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The Next Generation Powering Tomorrow’s Data
At AVK, we love welcoming students to carry out their work experience requirements with us. Fresh talent is necessary for our industry, and we're making the first steps towards that - introducing young people to the world of data centres, and presenting the industry as a career option.
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AVK Awarded EcoVadis Bronze Medal
We're proud to say that AVK has been awarded a Bronze EcoVadis medal. This demonstrates our further commitment to sustainable practices and positive social impact.
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AVK Haydock and the Wave of New Skilled Jobs
As production scales at our facility in Haydock, we're creating new skilled roles, apprenticeships and graduate opportunities. We're exploring how to build a long-term local talent pipeline, investing in the local area. This reinforces the North West's role as a centre for advanced manufacturing and the UK's place in the AI Infrastructure supply chain.
Podcast
A CAD Engineer on Women in Engineering
What does it take to design the power behind a data centre — and what's it really like to be a woman in engineering? In this episode of Generating Conversation, we sit down with Megan O'Connor, a CAD engineer at AVK who's been promoted twice in just over two years. Now we're asking her about her career journey - her entry into engineering, the importance of female mentors, and the advice she'd give someone coming into the industry now.
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CCHP: The Technology Allowing for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbines) have widely been accepted as the BAT (Best Available Technique) for large-scale embedded generation. With the recently released emissions drivers from the Environment Agency, there is increasing need for new, emerging technologies for a higher efficiency rating. That solution could be Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (CCHP).
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How to Address the Power Component Crunch in Europe
Europe stands out as the global data centre market with the longest lead times for large power components. This can delay commissioning and is one of the factors slowing AI infrastructure competitiveness here. What can power solution providers and their data centre customers do to improve things?
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