Stulz UK and Transtherm Cooling Industries have delivered a substantial package of temperature management and plant cooling technology for the expansion of a high security data centre in South Wales When data centre superpower Next Generation Data (NGD) began the 100,000 sq ft, ground-floor expansion of its high security data Read more…
Equinix to open second data centre in Bulgaria
Equinix is opening its second Bulgarian International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Q1 2019. The $19M data centre in the capital Sofia, called SO2, will support Bulgarian companies in their journey to transform their businesses through interconnection with digital supply chain partners, cloud adoption, and access to new markets around the World. Read more…
Hospitals must improve resilience of IT infrastructure
Chris Wellfair of data centre solutions specialist Secure IT Environments says that hospital IT infrastructure, in many cases, requires significant improvement to ensure energy efficiency and resilience. In a cash-strapped NHS, could modular data centres provide an answer? During a period of financial constraint and increasing digitisation, hospitals face significant Read more…
Open Compute Project (OCP) Experience Centre opens in Amsterdam
Circle B, Rittal and Switch Datacenters have launched the first European Open Compute Project (OCP) Experience Centre. The fully-functional OCP environment is located in one of the three facilities that Switch Datacenters operates in the Amsterdam area. The OCP Experience Centre is available as a demo centre, but may also Read more…
US bank takes large custom data hall at NGD
Next Generation Data (NGD) has announced the completion of a further large custom data hall for a major international bank. The US-owned bank’s continued migration to NGD is in line with its ongoing requirement for ensuring UK data sovereignty, low-latency and access to abundant space and power in order to Read more…
Using analytics to tackle outage risks
Nlyte Software’s Enzo Greco speaks to Louise Frampton about the role of artificial intelligence in the wake of an Uptime Institute survey which found that many data centres are struggling to get to grips with increasing complexity Data centres are becoming “too big and too complex” to manage without data Read more…
Racking up efficiencies
Rittal’s Clive Partridge explains the key considerations for planning rack developments to ensure an optimal installation There are a number of key areas for IT and data centre managers to consider when it comes to planning future rack developments. One of the most critical is deciding the precise configuration of Read more…
DSR report investigates risk and reward
A survey carried out by Mission Critical Power’s sister publication The Energyst confirms that most businesses that participate in demand-side response (DSR) are motivated by money. However, they want revenue certainty and assurances that their core business will not be affected. The fourth DSR Report reveals that there is a Read more…
London event to focus on edge infrastructures
A leadership panel – featuring Schneider Electric, BT, Fujitsu, Arm and EdgeConnex – will explore rapidly evolving data centres for IoT, at DCD>Zettastructure. DCD is back at the Old Billingsgate in London this year to explore how digital transformation is unfolding at the edge and how this will shape the Read more…
Supporting Ireland’s data centre growth
Interxion’s DUB3 data centre has been designed using energy-saving, modular architecture. At the heart of the design was the need to guarantee service delivery and quickly scale up capacity to support customer growth plans Interxion is a leading principal supplier of data centre, colocation and connectivity services to some of Read more…
Data Centres: The Heart of the Digital Economy…
The change in our world is more profound than ever, driven by a new scale and speed of urbanisation, digitisation and industrialisation. Connected technologies are reshaping industries, transforming cities, and redefining the way we work and live. In a connected world, it’s now more important than ever to protect critical Read more…
Facebook to deliver keynote address at Data Centres Ireland
Facebook’s Niall McEntegart, EMEA Data Centre Site Operations Director will deliver the keynote address at Data Centres Ireland on 20th November. His role within Facebook’s EMEA region, gives him a unique perspective on what is driving the data centre sector as well as how this is likely to affect the future of the Read more…
Costing the earth? Energy waste is on the decline…
Equinix’s Michael Winterson says the industry does not deserve its bad image when it comes to energy use. He discusses innovation and sustainability with Louise Frampton The Uptime Institute’s 2018 survey shows data centre operators are continuing to lower energy waste. “The portrayal of data centres as ‘big, energy hungry, Read more…
EU’ve spelled out fears
A UPSL survey of the IT industry highlights concerns over Brexit and rising energy costs, but investment in London is still booming… Rising energy costs and political uncertainty are the biggest threats to the IT industry, according to a survey of more than 800 senior IT and data centre professionals across Read more…
DigiPlex helps heat Oslo homes
DigiPlex, a data centre provider based in Norway, and district heating supplier Fortum Oslo Varme, have signed a letter of intent on the recovery of heat from DigiPlex’s data centre at Ulven in Oslo. The agreement will help meet the energy needs of approximately 5,000 Oslo apartments. Data centres today Read more…
DSR: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Policy and regulatory decisions made in the past 12 months will have a significant impact on demand-side response (DSR) economics, while National Grid’s changes to service procurement will also reward those with more flexible strategies. But what does this mean for businesses with flexible assets or consumption? Where is the Read more…
Data centres and DSR: could they, should they?
Ian Bitterlin examines whether data centres are ready for demand-side response and considers the risks Demand-side response (DSR) and Short Time Operating Reserve (STOR) are energy schemes that support the utility in times of pressure upon capacity. Such schemes are a consequence of the denationalisation of the power system and Read more…
APT and Schneider deliver power upgrade to the University of Stirling
Set in the shadow of the Ochil Hills, the University of Stirling’s magnificent 330-acre campus encompasses a loch, a golf course and the 18th-century Airthrey Castle. The university was founded by Royal Charter in 1967 and is located two miles from Stirling – a city which is dramatically positioned at Read more…
Why data centres can’t afford to drift
Vertiv’s Giordano Albertazzi speaks to Louise Frampton about the challenges ahead for the sector and the need to keep data centre infrastructure ‘in shape’ to avoid wasting energy and ensure resilience Data centre technology is advancing at pace and infrastructure is becoming more robust and energy efficient. However, even the Read more…
Why are data centre outages on the increase?
Incidences of IT downtime or severe service degradation have increased in the past year, an Uptime Institute survey of operators and IT practitioners reveals. Louise Frampton reports The rate of outages experienced by data centres has increased in the past year, according to a survey of 900 operators and IT Read more…
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