Data centre
Deciding where and how to build and operate a datacentre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid datacentre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new datacentre, and cooling and air flow techniques. Learn about green IT, data management systems, servers and operating systems.
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News
24 Oct 2025
AI chip challenger Groq eyes APAC expansion
Groq’s novel chip architecture that speeds up AI inferencing has attracted a fast-growing developer base as it plans its first datacentre in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
18 Oct 2025
How APAC organisations can embrace hybrid cloud
As cost pressures, data sovereignty rules and the rise of AI reshape IT priorities, we look at what organisations across Asia-Pacific can do to adopt the hybrid infrastructure model that places each workload in its optimal environment Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
14 Nov 2025
Nokia strengthens AI datacentre network performance
Supplier enhances portfolio, claiming ‘breakthrough’ network performance for new datacentre switches, doubling throughput and interface performance with added flexibility for range of deployment scenarios Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Nov 2025
CBRE charts rise of neocloud providers within European colocation market
Real estate consultancy CBRE’s latest colocation market tracker shines a light on the impact neocloud providers are having on the supply and demand dynamics of the European datacentre market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
13 Nov 2025
Interview: EcoOnline’s David Picton on finding a business case for IT sustainability
EcoOnline’s senior vice-president for ESG and sustainability explains why sustainability practices should not be seen as a burden, but as a driver of business growth and long-term resilience in an unstable environment Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Nov 2025
UK government vows to fast-track AI growth zone planning and energy access
On the same day the UK government confirms the location of its next AI growth zone, in North Wales, it also makes a series of pledges about fast-tracking planning and energy access to these artificial intelligence hubs Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Nov 2025
National Grid to extend Didcot substation in support of UK datacentre growth
National Grid is continuing with its work to ensure the nation’s electricity grids have the capacity to cope with the UK’s growing number of datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
11 Nov 2025
Simplify IT, save money and carbon: The rise of the minimalist CIO
With the link between IT over-consumption and carbon emissions now firmly established, analyst house Gartner sets out how CIOs can counter this trend by taking a more "minimalist" stance on IT projects and spend Continue Reading
By- Ed Anderson, Gartner
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Opinion
11 Nov 2025
Gartner Symposium 2025: VMware NSX migration tips
How should organisations approach migrating off VMware NSX Continue Reading
By- Shane O'Rourke and Fabien Koessle
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2025
Sysdig widens open source vision for cloud security
Real-time cloud security company has come forward with new features that aim to unite detection, investigation and response across Falco and Stratoshark. The company used its appearance at KubeCon ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2025
Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco
Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
06 Nov 2025
Blackpool Council preps datacentre planning application for tech-focused town regeneration bid
After setting out its ambition to embark on building a tech-focused regeneration project, Blackpool Council has revealed it is prepping a planning application for a datacentre, and has submitted a bid to become one of the UK government’s AI growth zones Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Nov 2025
Police Digital Service defends IT contractor cuts amid concerns over IT project delivery
The Police Digital Service has defended its decision to cut the size of its flexible IT workforce, as sources raise concerns about low staff morale and hampered IT project delivery times Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Nov 2025
Insurer Vitality forges closer ties with Google for AI-powered customer health boost
Health insurance firm Vitality wants to help its customers take a more preventative approach to managing their health and fitness, with the help of Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence portfolio Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Nov 2025
Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community
Bugcrowd acquires scaleup Mayhem Security to enhance the ingenuity of its human hackers with AI-backed software testing capabilities Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
04 Nov 2025
Interview: Orange Business’s Jérôme Goulard on making telecoms greener and cleaner
Interdisciplinary work across multiple teams and initiatives can pose a challenge when it comes to satisfying customers as well as business objectives, finds Jérôme Goulard of Orange Business Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2025
G42 and Cisco expand strategic partnership to drive AI innovation and infrastructure growth
The UAE-based tech group and global networking giant will co-develop secure AI infrastructure and cyber security solutions to support high-performance computing and datacentre growth Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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04 Nov 2025
Government faces questions about why US AWS outage disrupted UK tax office and banking firms
Questions form around why an outage originating in a US-based cloud region belonging to Amazon Web Services caused service disruption to UK banking giants and HM Revenue and Customs. Caroline Donnelly reports Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2025
AWS hails return to accelerated growth with Q3 results
Despite having to make allowances for paying out close to $2bn in severance payments, Amazon’s results show its cloud arm is continuing to go from strength to strength Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Oct 2025
Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide
US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
30 Oct 2025
Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act promises to fill Meta’s coffers
The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram is spending billions on new datacentres for artificial intelligence Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
30 Oct 2025
Equinix acquires DC01UK’s mega-datacentre site in Hertfordshire and plots £3.9bn investment
Colocation giant Equinix has acquired a plot of land in Hertfordshire where datacentre developer DC01UK secured planning permission to build a hyperscale campus in January 2025 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Oct 2025
Microsoft CEO speaks of global cloud factory as Azure stalls
Alongside Microsoft's posted cloud revenue of $49bn was a configuration error that caused a global outage affecting many customers Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Oct 2025
AWS emerges as ‘sole bidder’ for HMRC’s £500m datacentre migration project as rivals exit
A week after HM Revenue & Customs’ reliance on Amazon Web Services came under scrutiny from MPs, the public cloud giant remains the only supplier in the running for the tax agency’s £500m datacentre exit project Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Oct 2025
Vintage rail freight system showcases 50-year-old innovation
A system from national rail operator British Rail in 1975 used distributed computing and a 400km data network to track freight Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Oct 2025
Saudi Arabia partners with Humain and Qualcomm to power next global AI frontier
A collaboration to deploy advanced AI infrastructure positions Saudi Arabia as a global hub for intelligent computing Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
29 Oct 2025
Monday.com eyes ASEAN growth with Singapore hub
The work management specialist’s Collier Quay office will serve as its hub for Southeast Asia as it looks to build deeper relationships with a growing customer base Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
28 Oct 2025
UK citizens raise red flags over environmental impacts of datacentres in poll
A poll of 1,000 UK citizens reveals deep concerns about the energy and water usage habits of the nation’s growing footprint of datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Oct 2025
Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution
Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
28 Oct 2025
Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity
The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2025
AI chip challenger Groq eyes APAC expansion
Groq’s novel chip architecture that speeds up AI inferencing has attracted a fast-growing developer base as it plans its first datacentre in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Tip
23 Oct 2025
Composable architecture: Future-proofing AI expansion
Data center admins should adopt a composable architecture to improve resource utilization, reduce costs and enhance AI workload efficiency for faster deployment and adaptability. Continue Reading
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Definition
23 Oct 2025
What is a configuration management database?
A configuration management database (CMDB) is a file -- usually in the form of a standardized database -- that contains all relevant information about the hardware and software components used in an organization's IT services and the relationships among those components. Continue Reading
By- Paul Kirvan
- James Montgomery, Senior Features Editor
- Erica Mixon
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News
23 Oct 2025
AWS apologises for 14-hour outage and sets out causes of US datacentre region downtime
Days after its largest US datacentre region experienced a lengthy outage, causing service disruption to web users across the globe, Amazon Web Services issues an explanation and apology regarding what happened Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Oct 2025
Business leaders raise concerns over public cloud data sovereignty
The unpredictable geopolitical climate is having an impact on IT strategies, a report from Kyndryl has found Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
23 Oct 2025
UAE’s datacentre boom powers AI ambitions and digital sovereignty
Surging investments in cloud infrastructure and hyperscale capacity position the UAE as a regional digital powerhouse and a magnet for global tech giants Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
22 Oct 2025
Government faces questions about why US AWS outage disrupted UK tax office and banking firms
The government is facing questions about why a multi-hour outage originating in a US-based cloud region belonging to Amazon Web Services caused service disruption to UK banking giants and HM Revenue and Customs Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Oct 2025
OpenInfra Summit Europe: Migrating off VMware
With Broadcom’s focus on VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions, OpenStack is being positioned as the open source alternative Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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21 Oct 2025
Natural History Museum deploys sensor network to decode urban biodiversity with AWS
The museum has deployed a network of sensors across its newly revamped gardens, which are on course to make it one of the most intensely monitored urban spaces in the world. Caroline Donnelly reports Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Oct 2025
Why global investment in the UK AI sector is a growth opportunity for all
In this guest post Javid Patel, senior director and head of public sector and the strategic advisory and transaction team at property consultancy Eddisons, part of Begbies Traynor Group, sets out ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2025
AWS confirms it is working to 'fully restore' services after major outage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) users have experienced an outage after the public cloud giant's North Virginia datacentre region became beset with technical difficulties Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Oct 2025
Nscale founding director exits AI infrastructure provider in wake of $1.1bn investment round
Much-hyped artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Nscale has parted ways with one of its founding directors, Companies House documents confirm Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Oct 2025
OpenInfra Summit Europe: Digital sovereignty in the face of political tension
Attendees at the OpenInfra Summit in Paris were shown why open source IT infrastructure provides supplier flexibility and digital sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
20 Oct 2025
Du racks up 1 Tbps Middle East milestone
Leading UAE operator Du achieves record-breaking peak traffic through its datamena platform and marks milestone for internet exchange in the Middle East to reach performance level Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Feature
18 Oct 2025
How APAC organisations can embrace hybrid cloud
As cost pressures, data sovereignty rules and the rise of AI reshape IT priorities, we look at what organisations across Asia-Pacific can do to adopt the hybrid infrastructure model that places each workload in its optimal environment Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Tip
17 Oct 2025
ISO 14644 standards: Cleanroom guidelines for data centers
There are regulated requirements to maintain data center equipment and functionality. ISO 14644 cleanroom standards lay out guidelines to keep data centers clean. Continue Reading
By- Julia Borgini, Spacebarpress Media
- Kelly Richardson, Site Editor
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News
17 Oct 2025
SAP ECC customers bet on composable ERP to avoid upgrading
Organisations running SAP ECC 6.0 are finding it hard to justify upgrading to the latest SAP S/4Hana cloud-based subscriptions Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
16 Oct 2025
Questions over size of government’s legacy IT estate pose AI adoption issues
Two House of Commons committees have turned their attention this week to the lack of transparency concerning the size of the government’s legacy IT estate, and what this means for its ability to adopt artificial intelligence technologies Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
16 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How not to fall for Big Tech’s false green claims
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
By- Abhijit Sunil, Forrester
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News
16 Oct 2025
Gitex 2025: Aramex partners with AWS to accelerate global IT modernisation
UAE-based logistics giant completes the migration of its Oceania datacentre to AWS, marking the start of a global transformation to build an AI-ready, cloud-native infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
15 Oct 2025
AI World: Oracle brings agents to bear on world of finance
Oracle AI World has seen a host of new introductions, among them agentic capabilities for customer finance teams Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
15 Oct 2025
Calls for more government support and faster investment if UK to lead in quantum computing
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s inquiry into DSIT’s priorities hears evidence about the risk posed to the UK’s ability to lead in the field of quantum computing without more government support Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Oct 2025
Infor doubles down on APAC with cloud and AI
The enterprise software firm is targeting the region’s vast manufacturing sector by easing the move to the cloud and rolling out industry-specific AI agents, says CEO Kevin Samuelson Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Opinion
14 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Distinguishing the green washers from the green winners
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
By- Beth Medlik, Digital Catapult
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News
14 Oct 2025
Revenue generated by neoclouds expected to exceed $23bn in 2025, predicts Synergy
IT market watcher Synergy Research Group is predicting big things for the neocloud market through 2025 and beyond Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Oct 2025
Khazna leads UAE’s global AI push with massive datacentre expansion
Announced at Gitex Global 2025, Khazna is accelerating its international and domestic expansion, providing the AI-ready infrastructure underpinning the UAE’s ambition to become a global technology leader Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
13 Oct 2025
Nvidia scores Meta and Oracle for networking fabric
Nvidia lands hyperscalers Meta and Oracle for its Spectrum-X networking fabric and is leading an industry coalition to adopt an 800-volt DC power standard for datacentres Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
13 Oct 2025
Interview: Shaping the future of AI in the UAE
At Gitex 2025 in Dubai, the largest tech show in the Middle East, Chiara Marcati, chief AI advisory and business officer at AI71, discusses the UAE’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
13 Oct 2025
Microsoft and the UAE: Driving AI from strategy to real impact
Exploring how Microsoft and the UAE are turning AI ambition into practical solutions, empowering talent, and guiding CIOs to adopt AI at scale Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Opinion
10 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Don’t believe Big Tech’s green IT hype
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
By- Daniel Smith, Astralis Technology
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News
09 Oct 2025
Meta to boost APAC connectivity with subsea cable
The 8,000km Candle subsea cable is expected to bolster internet capacity for more than a billion people as tech giants continue to invest in digital infrastructure across the region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
08 Oct 2025
Windows 10 end of support: Time to go virtual?
With Windows 10 no longer supported, IT leaders need to consider how to manage the devices that haven’t yet been upgraded to Windows 11 Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT directors can spot false green claims from Big Tech suppliers
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
By- Craig Wentworth, TechMarketView
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News
08 Oct 2025
How OpenAI’s AMD bet raises the stakes in GPU dominance
The OpenAI partnership with AMD gives it the option to invest directly in the chipmaker Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
07 Oct 2025
Natural History Museum deploys sensor network to decode urban biodiversity with AWS
The Natural History Museum has deployed a network of sensors across its newly revamped gardens, which are on course to make it one of the most intensely monitored urban spaces in the world Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Oct 2025
Middle East cloud ambitions get boost from IBM-AWS partnership
With demand for AI, datacentres, and smart city tech rising, Riyadh Innovation Hub promises tailored solutions for the region Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Feature
07 Oct 2025
GITEX: Dubai’s rise as a global technology hub
Gitex 2025 will take place from 13–17 October at the Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour, welcoming more than 200,000 visitors and over 6,000 exhibitors from around the globe Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
06 Oct 2025
Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims
Report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government’s pro-datacentre agenda could derail the UK’s decarbonisation efforts Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Oct 2025
Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50% Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Oct 2025
Enterprise software sales through cloud hyperscale marketplaces set to hit $163bn by 2030
Research from IT market watcher Omdia suggests enterprise IT buyers are getting increasingly comfortable with making purchases through the Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google Cloud marketplaces Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
06 Oct 2025
Managing AI’s environmental impact
With AI set to account for half of IT greenhouse gas emissions by 2028, businesses must look beyond energy use and embed sustainability, transparency and social equity into their AI strategy to avoid derailing their green goals Continue Reading
By- Autumn Stanish
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Opinion
06 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping IT directors see through suppliers' greenwashing claims
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
By- Shane Herath , Eco-Friendly Web Alliance
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Blog Post
02 Oct 2025
The sustainability gap in IT lifecycle management
In this guest post, Daniel Smith, CEO of IT lifecycle services and IT asset disposal (ITAD) provider Astralis Technology, sets out how enterprises can transform disposing of their end-of-life ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2025
Singtel debuts low-code platform to ease AI deployment
Singtel’s AI Studio, part of its CUBΣ network-as-a-service offering, aims to simplify AI development and deployment while addressing enterprise concerns around security and data sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK
In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
30 Sep 2025
Increase data center energy efficiency with Linux
Linux kernel 6.13 introduces adaptive polling, which significantly reduces energy consumption and improves network performance in data centers. Learn how to deploy and configure this update effectively. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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News
29 Sep 2025
Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors
Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan? Continue Reading
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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Opinion
29 Sep 2025
Why SLA gaps should not hinder cloud innovation
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators. Continue Reading
By- Ashley Barker and Irfan Ahmed, PA Consulting
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Feature
26 Sep 2025
Nscale explained: Everything you need to know
AI infrastructure provider Nscale has risen to prominence in UK tech circles over the course of the past year, having aligned itself with the government’s AI strategy. But what is Nscale, and who is behind it? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
26 Sep 2025
The UK government’s AI Growth Zones strategy: Everything you need to know
Plans to make the UK an AI superpower imply pervasive use of the technology. Ramping up adoption of AI will require more datacentres to host compute-intensive workloads, which is where the AI Growth Zone strategy comes in Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Sep 2025
Amazon joins coalition to reduce water usage habits of AI datacentres
Amazon is joining forces with academics, research groups and utility firms to reduce the water usage habits of datacentres, and also find ways that AI can help tackle the problem of water scarcity in some regions of the world Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Sep 2025
AI infrastructure provider Nscale secures $1.1bn in series B funding
A week after it was revealed that Nscale would be working with Microsoft to build the UK's largest supercomputer, the company announces it has secured $1.1bn in series B funding Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes
Research from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England
The UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
24 Sep 2025
FT 250 executives call for UK grid upgrades to support AI datacentre expansion plans
A poll by the Energy Networks Association reveals FTSE 250 attitudes towards the state of the UK’s electrical grids Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Sep 2025
Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance
The Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
24 Sep 2025
Digital Catapult sets sights on boosting AI take-up in agrifood sector
Innovation organisation announces details of its agrifood startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards boosting adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
23 Sep 2025
Unbuckling of the green belt
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into an environmental-focused legal challenge that has the potential to upset the government’s plans to fast-track datacentre developments Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Sep 2025
Balancing IT security with AI and cloud innovation
Cyber security experts offer insights into how to manage service levels, potential lock-in clauses and security gaps in IT supplier contracts Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
21 Sep 2025
NUS supercomputer enters global Top500
Dubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
18 Sep 2025
Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use cases
We look at file storage in the cloud, its key benefits and how it can complement on-prem storage, in particular to burst to the cloud in times of increased application demand Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Sep 2025
Plotting a path forward with VMware version 7
Version 7 reaches end of life at the start of October. But while version 8 is available, buying support may require a VCF subscription Continue Reading
By- Shane O'Rouke
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News
18 Sep 2025
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
In just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
17 Sep 2025
Firms urged to adopt risk-based data sovereignty strategy
Geopolitical uncertainty is forcing organisations to rethink where their data is located, but a full retreat from the public cloud is not the answer Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Sep 2025
Podcast: Data sovereignty and what you need to do about it
Patrick Smith, EMEA CTO of Pure Storage, talks about data sovereignty, what’s driving heightened interest in it, and how customers, the tech industry and states are preparing for it Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
17 Sep 2025
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty
Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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Tip
17 Sep 2025
Maximizing water recycling in modern data center design
As water scarcity concerns rise, data centers are attempting to reduce their water footprint by recycling water through reclamation, stormwater retention and geothermal cooling. Continue Reading
By- Robert McFarlane, Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
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News
17 Sep 2025
Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
17 Sep 2025
Microsoft to invest $30bn in expanding its operations and AI infrastructure footprint in UK
Microsoft is making its biggest ever investment in building out its AI and general operations in the UK, citing the government’s commitment to making it easier for big tech to thrive in the country Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Sep 2025
Government confirms North East as location of second AI growth zone
UK government has selected two sites near to Newcastle as the home of its second AI growth zone, with one of them confirmed to be housing compute infrastructure for OpenAI's Stargate UK initiative Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2025
UK government signs US partnership to deliver Europe’s largest AI factory
Some 120,000 GPUs are set to be deployed in the UK over the next 12 months, as the government says it’s laser-focused on attracting talent and startups Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
