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The critical future of Britain’s data centres - Dawn Childs, Pure Data Centres Group
Season 9 · Episode 5

The critical future of Britain’s data centres - Dawn Childs, Pure Data Centres Group

UKTN | The Podcast

February 11, 202529m 42s

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Show Notes

Dame Dawn Childs, CEO of Pure Data Centres Group, discusses the significance of the government’s decision to designate data centres as critical national infrastructure, the potential for the green energy transition to be supported, not hindered, by the power demands of AI and why Britain needs more engineers. 

 

Pure Data Centres Group designs, builds and operates white-label data centres, with some of the world's largest tech firms as their customers. Childs joined the company in 2021 and has been its chief executive since May 2023. Before running one of Britain’s top data centre companies, Childs had a distinguished career which included engineering and executive roles at the National Grid, Gatwick Airport and the Royal Airforce. 

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