How could every building be carbon neutral, how could we replace every coal and gas power station?

Without proven repeatability, regulation will remain arduous.Development is in progress, but the market is still some years from a pilot..

Some of the group suggested that the market for this technology is currently dysfunctional: modular nuclear developers have an idea and are looking for niche markets (for instance, replacing coal-fired power stations with SMRs, as well as data centre power).It was suggested that the DC industry could help focus and accelerate development through the creation of an Industry-Brief defining the market.This idea, of course, would need further collaboration across the DC ecosystem.. To bring the session to a close, there was a round-up of the issues and barriers that need to be solved in the short term.

How to deal with irregular site design, different business drivers and limitations of template designs.How to do the above and meet acceptable price points.

How to find sites with reliable power.

How to shorten overall programme durations.Facilitate use of a range of configurators via API’s or plug-ins.

Provide instant pricing for the most standard items, with other orders priced in hours.Ensure data security while also capturing appropriate data to fuel the application (in time) of machine learning and AI to help with pricing and pipeline prediction.. Obviously, this is a complex challenge.

It raises a whole range of issues that would need resolving regarding insurances, warranties, IP, etc.And there is the big question of who would own the marketplace?