The DCD>Global Awards Ceremony took place on December 6 at the Park Plaza Westminster, London, to recognize the best people, projects, and teams who put innovation at the heart of our vibrant industry.

Order of Ceremony:

Edge Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by Yotta

Finalists include:

• NextDC Smart Mining at the Extreme Edge PH1 Port Headland Data Centre
• RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Edge redefined in the age of sustainability & generative AI
• ELEA Digital Connecting Brazil's Macro Regions: Bridging the Digital Divide
• Open Access Data Centers Rapid data center deployment accelerates the digitization of Africa

Asia Pacific Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by Huawei

Finalists include:

• NTT Global Data Centers Green Tech & Liquid Cooling Project
• Yotta Data Services Yotta D1 Data Center, Greater Noida
• Macquarie Data Centres Breathing New Life into Sydney's oldest data center
• Digital Edge NARRA1 Project

Middle East & Africa Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by Airtel Africa

Finalists include:

• Khazna Data Centers Abu Dhabi 6 Project (AUH 6)
• e& (Etisalat and) SmartHub Data Center Project
• Gulf Data Hub Gulf Data Hub-B3 Project - In collaboration with Vertiv
• Open Access Data Centers Core to Edge Data Center Network

Latin America Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by CEEDA

Finalists include:

• V.tal Big Lobster Edge Data Center
• Telecom Argentina Data Center Transformation Project
• Sicoob Shaping the future with sustainability Data Center transformation
• Scala Data Centers FastDeploy Brazilian Rio de Janeiro Data Center

North American Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by ZincFive

Finalisits include:

• Cologix ASH1 Data Center Project
• Aligned Data Centers SLC-03 Salt Lake City Project
• QScale The First OCP Ready™ Colocation Facility in Canada
• Serverfarm El Segundo Facility Project - in collaboration with Vertiv

European Data Center Project of the Year
This category is sponsored by Global Commissioning

Finalists include:

• Cyxtera & Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) Quantum Computing as a Service
• EcoDataCenter Expansion Project in Falun - in collaboration with Schneider Electric
• atNorth Data Center Cooling Collaboration at SWE01
• Vantage Data Centers Berlin Campuses - BER1 & BER2

Mission Critical Tech Innovation Award
This category is sponsored by Digital Realty

Finalists include:

• AdaniConneX AI-Based Real Time Monitoring System
• Xtralis Li-ion Tamer Gen 3
• Legrand (Raritan) PX4 Rack PDU & Server Technology PRO4X Rack PDU
• Iceotope Technologies KUL RAN liquid cooled telco edge server

Energy Impact Award
This category is sponsored by EATON

Finalists include:

• Chindata Group Taihang Mountain Energy and Information Technology Industrial Campus
• Cerabyte Energy-free, Permanent, Low Cost and Accessible Cold Data Storage
• Conapto Heat Reuse Stockholm 3 North in partnership with Coromatic
• STACK Infrastructure EMEA Heat Reuse at City Scale in Oslo

Environmental Impact Award
This category is sponsored by RED Engineering

Finalists include:

• DEEP GREEN Reducing Carbon Impact & Saving Swimming Pools with Data Furnaces & Heat Recapture
• Iron Mountain Data Centers A Comprehensive Sustainability Portfolio
• STACK Infrastructure EMEA Heat Reuse at City Scale in Oslo
• EdgeCloudLink (ECL) MV1 Fully Sustainable Off-grid Data Center

Community Impact Award
This category is sponsored by Eland Cables

Finalists include:

• NTT Global Data Centers EMEA Partnership Brooks Sixth Form in Dagenham & Launch Apprenticeship Program 2023
• STT GDC India Project Energy Smart
• Hanley Energy Community Impact Initiative
• Scala Data Centers Scaling Wellness to the World

Editor’s Choice Award
This category is sponsored by Mercury

The DCD editorial team have shortlisted their favorite projects from this year's outstanding entrants, and tonight will be choosing their favorite project of the year to crown the Editor's Choice award recipient.

Data Center Construction Team of the Year
This category is sponsored by Matrix Group

Finalists include:

• 1547 Realty MIWI1 Data Center Project
• Khazna Data Centers Khazna Abu DHABI6 (AUH 6) Project
• Yotta Data Services Yotta D1 Data Center, Greater Noida
• Scala Data Centers SGRUTB05 HyperCore

Data Center Operations Team of the Year
This category is sponsored by DCD>Academy

Finalists include:

• Telehouse Energy Efficiency Project Team, London
• Green Mountain UPS and Battery Upgrade, Norway
• Rack Centre Operations and Data Centre Team - Gas IPP Project
• Salute Mission Critical Excellence in Rapid Facility Transition, Austin

Young Mission Critical Engineer of the Year
This category is sponsored by Kirby Engineering

Finalists include:

• Matthew Jones, Senior Electrical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell
• Gabrielle Bishop, MEP Coordinator, DPR Construction
• Joel Anderson, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Arup
• Alexander Doey, Principal Mechanical Engineer, RED Engineering Design

Data Center Woman of the Year
This category is sponsored by Quantum Switch

Finalists include:

• Dame Dawn Childs, CEO, Pure Data Centres
• Marie Chabanon, Chief Technology Officer, Data4
• Cyre Mercedes Denny, Global Program Director, Schneider Electric
• Angie Keeler, Co-Founder & CEO, Zella DC

Outstanding Contribution to the Data Center Industry
This category is sponsored by Mercury

Every industry has its champions, thought leaders, and pioneers who will be revered for their achievements for years to come.

The previous winners of this Award are all distinguished by their extensive service to the data center industry through publication, education, developing innovation, and active involvement with the data center community globally.

Each previous winner of this Award has in some way changed the way in which the industry looks at key challenges or key opportunities and through that process changed the way we look at ourselves.

The winner of this award is selected by a specially convened panel of judges. There are no finalists.

Ceremony Concludes