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What do you think about when you think about data centres, particularly in the context of the UK government’s commitment to regulate for growth and harness the efficiencies promised by AI innovation? We saw in the recent King’s Speech clear signs the government recognises the essential nature of the services a data centre provides (and its concomitant desire to protect those businesses who rely on data centre services). And with all the talk of token use and the raw compute power required to support the UK’s rapidly increasing adoption of AI, what challenges does the data centres industry face in the UK and how does it keep pace with the increasing levels of demand?

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is consulting on proposed amendments to the DIFC Arbitration Law.  The consultation proposes some of the most substantial changes to the DIFC arbitral framework since the Arbitration Law was enacted in 2008 including the introduction of a new mediation regime.  For arbitration, the proposed amendments have a common theme - to make DIFC arbitrations faster, more efficient, and harder to disrupt through procedural tactics.  Here’s what you need to know about the proposed reforms: