The AI revolution that is sweeping through the data center industry means operators need to reconsider the hardware that brings their data halls to life.

From chips to cooling systems to the networking cables that ensure data flows smoothly between servers, planning a data center in 2025 is a different proposition when compared with even two or three years ago.

At the heart of these changes is a quest for efficiency, to enable servers to become more powerful and deal with the complex workloads that AI throws up, as well as making best use of power resources which are in short supply in many markets.

In this supplement, we explore the innovations and companies driving the AI revolution, with features on:

• How Arm became a market leader
• How Coolerchips hopes to allow bigger, denser chips
• The changing face of networking in the AI era