What does it take to keep the world's most critical digital infrastructure running every single day? Richard Wilkinson, Chief Technologist at DXC, joins Data Centre Podcast host Ella Wilkinson to discuss AI at scale, the return of digital sovereignty and why the industry should think carefully before standardising too soon.

Richard oversees infrastructure strategy across 120 to 130 data centre locations in Europe, supporting some of the world's most regulated organisations like banks, airlines insurers and defence companies, where downtime simply isn't an option.

The AI boom is driving a global data centre building frenzy. But is anyone stopping to ask why? In this episode of the Data Centre Podcast, recorded at Data Centre LIVE: The London Summit, host Ella Wilkinson sits down with Stephen Bowes-Phipps, Vice President of Global Data Centre Processes and Risk at State Street Bank. 

With decades of experience across the industry, Stephen makes a compelling case that the sector is so focused on solving engineering problems that it's ignoring the bigger questions around economics, technology disruption and genuine sustainability. 

From photonics and glass-based inferencing threatening to make today's GPU-hungry infrastructure obsolete, to the uncomfortable truth about carbon offsets and waste heat opportunity, this is a must-listen for anyone invested in where the data centre industry is really heading.

In this episode of The Data Centre Podcast, Ella Wilkinson sits down with Michael Winterson, Secretary General of the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA). With nearly three decades of tech and infrastructure experience, Michael pulls back the curtain on the massive friction between European policymakers’ bold digital ambitions and the stark reality of the continent's power constraints.