THE DATA CENTRE INTERVIEW
“ For enterprise IT decision-makers, open architecture and flexible deployment, along with partnerships with local cloud providers, will be crucial to delivering data sovereignty going forward.”
Data centre infrastructure fails sustainability targets Many organisations are struggling to meet environmental objectives with current infrastructure. Lenovo cites how 47 % of IT leaders admit their infrastructure does not support energy efficiency or carbon-reduction goals.
The challenge is compounded by the need to balance multiple priorities. The growth of real-time applications and edge computing in sectors including retail and manufacturing means that latency has become a critical concern. Research shows that 94 % of IT decision-makers identify latency as a key issue both now and in the coming years.
“ In the EMEA region particularly, data sovereignty is expected to remain an urgent priority, and the data centres of tomorrow will also have to scale for AI, and deliver on sustainability targets by operating with high energy efficiency,” says Simone.
“ Decision-makers in the IT sector must also carefully balance the need to deliver the low latency required for technologies such as edge computing, while also dealing with demands for local data control.”
Lenovo’ s Data Centre Bunker concept places infrastructure underground
“CONTROL OVER WHERE DATA RESIDES AND IS PROCESSED WILL DEFINE THE DATA CENTRE OF THE FUTURE”
Simone Larsson, Head of Enterprise AI,
EMEA, Lenovo
30 January 2026