Agenda 2025 - Day 2 - Critical Insight

AGENDA

Day 2 – Wednesday 12 November 2025

All times are GMT / UK

Day 2 – Welcome

Jordan O'Brien, Editor, Data Centre Review

Introduction to Critical Insight from Jordan O’Brien, Editor for Data Centre Review.

Keynote – How the UK’s data centre clusters are growing

Growth in the data centre sector is widening beyond West London. In this keynote, we’ll review planning appetite across the country, as well as where there is readily-available land and power. We’ll also explore whether AI Growth Zones could help reshape the siting of data centres, or whether more traditional areas will continue to dominate for the foreseeable future.

Partner session

Exploring innovative approaches to reuse waste heat from data centres, enhancing overall energy efficiency and contributing to local communities.

Upgrading the UK’s core network for AI

Britain’s core networks are aging, and that could put the country’s AI ambitions at risk. This session will explore how the move outside of traditional hubs to find land and power has influenced the need for more robust networks, and what technologies need to be adopted to ensure we stay in the AI race.

15-minute break

Partner session

Exploring strategies for managing and adapting UK data centres for increased energy demands and potential grid limitations.

Panel – Resilient by design

How do we keep UK data centres online when everything is stressed at once: grid events, heat, supply-chain delays, and bursty GPU rooms. In this panel, our experts unpack what ‘resilience’ really means in 2025.

End of Day Two

Please note: This live interactive event will be viewable on your phone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer. There will be opportunities to put your questions to the guests. Once registered, you will need a special link to attend. This will be emailed to you about one week before the start.