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Engineering / September 16, 2026
Sweden's Grid Queue Is Getting Faster. Its Power Surplus Isn't.
Sweden's grid operator has cut its data centre connection queue in half. Lead times for preliminary assessments are down by close to 30 percent. At the same time, the country's power surplus is projected to fall by roughly two thirds within the next four years.
Recruitment Insights / September 14, 2026
Why Hiring Processes Break Down in 2026: Data, Delays and Decision-Making
Hiring challenges are often framed as a problem of talent availability. Across data centres, life sciences, and critical technology environments, organisations frequently point to skills shortages, candidate drop-off, or increasing competition as the primary reasons roles are difficult to fill. While these factors remain relevant, they are not always the root cause of delays.
Engineering / September 14, 2026
The Engineering Talent Data Centres Can't Find Fast Enough
AI chips run hotter than air cooling can handle. That's been true for a couple of years now, and it's why liquid cooling has been steadily working its way into every data centre roadmap. Rack densities have outpaced what fans and chilled air can dissipate, full stop.
What's new is the second pressure now sitting on top of that.
Engineering / September 14, 2026
Data Centres Don't Have a Capital Problem. They Have an Electrician Problem.
Hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure spend, and the constraint slowing it all down is a shortage of the engineers and tradespeople who can actually build it.
A 60 MW data centre delay can cost over $14 million a month in lost revenue. Right now, across the US, that kind of delay usually isn't about money. Hyperscalers have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to AI infrastructure this year alone. It's about a shortage of electricians.
Life Sciences / September 14, 2026
The Talent Behind the US New Pharma Manufacturing Boom
Written by Alex Broadbridge, Business Manager for Automation & MES Engineering
Eli Lilly and Company has committed more than $50 billion to US manufacturing since 2020, spread across four new plants announced in the last eighteen months alone, in Virginia, Texas, Alabama, and most recently Pennsylvania, where the company pledged $3.5 billion for a new site in the Lehigh Valley. But they're not alone in this build-out. Pharma companies have pledged more than $370 billion in US manufacturing investment over the next five years, with Johnson & Johnson, Merck Group , Roche , AstraZeneca , Novartis , and Sanofi all announcing multi-billion-dollar domestic expansions.
But none of that spending guarantees a plant ships its first vial on schedule. Dollar figures and job counts describe the investment. They don't describe what it actually takes to bring a facility online.
Engineering / September 14, 2026
Where to find Commissioning Talent for the Data Center Industry - And Why it's become so tough
Written by Alexander Onn, Head of Data Center Construction US (East).
Commissioning proves the power, cooling, and life-safety systems in a data centre actually work before it goes live. It's a small, specialist discipline, and AI is putting more pressure on it than it's ever had. The systems are becoming more complex, with rack power densities increasing from 5-15kW to now 300-600kW. These are fuelled by GPU training clusters in AI data centers and it's just the beginning. Every jump like this changes conductor sizing, cooling design, grounding, and emergency power. Commissioning teams have to validate all of it.
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