Jim Hart, CEO BCS Consultancy: Data Centre Truths 2026

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Andy Davis interviews Jim Hart about the findings of BCS's report on the data centre industry's challenges and future.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Jim Hart, Co-Founder and CEO of BCS, for his fifth appearance on the show. They dig into the findings of BCS's latest report, Data Center Truths 2026, exploring the growing gap between demand and the industry's capacity to deliver, from a projected 600,000 FTE workforce shortfall to power timelines stretching 8–12 years in parts of Europe. Key Topics: Why data centres must be treated as cri...

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Host: Andy Davis

Guest: Jim Hart

Topics covered

• data centres
• workforce shortfall
• industry capacity
• power timelines
• BCS report

Keywords

• data centres
• workforce
• capacity
• power timelines
• BCS Consultancy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BCS Consultancy

Books & works: Data Center Truths 2026

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