In the race to power AI, data centres are hitting new heat densities and sharper water constraints. Cooling can no longer be a box on a CapEx sheet – it has to be a living programme that proves uptime, efficiency and sustainability in real time. Few people sit closer to that shift than Dr Nevin Sant, Vice President, RD & E – Global Light Water Sector, High Tech and Power Industries at Ecolab.

On p14, Dr Sant explains why Cooling-as-a- Service is replacing standalone kit with system-level orchestration, with chemistry, mechanics and software working as one.

On p24, Dr Adnan Masood, Chief AI Architect, UST, says CIOs can leverage AI-driven‘ vibe coding’ to accelerate Digital Transformation while maintaining security, compliance and quality. As natural language becomes the new programming interface, vibe coding is how we harness it.

In practice, vibe coding means teams express intent in plain English and let AI synthesise the first cut of code, tests and infrastructure.

tooling, with the evidence so far encouraging as peerreviewed randomised trials and enterprise field studies show AI-augmented developers finish tasks faster – in some trials by about 55 % – and ship more changes with less toil while reporting higher flow and satisfaction.

Roger Brulotte, CEO, Leaseweb Canada, says data sovereignty is now a critical priority as Canadian healthcare providers rethinking how and where patient data is stored.

On p35, Roger says this isn’ t about choosing between innovation and protection but, with thoughtful cloud and hybrid strategies, you can have both. Modern, scalable systems that improve patient experiences and the confidence that sensitive data is stored and managed locally, on Canadian soil.

IBM is collaborating with four of the US Department of Energy’ s National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to advance the development of quantum-centric supercomputing and strengthen America’ s leadership in quantum technology. We outline what that means on p51.

That’ s just a sample of what’ s inside – enjoy the read.

Have an innovative month – make stuff happen.

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