Rising demand for AI and HPC is accelerating the shift towards liquid cooling, but greenfield capacity cannot always keep pace. This report, kindly sponsored by Airedale, examines when retrofitting existing data centres makes strategic sense and how operators can move from assessment to execution.
Liquid cooling is creating a new M&A battleground in data centres, where different buyer groups are pursuing distinct acquisition strategies to control an increasingly critical part of the infrastructure stack.
Agentic AI is beginning to penetrate telco operations, but only in domains such as billing and field maintenance, which do not require real-time data or network operations. What will it take to enable secure and reliable use of agentic AI in more critical network operations?
Following early AI investment, in 2021 SK Telecom announced its intention to become an AI company for the AI era. What actions has SK Telecom undertaken to this end? What role is AI playing across its business? And is AI paying off?
As AI and national sovereignty increasingly intersect, telecoms operators face both opportunity and risk. This report sets out a practical framework to help telcos determine whether, where and how to play in sovereign AI.