CLOUD & 5G
Q. DEMAND IS OUTPACING SUPPLY FOR AI READY CAPACITY, HOW IS POLAR ADDRESSING THIS REQUIREMENT?
» With an acute focus on infrastructure for AI & HPC, Polar DC is bringing three distinct solutions to market:
• Polar Flexiscale: AI-colocation for Enterprise 1-10MW
• Polar Infrascale: AI-ready capacity for Wholesale 11-8-M
• Polar Ultrascale: Data center capacity for AI-Factories 80MW +
This productised approach allows us to create standard designs for our deployments, which in turn, speeds up and simplifies supply and build logistics. This ultimately brings capacity online quicker for our customers.
We are able to grow the company quickly with excellent financial support from our investors, enabling us to develop a pipeline of sites in rapid response to market demand.
Q. WHAT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES OR CURRENT TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY DO YOU EXPECT TO REVOLUTIONISE DATA CENTRE OPERATIONS?
» The industry is going through massive changes, the demand for AI-ready data centres is unprecedented and being driven by the requirements of GPU technology.
Data centres are now being described as AI factories and this reflects how
“DATA CENTRES ARE NOW BEING DESCRIBED AS AI FACTORIES AND THIS REFLECTS HOW FUNDAMENTAL THEY ARE IN THE AI ECOSYSTEM”
TOM CHUBB, COO, POLAR DC
fundamental they are in the AI ecosystem. For example, Nvidia’ s Rubin Ultra NVL576 rack is expected to consume 600kW which is a significant increase on any current deployments.
This change in power density has extensive knock-on effects for data centre infrastructure and we will continue to see the M & E infrastructure getting closer to the chip. This amalgamation of the traditional‘ white’ and‘ grey’ space will cause new operational challenges.
46 June 2025