FOREWORD

DATA CENTRE TEAM

SENIOR EDITOR BEN CRASKE

DESIGN ANDY WOOLLACOTT SAM HUBBARD

MEDIA DIRECTORS MICHAEL BANYARD

PRODUCTION MANAGERS FREYA REID

MARKETING LEAD IZZY HUTCHIN

GROUP CONTENT DIRECTOR STEVEN DOWNES

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR DANIELA KIANICKOVÁ JANE ARNETA

MANAGING DIRECTOR LONDON & EVENTS JAMES CALLEN

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER JAMES WHITE

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER LEWIS VAUGHAN

CEO GLEN WHITE

Women represent less than 10 % of the global data centre workforce. That figure has barely shifted in years, and frankly, it isn ' t good enough. The decisions being made right now about how that infrastructure is built, operated and expanded will define the next decade.

Our Top 100 Women in Data Centres list exists because representation matters in practice, not just in principle. The women featured across these pages are architects, innovators, engineers, executives, technologists, operators and advocates.

As we publish the second edition of this supplement, the conversation around diversity in the data centre sector has grown louder – but noise is not enough.

Progress relies on visibility: seeing the people already doing the work, in senior roles, in technical roles, in every corner of this industry – which is what this list sets out to provide.

Behind every breakthrough in this industry, there is a woman who made it possible, and this supplement is our opportunity to make sure that fact is impossible to ignore. We hope you find the 2026 edition as inspiring to read as we did to compile.

Many thanks for reading.

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