With green credentials that include the UK’s lowest carbon energy intensity, increasing access to RERs, low-cost land and political backing, are the pieces in place for Scotland to fulfil its data centre sector potential?

Ten years ago when i3 Solutions Group was founded, a data centre design of 15MW – 20MW would be bracketed in the medium-to-large category. Today, thanks to the hyperscalers and large commercial data centre developers, projects ten times that size are not unusual.

Energy transition is both a global and local phenomenon. As such it means different things to different people. For oil and gas companies it means moving away from fossil fuels. For those in the business of generating power, it means a shift to renewable energy resources (RERs).

Against a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty in the energy market, the UK datacentre market is readying itself for ‘worst case’ planned power cuts this winter. Ed Ansett, our Chairman and Founder, discusses the topic further with Caroline Donnelly, Data Centre Editor at ComputerWeekly.com.

Ed Ansett, Chairman and Founder at i₃ Solutions Group sat down with Joao Marques Lima, founding editor at The Tech Capital and JSA TV contributor, to discuss how the global data centre market is adapting to new sustainability agendas.

Ed Ansett, founder and chairman of i₃ Solutions, discusses the global and local elements of a fully sustainable grid and a role for data centres

i₃ Solutions Group Chairman and Founder, Ed Ansett, leads a discussion at Data Centres Ireland.

Ed Ansett explores sustainable infrastructure and the future of energy storage

There was never a time when considerations for a new data centre location didn’t extend beyond the availability of cheap land, abundant power and connectivity!

With green credentials that include the UK’s lowest carbon energy intensity, increasing access to RERs, low-cost land and political backing, are the pieces in place for Scotland to fulfil its data centre sector potential?

Ten years ago when i3 Solutions Group was founded, a data centre design of 15MW – 20MW would be bracketed in the medium-to-large category. Today, thanks to the hyperscalers and large commercial data centre developers, projects ten times that size are not unusual.

Energy transition is both a global and local phenomenon. As such it means different things to different people. For oil and gas companies it means moving away from fossil fuels. For those in the business of generating power, it means a shift to renewable energy resources (RERs).

Against a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty in the energy market, the UK datacentre market is readying itself for ‘worst case’ planned power cuts this winter. Ed Ansett, our Chairman and Founder, discusses the topic further with Caroline Donnelly, Data Centre Editor at ComputerWeekly.com.

Ed Ansett, Chairman and Founder at i₃ Solutions Group sat down with Joao Marques Lima, founding editor at The Tech Capital and JSA TV contributor, to discuss how the global data centre market is adapting to new sustainability agendas.

Ed Ansett, founder and chairman of i₃ Solutions, discusses the global and local elements of a fully sustainable grid and a role for data centres

i₃ Solutions Group Chairman and Founder, Ed Ansett, leads a discussion at Data Centres Ireland.

Ed Ansett explores sustainable infrastructure and the future of energy storage

There was never a time when considerations for a new data centre location didn’t extend beyond the availability of cheap land, abundant power and connectivity!