Expertise: Data centre design

  • How power, cooling and flexibility are affecting data centre design

    How power, cooling and flexibility are affecting data centre design

    Power availability, changing cooling requirements and the need for flexibility are placing new demands on data centre projects. Hyphen’s Matilda Marku and Darragh Beggan contributed to a recent RIBAJ and Tate discussion examining these issues. Power constraints, more demanding cooling requirements and rapidly changing technology are influencing how data centres are planned and designed. These…

  • Pioneering the future: Rio AI City secures WAFX Award at WAF 2025

    Pioneering the future: Rio AI City secures WAFX Award at WAF 2025

    The WAFX Award recognises future projects using architecture to tackle society’s greatest challenges – from climate change to technology and beyond. We’re proud to announce that Rio AI City has won a WAFX Award in the “Digital Worlds” category at the World Architecture Festival 2025. This latest recognition comes just days after last week’s news…

  • Rio AI City – Designing what’s next, together

    Rio AI City sets a new standard for data centre developments – one that’s deeply embedded in local life and landscape. Set within Rio’s Olympic Park, the campus brings together infrastructure, architecture and nature as part of a thoughtful, phased approach to building a digital district. At Hyphen, we’ve worked in close partnership with Elea…

  • From Santiago to Winchester: cross-office data centre collaboration

    From Santiago to Winchester: cross-office data centre collaboration

    Collaboration is a key aspect of our Hyphen culture. As an international team spread across different continents, we know how to make the most out of teamwork, whether it’s face-to-face or screen-to-screen. Still, when our teams meet in person, it always leads to a special connection… Over the past couple of years, we’ve had several…