As the AI boom thunders on, operators now face a convergence of new cooling, power, automation, and grid-interaction requirements that challenge long-standing assumptions about how facilities are designed, commissioned, and run.
In this month’s DCF poll, we ask a timely question for an industry now defined by high-consequence technical decisions: Which emerging skillset will be most essential for facilities teams operating AI-density environments in 2026 and beyond?
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Matt Vincent
A B2B technology journalist and editor with more than two decades of experience, Matt Vincent is Editor in Chief of Data Center Frontier.
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