In this issue:

• Surfs Up! The Liquid Cooling Mandate
• Why DCIM for Healthcare is Critical Today
• VMware Outage Postmortem: Impact from VM to Rack
• Power Has Become the New Real Estate: Modeling Constraints & Pre-Leasing with Nlyte
• Beyond Custom Code: Why Connector Frameworks Lower Integration Total Cost of Ownership
• Events

Surfs Up! The Liquid Cooling Mandate

AI is reshaping the thermal limits of data centers. As rack densities climb and workloads intensify, traditional cooling strategies are being tested by hard physical constraints. Surfs Up! The Liquid Cooling Mandate examines why liquid cooling is rapidly moving from specialized deployment to a foundational requirement for modern AI infrastructure, and how this shift is redefining the relationship between IT, facilities, and sustainability in the data center.

Learn More: Surfs Up! The Liquid Cooling Mandate - AutomatedBuildings.com

Why DCIM for Healthcare is Critical Today

In healthcare, the data center is part of the care delivery system. As hospitals and health networks rely on EHRs, imaging, and always‑on digital services, infrastructure visibility and resilience become mission‑critical. Why Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Is Critical for Healthcare explores how DCIM helps healthcare organizations support compliance, reduce risk, and maintain continuous operations in an environment where downtime can directly impact patient safety.

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VMware Outage Postmortem: Impact from VM to Rack

Infrastructure outages rarely stop at the virtual layer. A single VMware incident can cascade from VM to host, rack, and power feed—making root cause analysis far more complex than traditional tools reveal. A VMware Outage Postmortem: Tracing Impact from VM to Rack to Power Feed walks through a real‑world scenario to show how end‑to‑end visibility across virtual and physical infrastructure helps teams understand impact faster and restore services with confidence.

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Power Has Become the New Real Estate: Modeling Constraints & Pre-Leasing with Nlyte

In today’s data center market, power—not space—is the primary constraint. As AI workloads surge and grid connection timelines stretch years into the future, operators are being forced to pre‑lease capacity before power is even delivered. Power Has Become the New Real Estate explores how modeling power chains, validating redundancy, and simulating failure scenarios help organizations make confident leasing and development decisions in an increasingly power‑limited environment.

Learn More: Power‑First Capacity Planning: Smarter Pre‑Leasing with Nlyte

Beyond Custom Code: Why Connector Frameworks Lower Integration Total Cost of Ownership

Custom integrations often cost more than they appear. As APIs evolve, security requirements tighten, and operational demands grow, the long‑term maintenance burden of bespoke code quietly drives up total cost of ownership. Beyond Custom Code: Why Connector Frameworks Lower Integration TCO explains how standardized, vendor‑supported connector frameworks reduce risk, improve resilience, and deliver more sustainable integration economics for enterprise IT and data center operations.

Learn more: How Connector Framework Integration Reduces TCO

Events

infraKon

Join Us on the infraKon Roadshow.

Meet us on the road at infraKon 2026. We invite you to join our colleagues Peter Wastl and James Stuart as they take part in the infraKon InfrastrukTOUR—Germany’s long‑running roadshow for data center planners and operators. The series brings together infrastructure, energy, and DCIM experts to explore today’s most pressing challenges around power constraints, resilience, efficiency, and regulatory change.

• February 24, 2026 – Stuttgart
• February 26, 2026 – Nürnberg
• March 24, 2026 – Frankfurt
• March 26, 2026 – Dortmund
• April 28, 2026 – Hamburg
• April 30, 2026 – Berlin

More about infraKon: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exponet-infrakon-gmbh/

Data Centre World London - 4 - 5 March

Join us at Data Centre World London. Meet our colleagues at the Carrier booth during DCW London 2026, where industry leaders come together to explore the future of data centre cooling, efficiency, and AI‑ready infrastructure. Stop by to connect, exchange insights, and see how Carrier is shaping next‑generation thermal solutions.

Data Centre World London 2026

• Dates: 4–5 March 2026
• Location: ExCeL London
• Where to find us: Carrier booth #D70(Platinum Sponsor)

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