Kao Data has announced that Paul Finch is to lead the company as interim CEO through the expansion phase of the 43.5MVA campus development. The announcement is made as incumbent, Jan Daan Luycks stands down from the company based on his decision to return home to the Netherlands. Paul Finch has 30 years of progressive experience in the industry, including over a decade at senior management level, focussed on data centres, technical real estate and complex Read more…
Powering change: how can data centres up their game?
Are current power systems fit for purpose and what are some of the key issues impacting data centre performance? Ed Ansett, from i3 Solutions Group, discusses the changes that need to be made to drive improvement in the sector. Louise Frampton reports. The Uptime Institute’s latest Annual Survey confirmed that there is a need for improvement in terms of data centre resilience. Just over a third (34%) of all respondents to the 2019 survey had Read more…
New IoT system to prevent manhole cover explosions and fires
UK engineering and design consultancy, Plextek has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole explosions, primarily caused by bad weather and flooding interacting with ageing underground power infrastructures. For example, a mixture of melting snow and road salt can wash into manholes, leading to the electricity cables arcing. In America’s biggest cities, hundreds of service manholes catch fire or explode every year, with the consequences ranging from serious Read more…
DSR: adding a revenue stream for the water industry
Severn Trent Water has engaged in DSR via two aggregators for the last three years. Now it plans to ramp up its activity – and harness the knowledge to inform battery storage investment… Demand-side response manager, Rob Wild, says the firm has around 15MW of connected flexibility. About 10MW is generation-based, the remainder load from its treatment processes. Wild thinks there is potential for up to 50MW of flexibility across the estate. Severn Trent’s involvement Read more…
New board appointment at Iceotope signals increased adoption of liquid cooling
Iceotope Technologies has appointed Neil Yule as Non-Exec Director. In his new role at Iceotope, Neil has been tasked with supporting the Board and Executive Management Team in delivering a new generation of cooling technologies to the hyperscale data centre market. Formerly President of Munters’ Global Data Centre business, where he achieved 5-fold growth over the 4 years to 2018, Yule has a track record of delivering breakthrough cooling technologies to hyperscale data centre operators. Read more…
Demand-side response: Water firms, retailers, industrials give their verdict
Firms helping to balance the power system via demand-side response (DSR) say they could provide significantly more flexibility – given sufficient reward and revenue certainty. Meanwhile, most companies that do not provide DSR would consider doing so – if it did not impact on day-to-day operations. The findings, from a survey conducted by The Energyst, come as National Grid ESO recommends reviewing security of supply standards to determine whether they require strengthening – and whether Read more…
Plans to build ocean powered data centre in Scotland
Simec Atlantis Energy Limited (‘Atlantis’), the global developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy projects, has announced ambitions for a tidal-powered data centre in the Caithness region of Scotland. The power supply for such a data centre would include electricity supplied via a private wire network from tidal turbines at the existing MeyGen project site. This would be the first ocean powered data centre in the world, with the potential to attract a hyperscale Read more…
New breed of electrical ecosystem
As a Top 100 supplier, integrated power manufacturer, Socomec, has been invited to take part in the annual CBRE Supply Partner Event on Thursday October 3rd2019. The event showcases market leading products with an emphasis on delivering demonstrable value and exceptional user outcomes. Participants in the event are carefully selected on the basis of recommendations, a proven track record of performance, the ability to continuously improve and innovate and to deliver an experience to users Read more…
Rentaload load bank technology integrated into EkkoSoft Critical
EkkoSense, the software-driven thermal optimisation specialist, has added Rentaload load bank functionality into its EkkoSoft Critical M&E SaaS software. Rentaload is a leading European load bank rental company, and customers across Europe will now be able to view real-time load data in EkkoSoft Critical, providing them with immediate insight into the impact of their real or simulated data centre loads on cooling, power and capacity performance. EkkoSense and Rentaload originally announced a partnership in November Read more…
Leaseweb selects Maincubes’ AMS01 data centre
Leaseweb, a provider of cloud hosting services, has selected the Maincubes‘ AMS01 data centre as a strategic location for further expanding its Amsterdam data centre presence. Meeting Leaseweb’s standards with regard to energy-efficiency, compliance and high-redundancy, Maincubes’ AMS01 offers Leaseweb wholesale space with ample growth perspective to scale its server and network infrastructure in Amsterdam. As an Infrastructure as a Service provider, Leaseweb currently operates 20 data centres at locations across Europe, Asia, Australia, and Read more…
Data Centres Ireland: 60 speakers confirmed
Data Centres Ireland will be providing key insights into the Irish data centre sector, exploring the opportunities and challenges facing the industry in this region. The data centre market in Ireland is experiencing significant growth: an additional 29 data centres have received planning permission and are under development, and capacity is forecast to double from 600MW to 1200MW in the next 5 years. This level of investment means there are huge opportunities for Investors, Suppliers and Read more…
Are Lithium-ion batteries a safety hazard?
According to the European Data Centre Association, Li-ion presents a number of advantages to the data centre designer such as increasing autonomy, load or white space; providing alternatives for the battery location and environment; or allowing the batteries to be considered for a range of functions that would not previously have been considered acceptable with VRLA type batteries. However, safety is a top priority when it comes to batteries, especially when it comes to Li-ion Read more…
Experts offer educational insights at Data Centre Alliance conference
The DCA’s annual conference is designed to benefit the whole sector welcoming both DCA members, collaborative partners, registered users and data centre owner/operators. The emphasis of Data Centre Re-Transformation is educational and the event will be full of interactive workshops, keynote presentations and networking sessions. DCT 2019 will have two tracks running throughout the day with keynote presentations taking place in between the workshop sessions by industry leaders discussing the broader landscape rather than product Read more…
IoT devices to reach 14 billion by 2024; data centre demand to surge
Data centres will face increasing demand as the number of IoT connected devices surges over the next five years. Newly released market research, from 451 Research, indicates that the number of IoT connected devices (excluding PCs, smart TVs, and game consoles) will be approximately eight billion in 2019, and reach nearly 14 billion in 2024 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12%. Consumer IoT accounts for the majority of total IoT connected devices, Read more…
YPO announces £400m framework for public sector data centres
YPO, one of the UK’s largest publicly-owned buying organisation, has announced the launch of its Data Centres, Maintenance Cloud Hosting and Security framework for the public sector. The new framework has been created to ensure data can be stored compliantly and accessed across several locations – either on premise, off premise or via the cloud. Utilising data centres and cloud technology is expected to support organisation within local government and education sectors, especially those operating Read more…
Regional Summit to offer insight into Open Compute Project principles
The Open Compute Project (OCP) will be hosting its second annual Regional Summit on the 26 & 27 September 2019, at the RAI Amsterdam, which will feature more than 80 presentations on topics, ranging from the challenges and opportunities around artificial intelligence, building a data centre around OCP principles, tackling the environmental impact of the data centre sector, to driving transformation in Telcos through OCP adoption. At the Global summit in March, the Foundation announced two new sub-projects: Read more…
Unlocking savings: ESCOs, EPCs and EaaS
Energy as a Service (EaaS) models are highly attractive to the technology giants – the so-called FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google), but there are a wide range of energy services on the market. So, how can end users decide the best option for their organisation? Steve Fawkes, founder of EnergyPro, provides an insight Usually when we talk about energy service companies (ESCOs) we mean companies that deliver energy efficiency upgrades through Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) that Read more…
Natural solution to MCPD?
With the introduction of the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), mission critical sites are facing ever more stringent emissions legislation. Craig Wilkins, from Cummins, explains how natural gas-powered generators play a vital role in energy efficiency for onsite generation, while lowering emissions… There is an increasing demand for gas generator sets as a base source of onsite generation, with the grid being used only as a backup. The key drivers leading to this shift are Read more…
MPs: Give DSR 15-year capacity market contracts; make DNOs commit to zero carbon
Demand-side response providers should be allowed to bid for 15-year Capacity Market agreements in line with generation and distribution network operators should commit to being ready to run local grids on zero carbon sources by 2025, say MPs. Those calls from the Science and Technology Committee were among a raft of recommendations outlined in a new report urging serious policy action if the government intends honour laws passed to decarbonise the economy. The Committee also Read more…
Vycon introduces eco-friendly flywheel system for mission critical power protection
Vycon, a designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, has announced the addition of the VDC-XXT flywheel model to its VDC line of clean energy storage solutions for 24/7 power protection. Paired with three-phase uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), the company claims that the patented flywheel technology provides a greener, cost-saving solution compared to UPSs that use lead-acid or lithium-ion batteries. The new VDC-XXT 450kW system is supplied in the same slim Read more…
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