Concentrix has taken delivery of a new cooling solution at its call centre in Belfast. One of the main challenges for data centres is coping with cooling and humidity control demands within the building because of the enormous heat gains generated by the large volume of computers and lighting systems Read more…
Schneider announces free workshops and training sessions
Schneider Electric has launched a series of free events for the UK’s Mechanical and Electrical Specifier network. The sessions will help educate specifiers on the latest technologies, give them a chance to network with their peers and advance their professional development. Specifiers working in this fast-paced industry are responsible for Read more…
Half of all UK works put underground assets at risk: fears over critical infrastructure
According to a new report, 44% of all excavation work in the UK takes place without a thorough underground asset search, putting the UK’s critical utility infrastructure at constant risk of being accidentally damaged. The report, Digging Up Britain, by Line search before U dig (LSBUD), has revealed that despite Read more…
Etix builds Tier IV certified data centre
Etix Everywhere, a global data centre provider and operator, and Compunet, leader in the Andean Region providing SAP and IT managed services, partnered to build and operate an 840 kVA data centre in Zonamerica, a Global Services Free Trade Zone located in the most dynamic business climate of the region. Read more…
Wise up to UPS as an Internet of Things device
Uninterruptible Power Supplies director Alan Luscombe discusses how to implement a UPS as a network-visible device, and considers the benefits of doing so… Data centre operators are willing to invest in UPS systems because they protect the facility’s critical load from noise, spikes, brownouts and other mains-borne aberrations, and from Read more…
Hyundai opens ‘Big Data Centre’ in China as part of plans for connected cars
Hyundai Motor has opened its first global ‘Big Data Centre’ in Guizhou Province, China, to gather and analyse massive volumes of data collected from the company’s connected cars. The new facility will allow Hyundai Motor to expand significantly its R&D capabilities in connected cars, advance its market projections, and enhance Read more…
Virtus Stockley Park campus goes live
Virtus Data Centres has announced that its Stockley Park campus is now online, with the first pre-let customer to be live imminently. Virtus London 5 and London 6 are the first two data centres to open on the campus, delivering 40 MW of IT capacity between them. London 5 and Read more…
How are the data centres that support the UK manufacturing sector changing?
The rapidly developing edge data centre industry is having an important role to play in the manufacturing sector, as production lines become increasingly reliant on IT. A panel of experts, taking part in a recent DCD Debate, highlighted the fact that the manufacturing sector is bucking the trend for migration to the Read more…
E.ON and Vertiv partner on demand-side response initiatives
Energy company E.ON and technology provider Vertiv are combining their know-how in the field of energy solutions for critical infrastructures. This gives customers from trade and industry the opportunity to modernise their energy infrastructure in such a way that they can generate additional revenues on the energy market in addition Read more…
Interxion opens third London data centre
Interxion has opened its third data centre at its London campus. The new data centre is aimed primarily at businesses in the financial sector, advertising and media industries and offers 1,800 sq m of white space and 3MW of power capacity. Interxion is a leading provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation Read more…
Machine learning to increase resilience
Nlyte Software has partnered with IBM Watson IoT group to offer its first cognitive DCIM solution – Nlyte Machine Learning Nlyte Software is tapping into the analytical and machine-learning power of IBM Watson IoT to unlock hidden patterns from millions of environmental, power, systems, thermal and other operational data-points, to Read more…
Does AI hold the key to reducing cost?
Schneider Electric’s Patrick Donovan discusses the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in increasing reliability and efficiency Schneider Electric’s Data Centre Science Centre recently calculated that typical data centre physical infrastructure energy losses have been cut by 80% during the past decade. In many cases this has been enabled Read more…
Sudlows announces new MD for Critical Infrastructure Division
Critical infrastructure specialist, Sudlows has announced that its Technical Director, Andy Hirst, has been promoted to the role of Managing Director of Sudlows Limited – Critical Infrastructure division. Sudlows Group, which includes both its Enterprise Services Division and Facilities Management Division has seen significant growth in both technical services and Read more…
Global Switch starts construction on second Frankfurt data centre
Global Switch has announced that, in response to customer demand, construction has started on its second data centre in Frankfurt. The new €115m state-of-the-art facility, Frankfurt North, immediately adjacent to the existing Frankfurt South data centre, will provide around 11,000 sq m of gross space with 14MVA of utility power, bringing Read more…
EkkoSense expands management team to support international growth
EkkoSense, the UK-based data centre thermal optimisation specialist, has appointed Jason Kaye as Sales Director. Jason joins the company after seven years in senior EMEA roles at RF Code, the real-time data centre solutions specialist, and will play a key role in building out the EkkoSense partner network and developing Read more…
Equinix and Omantel to build new data centre in Oman
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, and Oman Telecommunications Company, have announced a joint venture to deliver data centre and interconnection services to customers in the Middle East through the development of a new network-dense data centre that will be located in Barka, near Muscat, the capital of Oman. Oman is strategically positioned between Asia, Africa and Europe, and Read more…
Testing times: the importance of keeping your cool
Sebastian Beyer, test centre manager at Stulz, explains why knowing the actual capabilities of equipment under temperature and air humidity conditions is vital, and how individual performance tests can help to achieve an energy efficient configuration for data centres With utility bills rising, growing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and Read more…
New VP for Schneider’s IT Division
Schneider Electric has today announced the appointment of Marc Garner as Vice President of its IT Division for the UK. Marc is a 13-year veteran of Schneider Electric having joined the company after graduating from the University of Sunderland with an Honours Degree in Business Administration. In his new role Marc Read more…
Secure IT Environments wins contract with King’s Lynn Trust
Secure IT Environments has been awarded a three-year data centre maintenance contract at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn NHS Trust. The new contract will see Secure I.T. Environments provide a range of maintenance services to ensure the efficiency and resilience of the data centre across its expected lifespan including the Read more…
Naval Group deploys Microsoft underwater data centre
Phase 2 of Microsoft’s ‘Project Natick’ has been initiated at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney with the deployment of an underwater data centre powered by renewables. Naval Group led the installation of the 450kW subsea data centre at EMEC’s Billia Croo wave energy test site, on the west Read more…
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