Platforms approach to DfMA.

‘I’m in conversations all the time, whether or not it’s a new client that’s asking for, you know, 100 plus KW per rack… it’s pushing us to innovate pretty hard.’.More powerful servers mean that traditional air cooling can become inadequate.

Lincoln suggests that the move towards alternative cooling methods - like liquid cooling - must balance innovation with the reliability needed to maintain near-perfect uptime.Robust testing and early collaboration with manufacturers and utility providers are key to ensuring new solutions are both effective and safe..Sustainable Power: Turning a liability into an opportunity.

As data centres draw ever larger amounts of power, sustainability becomes central.Lincoln describes Edged’s parent organisation, Endeavour, as taking a holistic view of energy usage and carbon reduction.

He explains the vision behind it:.

‘We have a company that oversees us… called Endeavour… really trying to solve global climate challenges that we’re facing right now with regards to the access to energy to meet the demands of these colo tenants while not continuing to hurt our planet.’.As we do this, we need to start to attract more diverse people into the industry.

Working with technology in new and exciting ways helps with the industry’s broader image.In addition to our well-known problems with inefficient processes and insufficient output, the construction industry faces other, compounding issues - namely, a serious skills shortage and an aging workforce.

As a result, it’s vitally important that we begin to encourage young people to come and join us.We must highlight the fact that new technologies are possible in construction, and make sure that such technologies play a key role in how we design and construct..