Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced that it has officially opened the first phase of MRS2, Interxion’s second data centre in Marseille. Less than four years after acquiring its first data centre in Marseille, Interxion is continuing to expand its presence Read more…
Eaton joins research campus to drive energy innovation
Eaton has joined the Low-Voltage (LV) Consortium of FEN Research Campus as a new industrial partner dedicated to innovative energy projects. Eaton will contribute to the research and development activities of the LV Consortium, in which 13 industrial partners and 15 institutes of RWTH Aachen University are working together on Read more…
Equinix to expand London Slough campus
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, has announced it will expand its LD4 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre at its London Slough campus. The new phase supports the continued growth of the world’s largest multi-asset class electronic trading ecosystem which consists of a robust collection of interconnected execution Read more…
Apple scraps Irish data centre plan
Apple has scrapped plans to build an €850 million data centre in Ireland due to long delays in the approval process. The company announced plans to build the data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, in February 2015, to take advantage of the close proximity of green energy sources. Planning appeals delayed Read more…
SolarEdge enters UPS market with purchase of Gamatronic
An expert in smart energy, SolarEdge Technologies is entering the field of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) by signing an asset purchase agreement with Gamatronic Electronic Industries. SolarEdge intends to leverage its track-record of technological innovation, operational excellence and power electronics expertise, in combination with Gamatronics’ intellectual property, know-how, and market Read more…
MCPD: Environment Agency makes Triad u-turn
The Environment Agency (EA) has shelved plans that would effectively prevent unabated generators performing Triad avoidance. Under the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), generators that take on new balancing services agreements with National Grid, or new Capacity Market contracts, must comply with strict emissions limits by 1 January 2019. They Read more…
Amsterdam facility shortlisted for Datacloud Europe Architecture Award
Datacenter.com, a global provider of carrier and cloud neutral colocation data centre services, has been nominated by Datacloud Europe under the ‘Excellence in Data Centre Architecture and Design’ award category. Datacenter.com’s AMS1 data centre makes use of an indirect adiabatic cooling setup, as well as the latest Schneider Electric UPS technology. Read more…
Power protection installed for National Oceanographic Centre
Centiel has completed a major refurbishment, including new capacitors, batteries and fans, of the UPS systems at the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) in Southampton. The NOC undertakes world leading research in large scale oceanography and ocean measurement technology innovation, supporting the UK science community based in universities and smaller research Read more…
Data centres consuming more energy than ever: what can you do?
Workspace Technology discusses the issue of energy consumption and the impact of data centres. Could data centres improve their carbon footprint and sustainability? Ten years ago, data centres consumed virtually nothing in terms of energy but now they consume 3% of the global electricity supply and account for 2% of Read more…
Networking in the North: experts to debate key data centre issues
Data Centres North, the largest regional gathering for those responsible for the region’s data centres and other mission critical environments, takes place on 1-2 May in Manchester Now in its fourth year, DataCentres North brings together leaders in the field of data hosting for a two-day event at Emirates Old Read more…
Balancing the grid: new technology driving DSR value
Marc Borrett, CEO at Reactive Technologies, says that new technological advances will disrupt the way businesses interact with their energy and the way grid operators manage their systems by making them smarter The global energy sector has been undergoing a significant shift in recent years from large, centralised conventional power Read more…
Secure edge data centre to drive digitisation of industrial plants
ABB, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Rittal are launching the Secure Edge Data Centre (SEDC) for industrial and telecommunications environments to allow customers to run enterprise-grade IT in close proximity to their operational technology (OT) environments. This will enable low-latency, secure and reliable digital processes. Gartner says that “currently, around Read more…
DataHub Biel shortlisted for DCS Award for Swiss data centre
DataHub Biel, a new Tier 3, high-density data centre, located in Switzerland, providing ultra-reliable, resilient and high-performance data services to local customers, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the New Design/Build Data Centre Project of the Year at the DCS Awards, 2018. The 4.5MW facility, which opens for business Read more…
Connexin plans state-of-the-art data centre for Hull
Connexin is building a state of the art £5m data centre, which has been specially designed to accelerate Hull in its race to become one of the UK’s leading smart cities. When the facility opens in December it will create 60 new jobs including engineers, technicians, sales staff and event managers Read more…
Critical sites: getting on board with DSR
A new white paper, Mission critical sites and DSR: turned on or turned off?, reports that the tide is turning and an increasing number of mission critical sites are now engaging with demand-side response. Among the case studies highlighted in the report is a pilot project which has demonstrated the Read more…
Making the switch in record time: new purpose-built facility for Amdocs
When Amdocs had less than 90 days to move to a new purpose-built site, it relied on Eaton to deliver the UPS and switchgear on time, while future-proofing its new facility For data centre operators, speed is not just a server issue, often it is a vital factor in getting Read more…
Cloud-enabled UPS for remote edge computing environments
Schneider Electric has announced the availability of Smart-UPS with APC SmartConnect in the UK and Ireland. The solution is claimed by the company to be the first cloud-enabled uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for distributed IT environments and enables businesses, particularly small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) that have limited IT staff and Read more…
DSR and critical sites: new white paper launched at The Energyst Event
A new white paper, ‘Mission critical sites and DSR: turned on or tuned off?’ has been launched at The Energyst Event, in Birmingham, which looks at the challenges and opportunities, technical requirements and legislation around demand-side response for mission critical facilities. Held at the Motorcycle Museum (17-18 April), a panelist of expert Read more…
Northumbrian Water signs deal with Ørsted to go 100% renewable
Northumbrian Water will power all 1,858 of its sites using renewable electricity for the next four years after signing a deal with Ørsted. Ørsted owns or has a stake in nine UK offshore wind farms (Barrow, Burbo Bank, Burbo Bank Extension, Gunfleet Sands, Lincs, London Array, Walney, West of Duddon Read more…
Preview: experts to debate DSR and critical sites at The Energyst Event
The event in Birmingham, on 17-18 April, highlights the impact of the convergence of energy procurement, efficiency and flexibility on your business. Mission Critical Power magazine will launch its demand-side response report at the event, focusing on critical sites The decentralisation of energy is having a profound effect on all Read more…
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