FOREWORD

DATA CENTRE MAGAZINE TEAM

SENIOR EDITOR BEN CRASKE

DEPUTY EDITOR SAFFRON HUMPHREYS

LEAD DESIGNER ETHAN SALMON

MEDIA DIRECTORS MICHAEL BANYARD

PRODUCTION MANAGERS YEVHENIIA SUBBOTINA FREYA REID

MARKETING LEAD IZZY HUTCHIN

MANAGING EDITORS LUCY BUCHHOLZ TOM CHAPMAN

PRODUCTION DIRECTORS DANIELA KIANICKOVÁ JANE ARNETA

MANAGING DIRECTOR LONDON & EVENTS JAMES CALLEN

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER JAMES WHITE

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER LEWIS VAUGHAN

CEO GLEN WHITE

Welcome to the second issue of Data Centre Magazine for July. In this month’ s The Data Centre Interview, Colm MacCarthaigh, VP & Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to share insights into how the tech giant built its European Sovereign Cloud. Some of the features in this edition cover:

• Equinix’ s hydrogen power systems testing in Dublin

• Telefónica’ s 17-node edge computing rollout in Spain

Elsewhere, we explore insights from Zurich into some of the most pressing data centre risks in 2026 and consider the role of software and hardware in data centre sustainability. Our Top 10 in this magazine celebrates the leading executives transforming the European data centre sector. Thank you, as always, for reading.

BEN CRASKE

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