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Muhammad Khan
Decoding Data centres: An Insight Into Mission Critical Architecture
Muhammad Khan, ARB/RIBA architect specialising in mission-critical and data centre architecture, on the Architecture Social podcast and CPD.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Stephen George & Partners LLP
- Location
- United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0191 · Architecture Social
Decoding Data centres: An Insight Into Mission Critical Architecture
Today we are sitting down with Muhammad Khan, the Studio Director and Data Centre Sector Lead at Stephen George + Partners LLP. Unsure about what 'Mission Critical Projects' are in architecture? Or perhaps you're contemplating whether you should venture into this sector?
Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Moving into industrial, logistics and data centre work · Audio only
- 10:00 · What data centres include beyond server racks · Audio only
- 15:00 · Fire strategy, asset protection and low-occupancy buildings · Audio only
- 20:00 · Coordination, 3D workflows and technical pressure · Audio only
- 25:00 · CVs, portfolios and hiring for specialist data centre teams · Audio only
- 30:00 · Future demand and planning around a fast-changing sector · Audio only
Selected work
Selected work.
Derby, United Kingdom · 2023
NAMRC Infinity Park Derby
A completed research, development and advanced-manufacturing centre for Nuclear AMRC Midlands at Infinity Park Derby.
Explore the project ↗London Gateway, Essex, United Kingdom · 2026
The Hive, London Gateway
A completed amenities and innovation hub bringing work, training, wellbeing, fitness and social spaces together at London Gateway.
Explore the project ↗Stamford, United Kingdom · 2025
Uffington Road, Stamford
A completed 202-home neighbourhood shaped by an early design code, stakeholder engagement and a mixed-tenure housing plan.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
Derbyshire Rail Industry Innovation Vehicle ↗
A completed rail innovation and training centre beside Barrow Hill Roundhouse, delivered within a constrained live railway setting.
Panattoni Park Sittingbourne ↗
A completed 58,000 sq ft logistics building forming the final phase of Panattoni Park Sittingbourne.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Muhammad Khan is an ARB-registered, RIBA chartered architect specialising in mission-critical and data centre architecture. At the time of this Architecture Social conversation he was Studio Director and Data Centre Sector Lead at Stephen George + Partners, leading the data centre work within the practice's mission-critical division.
In the episode he covers his route into architecture, what "mission-critical" means in an architectural context, how the data centre sector works, and how to decide whether it is the right specialism to pursue.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Decoding Data Centres: An Insight Into Mission Critical Architecture.
The practice
Stephen George & Partners LLP
AJ100 multidisciplinary architecture and design practice, with specialist expertise in mission-critical and data centre projects.
Architecture practice · Leicestershire
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Stephen George & Partners LLP
- Location
- United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
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