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Inside the 'plumbing' of the internet that's powering the AI boom

(28 Jan 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS Slough, UK - 27 January 2026 1. Various of fibre-optic cabling used to connect servers and networks inside one of Equinix's Slough data centres, allowing data to move between companies at high speed 2. Various of long rows of server racks inside one of Equinix's Slough data centres 3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Tyler, Managing director of Equinix UK: "Whenever we go online, whenever we do anything using the internet or anything digital, that information needs to sit and be processed on servers, computers, somewhere, and those transactions, those digital transactions, need to live in a place like this, which is called a data centre. So, we're sitting here in a London data centre in Slough, an Equinix data centre, connected to hundreds of different network companies. That will connect that information all over the world. And this is where all those digital ecosystems that bring our digital lives, this is where that comes together. 4. Various aerials of Equinix's data centres at its Slough campus, which sits within a wider industrial park ++MUTE++ 5. Wide of one of Equinix's data centres 6. Various exteriors of one of Equinix's data centres including secure, reinforced fencing 7. Various of James Tyler, Managing director of Equinix UK and Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development of Equinix entering the data centre after using biometric finger scanning and walking through a 'man trap' room 8. Wide of server racks on data centre floor 9. Various of Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development at Equinix using output power monitoring device 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development: "Security is absolutely paramount. We're looking after major stock exchanges, we're looking at major healthcare companies in here, public sector, everything has to be secure. So again, first of all, it's about not advertising where you are. What you'll see on the perimeter of the data centre is extremely advanced physical security even before you get into the building. And then as you walk through the building, I think you go through in this facility, it may be five different layers of physical man traps, as we call them. Each of those is triggered by biometric security." 11. Various of vast rows of server racks on data centre floor where AI company Groq is using space to power its servers 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development: "You're sitting right now in probably what is the second biggest internet and digital hub anywhere in the world. There are around about 30 to 35 data centres in the Slough area. This particular data centre is rated at about 13 megawatts. So, this is a large data centre. In this facility or in this campus, we have somewhere in the region of 250 network service providers and one of the facilities in this campus, one of the Equinix facilities, is the home of capital markets trading in Europe with around about 20 to 25 of all trades that will happen today happening in one of our buildings." 13. Various of power generators at one of Equinix's slough data centres 14. Various of power relay machine, with power usage summary displayed on screen 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development: 16. Various of wiring in data centre corridor 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development: 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenden Rawle, Senior Director of Business Development: 20. Various of liquid cooling system as seen through glass floor on data centre floor STORYLINE: LEAD IN: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...