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AI data centres, nature and innovation
September 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demand for data centre capacity, with liquid cooling now central to managing the heat generated by high-density GPU clusters. Schneider Electric examines how next-generation data centres can balance performance with environmental responsibility.

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Siemens powers next-generation reusable spacecraft development
September 2026, Siemens South Africa
A European aerospace startup focused on reusable space systems, has adopted Siemens Xcelerator software to connect engineering disciplines, reduce rework and accelerate spacecraft development, cutting the path from concept to flight hardware to nine months for its orbital demonstration capsule.

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How to navigate the high-stakes economics of AI infrastructure
September 2026
Nearly 60% of data centre operators are expected to adopt liquid cooling within five years as AI workloads drive demand for higher rack densities. Understanding the full financial picture of liquid cooling, from capital investment to long-term operational savings, is now essential.

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Protecting the digital mine
September 2026, RJ Connect
As mining becomes increasingly connected and automated, cyber threats are emerging alongside the benefits of digitalisation. RJ Connect and provides rugged networking, edge computing and cybersecurity technologies from MOXA to help protect critical mining operations from evolving attacks.

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SICK launches AI-powered 3D quality inspection
September 2026, SICK Automation Southern Africa
SICK has combined deep learning with 3D height data analysis in its Nova machine vision platform.

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Predictive maintenance is the critical enabler for AI data centre liquid cooling systems
September 2026
As liquid cooling becomes essential for AI data centres, predictive and condition-based maintenance are emerging as critical enablers of thermal stability. Schneider Electric argues that the infrastructure is already generating the data needed and the question is whether operators are equipped to use it.

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Siemens software scales with Simple Energy EV development
September 2026, Siemens South Africa
: Simple Energy, an Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturer, has expanded its use of Siemens Xcelerator software to manage complex vehicle variants and enterprise-level bills of materials, accelerating product development as its EV portfolio scales.

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ESG as a growth lever
August 2026, RS South Africa
Leading organisations are treating ESG not as a compliance obligation but as a practical tool for operational efficiency, supply chain resilience and business performance, with data and collaboration central to unlocking its value.

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Preparing Africa’s data centres for the demands of autonomous AI
August 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Africa’s data centre infrastructure must evolve significantly to support agentic AI workloads, with GPU-intensive computing, advanced cooling and reliable power demanding a fundamentally different approach to facility design and investment.

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Virtualising the control room to reshape building management systems
August 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric explains how virtualising building management systems frees facilities teams from ageing hardware, delivers stronger cybersecurity and enables portfolio-wide control from a single interface.

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AI infrastructure solutions for data campus
August 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric and Motivair deliver more than $290 million in power and cooling infrastructure for TeraWulf’s AI-ready Lake Mariner data campus.

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Africa’s data centre evolution: AI, edge computing and new energy demands
August 2026
With less than half a gigawatt of active white space capacity serving over a billion people, Africa’s data centre sector faces a stark gap that AI’s surging power and cooling demands are set to widen. Vertiv and Open Africa Data Centres unpack how modularity, edge computing and smarter energy strategies could change the equation.

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How data and AI are unlocking South Africa’s next mineral frontier
August 2026
Data, AI and blockchain are reshaping how mining companies explore, extract and prove the provenance of resources, opening a new frontier for South Africa’s mining sector.

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Luna Rossa partners with Siemens for 38th America’s Cup
August 2026, Siemens South Africa
Siemens details how Luna Rossa is using digital engineering and simulation tools, from CAD to structural optimisation, to design a faster yacht for the 38th America’s Cup.

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AI is raising South Africa’s cybersecurity stakes
August 2026
As AI accelerates both the sophistication and scale of cyber threats, South African organisations face significant gaps in cloud security, data governance and identity management that need to be addressed before AI capabilities are further embedded into business operations.

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How modern EAM is becoming the driver of productivity, resilience and sustainability in mines
August 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Modern enterprise asset management is turning maintenance from a routine function into a strategic priority, helping mines extend the life of ageing infrastructure while improving productivity and safety.

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Physical AI solution with potential to transform South African manufacturing
August 2026
NTT DATA and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling have deployed physical AI in an industrial assembly environment, embedding intelligence into production workflows to improve quality assurance and cut deployment timelines significantly.

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AI has an energy problem but Africa has an opportunity
August 2026
Africa’s abundant renewable energy resources and largely unbuilt infrastructure put it in a unique position to power the growth of AI data centres sustainably, provided energy solutions are designed to match the scale and flexibility that AI demands.

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Decoupling software from hardware for future-proofed process automation
August 2026, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric explains why decoupling software from control hardware helps industrial operations modernise without disrupting production or replacing existing infrastructure.

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Advancing high-performance motorsport design
August 2026, Siemens South Africa
Siemens explains how its simulation software is helping motorsport engineering group ORECA speed up vehicle design and optimise composite structures for its Le Mans hypercar programme.

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