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Energy efficiency in buildings tops global priorities

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Energy efficiency in buildings has surged to the top of global infrastructure agendas as organisations chase decarbonisation and lower costs.
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AI tops CEO earnings calls as bubble fears intensify

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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AI dominates CEO earnings calls for the first time, as leaders pair record investment pledges with mounting warnings of an AI market bubble.
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AI boom to drive chip equipment sales to record 2027

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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AI-driven demand will push chipmaking kit sales to a record $133 billion in 2025, climbing further to $156 billion by 2027, SEMI says.
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Service-based IT & agentic AI to reshape 2026 spend

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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Service-first IT, agentic automation and real-time data platforms are set to dominate 2026 enterprise tech strategies and infrastructure spend.
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CMC highlights 'Furious Five' themes set to shape 2026

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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CMC says AI, energy, robotics, defence and store-of-value trades will be the “Furious Five” megatrends steering markets into 2026.
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AI boom drives record rise in chip equipment spending

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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AI demand pushed Q3 2025 chip equipment billings to a record USD $33.66 billion, up 11% year on year as investment in advanced nodes surged.
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AI-fuelled data centre spend to hit USD $1 trillion by 2030

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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AI-driven investments will push annual data centre IT and facility spending to USD $1 trillion by 2030, up from USD $290 billion in 2024.
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Gordon Murray Group streamlines IT operations with Apogee

Fri, 23rd May 2025
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Gordon Murray Group has teamed up with Apogee to streamline IT asset management, slashing laptop setup times by 30 times and boosting security.
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Samp CEO urges industrial sector to adopt Shared Reality

Tue, 15th Apr 2025
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Samp's CEO, Laurent Bourgouin, is calling on the industrial sector to embrace Shared Reality, an innovative AI-driven 3D workspace to modernise operations.
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Data protection advancements expected to shape 2025 security

Fri, 27th Dec 2024
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Andrew Eva of Assured Data Protection predicts significant advancements in backup and cybersecurity by 2025, highlighting ransomware as a major threat.
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Vertiv launches eco-friendly Liebert PDX-PAM cooling units for EMEA

Thu, 27th Jun 2024
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Vertiv debuts eco-friendly Liebert PDX-PAM units, using R513A refrigerant to significantly cut GWP by 70%, boosting data centre efficiency and sustainability.
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Infinigate launches financial services programme to support European partners

Tue, 13th Feb 2024
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Infinigate launches 'Infinigate Financial Services', providing partners across Europe with funding solutions to tackle CAPEX concerns and enhance growth in an unpredictable market landscape.
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Broadband Forum launches new AI-driven industry standards

Thu, 18th Jan 2024
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Broadband Forum presents two AI-based industry standards to elevate the quality of network services by foreseeing and preventing faults.
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Dell's ObjectScale XF960 reshapes object storage with speed & security

Thu, 9th Nov 2023
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Dell Technologies unveils ObjectScale XF960, a ground-breaking all-flash appliance set to transform object storage with exceptional speed and security.
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Apptio and Protiviti partner to control cloud infrastructure spending

Mon, 9th Oct 2023
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Apptio partners with Protiviti Australia to help local enterprises control their cloud infrastructure spending amid economic challenges.
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Big 5 fuel 'staggering' growth of capex in hyperscale data centres

Wed, 23rd May 2018
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Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook continue to balloon in the hyperscale data centre market with spending reaching an all-time high.