Managing Director, Michael Drury Presented at the Data Centre Alliance's Data Centre Transformation Conference

Data Centre Transformation Conference 2025

Birmingham, UK

October 21st, 2025

Our Managing Director, Michael Drury recently presented at the Data Transformation Conference hosted by The DCA - Data Centre Alliance.

The annual conference took place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Birmingham location. The conference enabled a plethora of learning; about detailed city specific market trends for data centres, technology development for optimising them, along with data centre construction and operation. Government provided key information on what’s new in the policy landscape with an updated National Policy Statement imminent for the UK.

Predictions for the future were compelling: debating the impacts of quantum compute, power provision and the ever-growing use of AI. Interestingly more and more nuclear was on the agenda with several nuclear companies presenting on stage or being included in the presentations of non-nuclear presenters. There is still plenty of development to do in regards to awareness and information sharing for the nuclear industry, but traction and visibility beyond grid only applications is gaining!

It was a great conference and a great opportunity to have Michael on a panel session about overcoming the hurdles of SMR deployment in the UK, representing LucidCatalyst alongside copenhagen atomics, Last Energy and Floral Energy.