Adaptive MDC named in Uptime Institute's Intelligence Update on modular data centres for AI
As rack densities exceed 100 kW and AI capacity demand outpaces traditional construction, the prefabricated modular model is not just convenient. It is strategically essential, lowering the cost of getting it right and reducing the penalty for changing course.
The Data Centre Cycling Club
Networking and charity fundraising on two wheels. Now in its fourth year, a different route every time. Relaunching for 2027 ahead of Cannes.
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Published with the European Data Centre Association, co-authored by our CTO.
Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
Examining WUE as a metric for data centre water efficiency, covering methodology, benchmarks, and recommendations.
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Data Centre Waste Heat and PUE Updates
Waste heat reuse and updated PUE guidance, covering regulatory context and practical implications for European operators.
Read on EUDCA →Coming soon: a brand new white paper is in the works. There might even be an audiobook version for the commute.
Adaptive MDC in the press
Coverage, interviews, and commentary from across the industry.
Adaptive MDC launches to accelerate modular data centre delivery for the AI era
London, UK. Engineering-led data centre delivery company purpose-built to close the gap between surging AI demand and infrastructure capacity.
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Data centre titans: building AI infrastructure needs a new delivery model
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Interview with Tom Babbington, founder of Adaptive MDC
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Adaptive MDC launches to accelerate modular data centre delivery
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Adaptive Modular Data Centres launches with Windward backing
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Adaptive MDC launches to serve the AI infrastructure gap
Read More →Tom Babbington in conversation with Damien Wells
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Listening material
Long-form conversations with the founders on where the industry is heading.
Steven Parker on the rise of modular data centres
Why modular is fast becoming the build of choice, and what it means for how facilities get delivered.
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The industry's biggest problem isn't innovation
Tom Babbington on why execution, not invention, is the real bottleneck in AI-era infrastructure.
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Retrofitting Liquid Cooling for AI Workloads: What Colocation Operators Need to Know
Engineering considerations for operators moving from conventional air-cooled infrastructure to hybrid and direct liquid cooling, and how to get the design decisions right before AI demand forces the issue.
Where to find Adaptive MDC
Confirmed appearances across the 2027 calendar.
PTC’27
Honolulu, Hawaii
Data Centre World London
London, UK
Nvidia GTC 2027
San Jose, USA
Datacloud Global Congress
Cannes, FranceThinking in public
What the founding team writes about when they are not on site.
Tom Babbington
CEO · Commercial & Strategy
Writes on why the data centre industry has an execution problem, the financial cost of programme delay, and what it takes to deploy capacity at the speed of AI-era demand.
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COO · Delivery & Operations
Writes on operational architecture and international growth, and what it takes to build governance and compliance frameworks that let a scaling business execute across jurisdictions.
Follow on LinkedInSteven Parker
CTO · Engineering & Specification
ASHRAE Technical Committee Member. Writes on high-density cooling architecture and the engineering decisions that determine whether a facility performs under real AI loads.
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Webinars, interviews, and the occasional unscripted conversation.
Data Centres and Water: A Turbulent Relationship
Steven Parker unpacks the myths around water use in data centres, why water is a powerful cooling tool, and the strategies that use it smarter to support more sustainable operations.
Steven Parker · ASHRAE UK Data Centre SIG Co-chair. 15 years of data centre design experience and a liquid cooling specialist.