DAME DAWN CHILDS
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
DAME DAWN CHILDS
TITLE: CEO
Data centres, which house the computer servers that power AI systems and process computational workloads required by machine learning algorithms, have become the focal point of national infrastructure strategies as countries vie for technological leadership.
Data centre capacity across Europe is projected to rise from 10 gigawatts in 2024 to approximately 35 gigawatts by 2030, driven by AI applications requiring substantial computational resources. Dame Dawn Childs, CEO of Pure Data Centres Group, a UK-based data centre operator, says:“ Data centres can be part of the solution to ensuring we don’ t have to make a choice between a digitised future and a sustainable one powered by renewable energy.”
COMPANY: PURE DATA CENTRES GROUP
INDUSTRY: DATA CENTRES
Dame Dawn Childs is CEO of Pure Data Centres Group, a pioneering engineer and RAF veteran, renowned for leadership in data infrastructure and championing diversity in engineering.
Nvidia CEO identifies the UK’ s“ Goldilocks opportunity” Jensen Huang characterises the UK’ s current market position as experiencing optimal conditions for AI infrastructure development.
He described Britain as being in a“ Goldilocks circumstance” – being conditions that balance established expertise with emerging opportunities.
technologymagazine. com 239