Attending Data Centre World 2025 this year felt like stepping into the nerve centre of an industry that never stops evolving.
From discussions on sustainability and AI to the urgent need to bridge the skills gap, the event was packed with insights, innovations, and more than a few reality checks!
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Chris Barton kicked off Tech Show London – of which Data Centre World was a large part – with an inspiring talk about his journey in founding Shazam. For anyone who’s ever desperately needed to identify a song stuck in their head, Shazam has been a lifesaver. Originally just a simple tool for recognizing music, it has since grown into a global tech powerhouse with over 300 million users, offering real-time lyrics, background playlist identification, and more.
Chris shared some core principles that guided his success:
- Build from basic truths – Strip an idea down to its fundamentals and build up from there.
- Creative persistence – Don’t take “no” at face value. Barriers are often just challenges waiting to be tackled.
- Search and destroy friction – Every extra step in a consumer’s journey is a potential drop-off point. Reducing friction isn’t just good user experience – it’s good business.
Of course, innovation wasn’t just a theme in Chris’s talk – it ran through the event like electricity through a data centre, powering every conversation and keynote.
Tim Goring, Global Business Manager – Digital TWIN, at Siemens Smart Infrastructure showcased ‘Building X’ software, a platform that runs the applications that help manage building operation with digital twin technology. The software shaved 26% off commissioning times in a test project (that’s equivalent to six whole days!).
Tim confidently stated that “like self-driving cars, a building can run itself.” It’s a bold vision – but in an industry obsessed with efficiency, not an impossible one.
Puya Forghani, Offering Manager Large Power Converters at Vertiv, delivering the talk “Powering the AI Era”.
The ever-present skills gap also took centre stage. Pete Betts, Engineering Director at Virtus put it bluntly: “We’re not proud enough as an industry of what we do. Let’s advertise it the same way we’d advertise a film.”
Iain Farquharson, Integration Manager at Red Bear Tech, had a great analogy: “We need to encourage youngsters into the industry; by providing the ‘Lego instruction booklet’ equivalent, we can make data centre construction much more accessible.”
Speaking on a later panel on AI’s role in infrastructure and operations, Nabeel Mahmood, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Nomad Futurist, delivered a sobering statistic: “We have a human capital deficit right in front of us. Over 70% of the workforce is due to retire within the next ten years. That’s a lot of retirement parties. We need people to come into this industry with a passion for it, and that’s going to come from educating people at a young age.”
The Activate Learning Education Trust stand. Read more about ALET and the Digital Futures Programme.
Nabeel reframed AI as ‘actionable intelligence’: “We are the ones defining the processes and writing the algorithms – AI does the repetitive tasks.” Meanwhile, Shane Garner, Head of Security & ICT Systems at Pure DC Group, emphasized the need for security, warning that tracking the origins of code is critical to preventing malicious attacks.
Iain Farquharson later emphasized the struggles within data centre construction. “The industry is struggling to deliver projects on time, in budget, and with the current resources available. 57% of people working in the sector are dealing with burnout because of these factors and the pressure they cause.” He referenced the MacLeamy Curve, a concept that highlights the correlation between the cost of design change and the stage of the design process. He explained the importance of implementing new technology early in the design phase, likening it to “choosing the colour you’re going to paint a room, before you pick up the brush.”
Leaving Data Centre World, one thing was clear – the industry is undergoing rapid transformation. From automation and AI to tackling the skills shortage, the challenges ahead are significant, but so are the opportunities.
Events like this not only highlight these issues but also bring together the brightest minds to solve them. The conversations happening here aren’t just theoretical – they’re shaping the future of data centres. The question is: how fast can we adapt?
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Great recap of Data Centre World 2025 — the skills gap and the need to attract younger talent really stood out to me. As the industry becomes more global, especially with the rise of Chinese tech giants investing in data centres, being able to communicate across cultures is a huge advantage. For anyone looking to broaden their professional skill set, I’ve found an engaging way to learn Chinese through interactive games that make the process feel natural and fun. It’s a practical complement to the technical expertise the industry is crying out for.
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Great recap of Data Centre World 2025 — the emphasis on reducing friction through tools like digital twins and AI really resonates. In an industry where operational data is growing exponentially, the ability to quickly turn metrics into clear visuals is becoming a bottleneck. I recently started using a data visualisation and charting tool that lets me generate publication-ready figures, data plots, and flowcharts from natural language prompts, then export them as SVG for further editing. It cuts down the time spent on diagramming from hours to minutes and is ideal for presenting complex infrastructure insights without needing coding skills. A practical way to bridge the gap between raw data and actionable understanding.
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Great recap of Data Centre World 2025 — the skills gap and the need to attract younger talent really stood out to me. As the industry becomes more global, especially with the rise of Chinese tech giants investing in data centres, being able to communicate across cultures is a huge advantage. For anyone looking to broaden their professional skill set, I’ve found an engaging way to learn Chinese through interactive games that make the process feel natural and fun. It’s a practical complement to the technical expertise the industry is crying out for.
-
Great recap of Data Centre World 2025 — the emphasis on reducing friction through tools like digital twins and AI really resonates. In an industry where operational data is growing exponentially, the ability to quickly turn metrics into clear visuals is becoming a bottleneck. I recently started using a data visualisation and charting tool that lets me generate publication-ready figures, data plots, and flowcharts from natural language prompts, then export them as SVG for further editing. It cuts down the time spent on diagramming from hours to minutes and is ideal for presenting complex infrastructure insights without needing coding skills. A practical way to bridge the gap between raw data and actionable understanding.
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CH加密中心学院（Cryptify Hub）本质上是一个民间自发形成的Web3社群，以“学院”为品牌标识，实则为社群型工具导航站。它没有官方背景，不颁发学历证书，核心是由一群Web3爱好者共同维护的工具链接库和交流场所。在这里你可以找到各类加密工具入口，也能看到社群成员的讨论与分享。参考链接、参与交流均可，但请记住：民间社群的任何信息都不构成投资建议，决策需自行判断。
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Great recap of Data Centre World 2025. The panel on AI’s role in infrastructure really resonated, especially Nabeel Mahmood’s reframing of AI as ‘actionable intelligence’. For those looking to stay ahead in this rapidly evolving space, exploring resources like AI for science and research tools can provide a steady stream of updates, news, and tools tailored to the intersection of AI with scientific and research domains—exactly the kind of edge needed in data center innovation.
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