In an interaction with Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East, Ehab Ibrahim, Managing Director at Meinhardt MENA, discusses the engineering responses needed as data centres place growing pressure on energy systems. With data centres consuming about 1.5% of global energy, demand expected to more than double by 2030, and nearly 80% of an estimated 12,000 facilities worldwide still relying on air cooling, Ibrahim points to integrated design and hybrid cooling strategies as key aspects to improving efficiency, reliability and long-term flexibility. Excerpts from the interview…

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