What if building more grid capacity isn’t the answer? Solving ‘phantom compute’ could address data centre efficiency

Phantom compute is theoretical compute power that only exists in infrastructure plans but is effectively ‘phantom’ capacity in the real world, says Hitachi Vantara’s Simon Ninan.

10 August, 2026
Good data governance could improve compute power efficiency by up to 60%, says Hitachi Vantara’s Simon Ninan. Credit: Sashkin/ Shutterstock.com.

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