been one of the most successful partnerships of the modern era. Built on shared sacrifice and common values, it has evolved into a cornerstone of economic growth, technological innovation, and regional security.