Modern transformerless UPSs offer significant energy efficiency improvements over their earlier transformer-based counterparts, with consistently high efficiency levels over most of the load spectrum. Even so, if their load is allowed to drop below about 25 percent of their capacity, efficiency starts to reduce sharply. Solving the problem However, the problem can be solved by modular UPSs that support a feature called Xtra VFI – a smart way to minimise losses and improve efficiency when Read more…
Lithium-ion starter battery production begins at GS Yuasa plant in Hungary
GS Yuasa, a leading battery manufacturer, has announced that lithium-ion battery manufacturing operations have begun at its new battery plant in Miskolc, Hungary. GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd now manufactures automotive 12V lithium-ion batteries at the plant and will begin to supply them to European customers. Incorporated as a GS Yuasa subsidiary in October 2017, the plant is the first lithium-ion plant outside of Japan for the global battery manufacturer. It is installed with the latest Read more…
Doing much more with much less…
Dr Stu Redshaw, Founder and CTO at EkkoSense, believes IT and Facilities teams will have to work much harder if they’re to address the twin challenges of capacity-limited data centres and the transition to zero carbon. Data centres are an organisation’s second largest consumer of energy, and over 35% of that is taken up by cooling. Given that significant power draw, we were surprised during our research into data centre thermal performance to find that Read more…
Capacity Market cleared
The Capacity Market will soon be back in play after the European Commission approved it. Energy companies with agreements are looking forward to getting paid. The market was suspended last year following a legal ruling by the European Court of Justice that the Commission did not conduct an in-depth investigation into aspects of compliance with State Aid rules. The case was bought by Tempus Energy, which argued demand-side response was treated unfairly because it cannot Read more…
Saft’s lithium-ion technology provides vital backup power for Total’s trading platform
Saft has supplied its Flex’ion battery systems to provide backup power for the data centre at energy operator Total’s new country headquarters in Singapore’s central business district. Saft’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems will ensure business continuity for Total’s corporate and trading activities. The solution minimises Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and enhances monitoring capabilities for the operator. Saft will design, manufacture, supply, install and commission the Li-ion battery system. The new office, situated in the Read more…
Kao Data expands on-site collaboration with ServerChoice to offer OCP-ready capabilities to SMEs
Kao Data has expanded its on-site collaboration with SeverChoice, a specialist in customer managed services. The initial footprint, comprised of four Technology Cells within the Kao Data London One (KDL1) facility, can be optimised to reflect ServerChoice’s customers’ requirements. Moreover, its customers will have access to the full range of ServerChoice solutions including its cyber security initiatives, disaster recovery, as well as high-speed network and peering capabilities through the installed Ai Networks virtual point of Read more…
The show must go on: keeping the lights on at Wyndham’s Theatre
Wyndham’s Theatre first opened its doors in 1899, designed by architect William Sprague for the leading actor-manager of his day, Charles Wyndham. The Louis XVI style building has held a prominent position in the heart of London’s West End ever since, welcoming a host of stars, from Alec Guinness and Vanessa Redgrave to Madonna and Sienna Miller. Seating up to 766 people each night, the importance of its emergency infrastructure and power protection is likely Read more…
Making the world safer with enclosed switches
Socomec’s Enclosed Solutions, with or without fuse protection, are suitable for all kinds of environments and applications. Present at all levels of your electrical distribution, they allow you to secure and isolate parts of the network or specific electrical equipment. From 20 to 1600 A, to IEC or UL standards, the company’s range is one of the widest on the market, with ratings from 20 to 1600 A. Switch types and enclosure materials (including polycarbonate, Read more…
Finning launches new guide on power density
Finning UK & Ireland (Finning) has launched a free new guide to help plant owners and operators achieve a balance between greater power output and available space, available at https://poweruk.finning.com/powerdensity/ As manufacturers set out to engineer better-performing solutions, compliant with the latest legislative updates, power density is becoming a more and more prevalent issue. The guide explores the benefits of greater power density and looks at key considerations, such as optimising output, sizing up generators, Read more…
Cooling Ireland’s demand for energy
Irish system operator EirGrid’s analysis predicts that power usage from Dublin’s thriving data centre sector could account for 31% of all demand by 2027. Could floating, water-cooled data centres help ease pressure on Ireland’s grid and reduce carbon footprint? Nautilus Data Technologies has been given the go-ahead for a floating data centre in Limerick, in the Republic of Ireland, which will use cold water from the sea at Shannon Foynes port to keep servers cool Read more…
Energy efficient cooling solution fit for King’s
Stulz UK’s advanced cooling technology is helping King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust ensure reliable uptime of its IT operations, through effective temperature management of its data centre in Denmark Hill – safeguarding the Trust’s electronic patient records and other mission critical IT applications… King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is ensuring reliability of its critical IT systems with energy efficient cooling technology from Stulz UK. One of London’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals, the Trust is Read more…
New research offers insights into edge infrastructure
By 2024, companies will spend more than $650B per year in digital transformation. But, enabling digital transformation has created challenges as IT professionals plan highly distributed IT edge computing networks. Schneider Electric has released two new e-guides to support the IT industry in addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by edge computing – available free to IT and data centre professionals, managed service providers (MSPs) and value-added resellers (VARs). Developed in partnership with the independent Read more…
Digital Realty advances renewable energy solutions
Digital Realty is expanding its renewable energy and sustainability initiatives with a long-term power purchase agreement to source solar power for a portion of its Northern Virginia portfolio and a utility green tariff to supply renewable power to its Oregon data centre development project. In total, these agreements will add 227,000 megawatt-hours of new clean energy to the regional electric grids where Digital Realty operates, enough electricity to meet the needs of 27,900 homes for Read more…
Undeterred by Brexit uncertainty, UK businesses continue to invest in IT infrastructure at the digital edge
The latest Global Interconnection Index (GXI), an annual market study published by Equinix, predicts private connectivity at the edge will grow by 51% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), and exceed a total bandwidth capacity of more than 13,300 Tbps, equivalent to 53 zettabytes of data exchanged annually. This is enough to support every person on earth simultaneously downloading a complete season of Game of Thrones in ultra-high definition resolution in less than a single day. Read more…
Containerised data centre delivered for Envision AESC UK
Envision AESC UK required a new data centre to support its newly acquired office and production site at their newly acquired Sunderland site. While there was a requirement for additional rack space, the primary driver was space and location. The client chose to relocate an internally based data centre (potentially consuming office or warehouse room), placing it instead externally. Rittal was able to provide a solution consistent with the previous system, in terms of both design Read more…
Power networks ‘need massive investment’ to increase resilience and flexibility
Power networks will require major investment in resilience and flexibility to hit net zero according to EDF president and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy. “Creating a carbon-free world is a sizeable challenge requiring the mobilisation of human inventiveness,” Lévy told the InnoEnergy TBB conference. He said EDF’s strategy is based on “three levers; decarbonising energy use, generation and adapting electricity networks to enable these changes”. On networks, Lévy said the electrical system will play “an increasingly central Read more…
Mark Davis swaps Total for GridBeyond
GridBeyond, the demand-side response and flexibility firm, has hired Mark Davis as UK & Ireland director. Davis was previously head of UK business development for Total Gas & Power, spending seven and a half years with the energy supplier. Prior to that, he spent ten years at Npower as corporate sales manager, with a stint at DSR platform Open Energi in between. At GridBeyond, Davis will take responsibility for sales and marketing strategy. “Mark’s experience in Read more…
Lithium-ion batteries could ‘deliver six hour grid services’
Lithium-ion batteries will soon deliver economically viable daily storage – not just short duration bursts, according to Marek Kubik, market director at Fluence Energy. Speaking at Aurora’s battery storage conference, Kubik claimed Fluence has 1.5GW of storage projects “awarded or operational around the world.” He said the firm, formed by Siemens and AES, is “building systems to fit markets”. Some of those markets favour batter storage that delivers for “20-30 minutes”, said Kubik, others reward Read more…
Cyxtera expands with new Amsterdam data centre
Cyxtera Technologies, the secure infrastructure company, has announced the opening of its latest European data center in Amsterdam slated to commence business operations during the first quarter of 2020. Cyxtera’s newest facility in Amsterdam (AMS1) will provide a highly connected secure infrastructure platform to help customers in the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Additionally, the company announced plans to expand its CXD on-demand data centre platformto Frankfurt and Amsterdam. The new Amsterdam facility will expand the Read more…
Schneider partners with Avnet and Iceotope on liquid-cooled data centre solutions
Schneider Electric has announced that it is teaming up with Avnet and Iceotope to jointly develop innovative, chassis-level immersive liquid cooling solutions for data centres. This newly announced partnership brings together three global technology innovation leaders: Avnet for technology integration services; Iceotope for chassis-level immersion cooling technologies; and Schneider Electric for data centre infrastructure solutions. “Compute intensive applications like AI and IoT are driving the need for better chip performance. Our quantitative analysis and testing Read more…
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