Alistair Barnes
Global Head of Mechanical Design Engineering Colt Data Centre Services
Alistair is the Global Head of Mechanical Engineering at Colt DCS. He has over 20 years of experience in the design, development and delivery of data centre technology, working around the globe for leading hyperscale cloud service providers, data centre operators and engineering consultancy organisations. In his current role he is leading on Colt DCS’s design to support both standard compute and increasingly high density AI infrastructure, using the latest liquid cooling technologies to support the efficiency, resiliency and sustainability goals of Colt DCS and their global customer base. Alistair holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Imperial College London and a PhD from the University of London.
Seminars
- Identifying the drivers of liquid cooling adoption as AI and high-density workloads surpass the limits of traditional air-cooled solutions
- Comparing performance, efficiency and scalability between air and liquid cooling to inform which solution fits your data centers’ needs
- Evaluating facility planning considerations, including space, power/water use and vendor coordination, to support liquid cooling development from day one
- Defining effective hybrid strategies that balance air and liquid cooling to support diverse customer requirements
