In this bonus episode of the DDI Podcast, hear one of the many interesting panels that took place at Data Centre World 2024, at ExCel London.

Hosted by Schneider Electric's Digital Services Business Director, Nathan Ghundoo, with a panel of industry guests including Matthieu Lecapitaine, Partner Manager at AVEVA (a Schneider Electric company); Andy McKenzie, Commercial Consultancy Leader at Schneider Electric consultancy for the UK&I; and Paul Almond, Director of Data Centre UK.

Hear the panel share interesting and stimulating insights into the data centre industry, and how they are adapting to decarbonise and become more optimised in their operations.

In the final episode of Season 3, Mark welcomes David Watkins, Solutions Director at VIRTUS Data Centres, to discuss David’s career, how to attract new talent to the sector, and what the future holds for the industry.

David shares his thoughts on the impact the increased demand for AI is having on data centres, and how those data centres could benefit local communities through shared infrastructure, such as local heat networks. The pair discuss the importance of collaboration between digital infrastructure businesses and government, and how any legislation coming in needs to be a collective, informed decision.

David also tells Mark about VIRTUS’s mentality when it comes to retaining staff, as well as how best to highlight the benefits of working in the sector to the next generation of workers.

For the latest instalment of the DDI Podcast, Mark welcomes Abhishek Dhingra, Global Director of Strategic Partnerships, Shell Energy Renewables and Industry Decarbonisation. The pair discuss Abhishek’s 15-year career with Shell Energy, the need for digital transformation and energy transition to solve some of the world’s energy challenges, and how collaboration is allowing renewable energy sources and data centres to be built much quicker.

Abhishek shares how Shell Energy are helping tech companies across numerous industries decarbonise their operations and supply chain, as well as producing liquid cooling solutions to keep up with the heat produced by GPUs.

Mark and Abhishek take a look to the next generation, with Abhishek offering his advice to those wanting to pursue a career in the digital infrastructure sector, as well as contemplating what the future of the industry itself may look like.