Datacentre Solutions

Shaping the Future of Data Centres As the backbone of the digital economy, data centres are evolving rapidly to meet the demands of a hyper-connected world. From scalable infrastructure to energy-efficient operations, the data centre landscape is defined by innovation and resilience. The 12th edition of Data Centre World Asia will take place on 29-30 September 2026.

Data centre firm Deep Green teams up with Trafford Leisure and WETA Community Services to fund free swimming lessons for 12 women facing cultural and financial barriers, tying in with a nearby heat-recycling data centre opening. Deep Green, a UK data centre developer and operator, has partnered with Trafford Leisure and community organisation Women's Empowerment Through Art (WETA) Community Services CIC to fund a year-long swimming and water safety programme.

Shaping the Future of Data Centres As the backbone of the digital economy, data centres are evolving rapidly to meet the demands of a hyper-connected world. From scalable infrastructure to energy-efficient operations, the data centre landscape is defined by innovation and resilience. The 12th edition of Data Centre World Asia will take place on 29-30 September 2026.

Datadog has launched its observability and security products on the AWS Europe (London) Region, letting UK customers keep data in-region to support governance, resilience and faster incident response as cloud and AI workloads grow. Datadog has announced it has launched its products and services on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Europe (London) Region.

Macquarie Data Centres, part of ASX-listed Macquarie Technology Group , has exercised its option to purchase a roughly 34,200sqm (368,000sq ft) light industrial zoned development site between Talavera Road and the M2 motorway, Macquarie Park, for A$240m. The company plans to construct a data centre campus with approximately 200MW of IT load in Sydney's North Zone (AZ1). Completion of the purchase is subject to standard settlement procedures and is expected within the coming weeks.

Cloud+1 moreJuly 15, 2026By Katy Hill Leaseweb has achieved Pinnacle tier status in Broadcom's VMware Cloud Service Provider program, positioning it to offer enterprise customers managed private and sovereign cloud services built on VMware Cloud Foundation across the EEA, Singapore and the US. Leaseweb has announced it is now a VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program in the European Economic Area, Singapore and the United States.

Fastmail, an independent email provider, has announced the launch of a data centre in Amsterdam, giving customers the option to have the primary copy of their data stored within the European Union. Available from August, the new European hosting location is intended to address demand from organisations seeking greater certainty over where their data is stored and where the services they use are hosted.

Barings has extended a global data centre operator's lease at its Vanda 3 asset in Stockholm by 10 years and secured an extra 30MW of power capacity to support further development and leasing at the site. Barings, an alternative investment manager, has secured a 10-year lease extension with a global data centre operator at its Vanda 3 asset in Kista, Stockholm, on behalf of a European core real estate strategy. The company has also secured an additional 30MW of power capacity for the site.

Power solutions firm AVK is investing £3 million in its first standalone UK manufacturing site in Haydock, Merseyside, to build modular PowerPods for data centres, creating skilled jobs, graduate roles and apprenticeships with St Helens College. AVK, a supplier of power solutions for data centres and AI infrastructure in the UK and Europe, has confirmed plans for its first standalone manufacturing facility in the UK, located in Haydock within the Liverpool City Region.

Cloud + MS+1 moreJuly 15, 2026By Katy Hill Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance turned to 11:11 Systems for disaster recovery and cloud connectivity services, helping it achieve tested system recovery in under an hour and secure direct AWS connectivity amid tornado-prone operating conditions.