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CNME Editor Mark Forker managed to secure an exclusive interview with ALEC Data Centre Solutions General Manager Bjorn Viedge, to find out why the construction giant has now decided to create a new subsidiary focused on the burgeoning data centre space – and how its new partnership with innovative startup Submer can take the heat off data centre providers struggling to manage cooling costs in the UAE.
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