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Data centre operators face infrastructure reckoning as AI drives 10x power demand growth

by Harry Baldock | Sep 19, 2025

New StrategyARX report warns telecom infrastructure providers of fundamental market shifts requiring strategic repositioning by 2030

Equinix leans into nuclear power for its data centre empire

by Harry Baldock | Aug 18, 2025

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company®, announced it is working with leading energy companies that are developing innovative approaches to generating reliable and sustainable electricity to support the needs of Equinix data centers worldwide

Nokia launches digital twin platform Enscryb to digitalise energy sector

by Harry Baldock | Jul 2, 2025

Nokia has announced its latest venture, Enscryb, an energy innovation platform, is partnering with NODES, an energy trading company. In addition, Enscryb has also secured and onboarded two customers: Nanuq, a charging infrastructure company, and Smartecon, a renewable energy provider.

French energy giant EDF offers up land for data centre projects

by Harry Baldock | Feb 12, 2025

France’s state-owned utility company Electricite de France (EDF) says it has identified four locations on its land that could be ideal for data centre deployment.

Talking the language of sustainability

by Harry Baldock | Dec 16, 2024

Ahead of the recent World Communication Awards, we spoke with Sandra Klackenborn, Head of Sustainability at Arelion, to discuss the growing energy challenge and how the industry must do more to tackle the issue collaboratively

VMO2’s data centre cooling optimisation will save £1m a year

by Harry Baldock | Sep 19, 2024

According to Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), working in partnership with EkkoSense across 20 of the company’s UK data centres has led to an average saving of 15% in data centre cooling energy usage.

Power play: Thailand’s biggest telco to merge with energy giant

by Harry Baldock | Jul 17, 2024

This week, Thailand’s seventh-richest man, Sarath Ratanavadi, has revealed ambitious plans to merge his energy company Gulf Energy Development with its telecoms subsidiary, InTouch Holdings, the parent company of Thailand’s biggest telco AIS.

Nap time: EE rolls out energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ tech to mobile network

by Harry Baldock | Jun 24, 2024

This week, EE has announced that it has rolled out its new dynamic ‘cell sleep’ technology across its 4G mobil network, potentially greatly reducing its power consumption.

Elisa brings smart solar energy management to the Åland Islands

by Harry Baldock | Jun 11, 2024

This week, Ålcom, a telecoms operator from Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands, has revealed a new deal with Elisa to use the latter’s DES solution, leveraging solar panels deployed at sites across Ålcom’s mobile network.

MTN to invest $100m in generators as Eskom fails to keep the lights on

by Harry Baldock | Apr 10, 2024

The operator says it has already spent roughly $140 million on generators to support its mobile base stations, and will spend $101 million more by the midpoint of the year to further shore up the network.

Taiwan earthquake knocks nearly 200 base stations offline

by Harry Baldock | Apr 3, 2024

The magnitude 7.2 quake saw communications infrastructure across the region disrupted, primarily due to power lines to base stations being damaged or severed.

Vodafone UK pitches shared funding model to solve battery dilemma

by Harry Baldock | Jan 17, 2024

In December, Ofcom launched a consultation on network resilience, noting the increasing importance of connectivity in our daily lives and subsequently of network outages’ disruptive impact. Indeed, the consultation seems to be partly inspired by the disruption caused by recent winter storms, as well as the ongoing shut down of the Public Switched Telephone Network (landlines).

How 5G standalone can help our shift to Net Zero

by Harry Baldock | Jan 2, 2024

Turning the tide on carbon emissions requires a relentless approach to innovation and collaboration across multiple industries. Achieving Net Zero goals can feel like a major task but, by utilising tools like 5G Standalone (SA), we’re optimistic we can make tangible progress and get there.