Liquid cooling is not becoming mandatory everywhere, but it is becoming hard to avoid at the highest densities. ASHRAE says its liquid-cooling guidance was updated because climbing rack heat loads mean air cooling can no longer handle a growing number of high-performance, high-density data centers. The pressure is structural, not cosmetic. Data centers accounted for about 1.5% of global electricity use in 2024, or 415 TWh, and the IEA projects a rise to 945 TWh by 2030 in its

Battery energy storage systems are no longer just backup. They are becoming a core flexibility asset for power systems, industrial sites, and digital infrastructure as electrification, solar, and wind reshape demand. The question is no longer whether BESS matters, but how far and how fast it will move from a supporting technology to a strategic layer in industrial operations. (iea.org) For factories, campuses, utilities, and data centers, the logic is simple: store electricit

Cheap is over. The server you buy today is only the smallest part of what you will pay tomorrow. Energy, uptime, security, compliance, and recovery now shape the real cost of infrastructure, which is why IT strategy must move beyond acquisition price. (iea.org) The myth of the low-cost server A low sticker price can hide a much larger operating bill. Power, cooling, support, patching, licensing, staffing, and downtime all turn “affordable” hardware into an expensive long-ter

Energy bills do not wait. For businesses, energy efficiency has become a survival lever, because every avoided kilowatt-hour protects cash flow, uptime, and investment capacity. The urgency is measurable. The IEA says global primary energy intensity improved by only about 1% in 2024, and the world is still off track to double annual efficiency progress by 2030; the U.S. DOE also notes that commercial buildings waste up to 30% of the energy they consume. IEA’s 2024 analysis of

A smart data center is no longer a “nice to have”. When energy demand, AI workloads, resilience requirements, and sustainability targets rise at the same time, operating a facility with separate energy and IT silos becomes inefficient—and risky. A Smart Data Center brings these worlds together: it continuously measures what happens in the power chain, cooling, and IT stack, then uses analytics and automation to optimize performance in near real time—safely, with governance a

A secure data center in 2026 is built, operated, and audited like critical infrastructure. If you are designing, upgrading, or operating a data center today, “security” can no longer be limited to firewalls and locked doors. In 2026, a truly secure facility combines cybersecurity, physical protection, operational resilience, and energy/environmental control —with measurable evidence (logs, tests, audits, KPIs) and clear governance. Why data center security expectations are h

Testing your IT business continuity plan in 2026 is non-negotiable. Modern disruptions are faster, more interconnected, and often cyber-driven—so a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that is not regularly exercised will fail when it matters most. This guide explains how to design an IT Business Continuity Plan testing program , what to measure, and how to turn test results into concrete improvements across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, people, and even energy resilience.

Security in data centers is no longer optional. If you’re searching for ISO 27001 in data centers requirements and key steps in 2026 , the practical answer is: build (or update) an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 -aligned Information Security Management System (ISMS), translate its requirements into facility + IT operations , and prepare auditable evidence across people, processes, and technology—especially for physical security, privileged access, monitoring, cloud/shared responsibility,