As infrastructure evolves investment discipline must keep pace

These were often funded through the now-retired Private Finance Initiative contracts (PFIs) or early renewables whose revenues were 100% UK government subsidy backed. Today, the opportunity set is much broader. Data centres have emerged as the market's standout growth story, fuelled by the rapid adoption… The post As infrastructure evolves investment discipline must keep pace appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

The data centre water myth: why AI infrastructure doesn’t have to be thirsty

The idea that the operation of data centres requires the consumption of unsustainable amounts of water, is an unnecessary distraction at a time when the focus should be on creating the infrastructure needed to underpin the development of artificial intelligence. The post The data centre water myth: why AI infrastructure doesn’t have to be thirsty appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

New towns will be limited if they have to compete with data centres for water, warns Lords committee

Shortage of utilities, skills and building materials cited by peers as major ‘limiting factors’ for progression of new towns programme

VIRTUS Data Centres secures £2.45bn financing package to back expansion

The funding, one of the UK's largest yet for data centres, will back development of the Saunderton campus in Buckinghamshire and LONDON19 in Slough, plus future European projects. The post VIRTUS Data Centres secures £2.45bn financing package to back expansion appeared first on Property Week.

JCA Engineering revenue boosted by data centre demand

JCA Engineering has reported a 44 per cent jump in turnover, as the engineering and construction company benefitted from rising demand for data centres in the UK. Revenue at the Stevenage-based firm, which is a subsidiary of Mitie Group, was up from £104m to £149.6m… The post JCA Engineering revenue boosted by data centre demand appeared first on Construction News.

RICS - Unreal estate: valuing property in the Metaverse, 23032023

In this RICS Modus webinar for the World Built Environment Forum (WBEF), questions are raised to the panel about the Metaverse, e.g. What is the metaverse and how would we sum it up? Where do you think real estate fits into the metaverse? What the real estate might look in one of these Metaverse worlds? Why should Real Estate professionals be interested in the Metaverse?

FT - Recycling the world’s hard drive waste, 13022023

Shredding hard drives may be a sure-fire way to prevent data leaks from discarded devices, but as the FT’s TMT correspondent Anna Gross reports, it can create significant amounts of waste and squander rare metals. Information can be deleted with wiping software, but why are companies reluctant to use it?

CBRE Market Outlook 2023 Report - UK Real Estate

CBRE's UK market outlook report for 2023 looks at key market sectors and the overall economy, and provides some key take-aways for consideration

WSJ - Tech News Briefing Podcast - The New Data Storage Tech Beyond Hard Drives 30082022

We’re storing more of our data than ever, but the hard disk drives we rely on are reaching their physical limits. Now scientists are working on methods to increase capacity and find new ways to house our data. Dr. Brian Michael Murphy of Bennington College joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how we got here and the new methods that are being tested

WSJ - Tech News Briefing PODCAST - Emerging climate technologies (Part 1 of 4) - Could Underwater Data Centers Make Cloud Computing Greener 27122022

Cloud storage centers suck up a lot of energy. But when Microsoft tried putting data centers underwater a couple of years ago, it found the strategy greatly reduced energy use and improved performance. Now a U.S. startup called Subsea Cloud is pushing forward with similar plans. How much could underwater data centers do to alleviate emissions from our cloud usage? And what are the hurdles to getting there?

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