Data centre outages remain common and increasingly span multiple data centres, according to the Uptime Institute’s survey. So what are data centre operators getting wrong? According to the ninth Uptime Institute survey, outages continue to cause significant problems for operators. Just over a third (34%) of all respondents to the 2019 survey had an outage or severe IT service degradation in the past year, while half (50%) had an outage or severe IT service degradation Read more…
Ylem Energy chooses Origami’s platform to support flexible energy solutions
Ylem Energy, a leader in smart energy generation and management solutions, has selected Origami’s technology to provide real-time, remote monitoring and automated control that will support its behind-the-meter optimisation solutions. Access to the Origami platform also enables Ylem’s customers to participate in energy flexibility markets. Ylem Energy specialises in the provision of fully-financed smart, flexible energy generation and storage systems that can optimise a customer’s supply, increase reliability and generate new sources of revenue. Ian Read more…
Interxion named as AI-ready colocation data centre partner for NVIDIA DGX systems
Interxion has announced that it has been selected as a colocation provider for the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Centre programme. Interxion is now one of the first of a new class of European partners carrying this certification. The programme offers a qualified network of artificial intelligence (AI)-ready data centre solutions for customers running AI infrastructure built on NVIDIA DGX systems. “AI adoption and spending is taking off across Europe, as the technology has become the game Read more…
Initiative to boost new recruits to the network infrastructure industry
Mercury has announced that it plans to put 50 Trainee Data Technicians through the Certified Network Cable Installer (CNCI) technical education programme over the next three years as part of its trainee schedule and an industry initiative to encourage more people to consider a career in the Network Infrastructure Industry. Mercury is an Irish-based European contractor. Its expertise is in building and managing complex engineering projects that reimagine how people work and live in the Read more…
Schneider launches enhanced data centre operations services to improve efficiencies
Schneider Electric has expanded its data centre solutions portfolio with the introduction of enhanced, digitised versions of its Critical Facility Operations offering for cloud & service providers and large data centres operators. The new, digitised Critical Facility Operations approach couples a software-driven process with 24×7 on-site facility operations and remote support. Benefits for customers include: Increased operational efficiency: implementation in real-world customer environments have resulted in operational efficiency improvements of up to 15%. Lower risk Read more…
Airdale launches air conditioning range with lower global warming potential
Airedale International, the British-based air conditioning solutions provider, has launched a new range of R32-optimised air conditioning products. The Azure range, which has been under development for almost two years at Airedale International’s state-of-the-art research and development facility, has been optimised to operate at the same high level of output and efficiency of existing Airedale International products, while utilising the lower GWP refrigerant, R32. Anthony Cole, managing director at Airedale International said: “R32 is not a Read more…
Goonhilly Earth Station opens new data centre to support ‘AI hub’
Satellite communications innovator and space gateway, Goonhilly Earth Station, has opened its new data centre and flexed its eco credentials by launching a managed green HPC platform for AI and ML compute on demand. One of the first organisations in the UK to deploy a liquid immersion cooling system from Submer to mitigate the power demands of high performance computing (HPC), Goonhilly’s green platform is designed to meet the data-intensive needs of the automotive, life sciences Read more…
Spurred on to achieve high resilience
Tottenham Hotspur is saving energy, as well as goals, at its new state-of-the art stadium at White Hart Lane, using the latest technology. The use of connected analytics is also preventing the risk of catastrophic outages, which have stopped play at other major sporting venues, around the world. Louise Frampton reports. For fans of Tottenham Hotspur, ‘football came home’ to a new £850m stadium at White Hart Lane on 3rd April, this year. Capable of Read more…
82% believe energy security ‘a concern’, but cost hinders on-site generation
Industry barriers to decentralised energy strategies must be addressed, admid rising costs and fears over energy security, concludes a new report by Aggreko. ‘Bridging the Energy Gap’ highlights the findings of a survey of 200 key energy decision makers from industry and show that energy security remains a major or significant concern for most respondents (82%). Reducing energy consumption is also viewed as a medium or high priority for the vast majority (94%). Some 55% Read more…
Cyber attacks to power networks could cost £111m daily
Cyber attacks on London electricity networks are likely to disrupt over 1.5 million people and could cost £111 million daily, even for a relatively small attack, according to new research from Dr Edward Oughton, from the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (University of Oxford and the Centre for Risk Studies at the Cambridge Judge Business School). “Critical national infrastructure such as smart electricity networks are susceptible to malicious cyberattacks which could cause substantial power outages Read more…
68% of businesses are wasting energy
Schneider Electric UK has launched its ‘Rethink Energy’ initiative, a programme aimed at changing business, consumer and government attitudes to energy waste and help combat climate change. A Schneider Electric commissioned study, of 2,000 UK adults and over 600 UK businesses, revealed that 68% of business leaders reported their organisations wasted energy, particularly in the form of inefficient building and office space. Under half (43%) of company chiefs also shared their organisation had not implemented Read more…
Li-ion chosen for Japan’s first fully battery-powered vessel
GS Yuasa has announced that its industrial lithium-ion batteries have been installed as the only power source in Japan’s first fully battery-powered, zero-emission passenger ship. Built by Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, the state-of-the-art 340 tonne vessel, known as “e-Oshima”, uses GS Yuasa lithium-ion storage batteries as its only propelling power source, as well as for all additional power required during operations. The ocean-going passenger ferry, which had its naming ceremony on 12 June, is the Read more…
Crestchic Loadbanks provides Pakistani port with a solution to regenerative power
The container shipping industry is an ever-growing, fast-paced environment, and power infrastructure cannot always grow in-line with power requirements. For this reason, many container ports are choosing to expand their power capacity by using stand-alone temporary power solutions, such as diesel generators, rather than waiting for additional power infrastructure. This is often the best way to secure additional crane power, thereby increasing the number of containers that can be moved simultaneously. It does, however, come Read more…
Panduit awarded approved supplier status by Kao Data
Panduit EMEA, the physical infrastructure and connectivity company, has achieved approved supplier status to the Kao Data Campus, for its Universal Containment, hot aisle containment enclosure and rack systems. This energy efficient and leak-free solution is in situ at Kao Data London One, data centre on the 15-acre campus located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor. Ralph Lolies, Managing Director, Panduit EMEA, commented: “We welcome the opportunity to provide Kao Data’s customers Panduit’s world-leading hot-aisle containment solutions Read more…
Potential for micro-grids to increase resilience in an uncertain energy landscape
The rise of virtual power plants will be a key trend in 2019, according to ABB’s Sagnik Murthy. He says there is wider uptake of distributed energy resources, but there are challenges around the intermittency of solar and wind generation, which means battery storage has a key role to play. Murthy points out that the energy landscape has faced challenges around regulation and uncertainty, in recent years, and this has prompted developers to change their Read more…
High-efficiency cooling solution to support increasing power densities
Schneider Electric has expanded of its EcoStruxure Ready cooling portfolio, with the introduction of a 30kW InRow DX solution. Available in a 300mm rack format, this data centre cooling solution offers high levels of efficiency and addresses the increasing demand for higher density cooling in the data centre. The trend toward modernisation and consolidation of data centres is driving the need for a cooling solution that provides more cooling capacity in a smaller footprint and Read more…
Real-time visibility needed to tackle edge infrastructure challenges
In their digital transformation, many companies are using cloud-based IT resources, from compute power to storage and applications, in order to improve the customer experience, streamline operations, and create new business opportunities. To meet user expectations they need to complement these cloud-based resources — which is where edge computing comes in. Edge data centres help achieve higher bandwidth, lower latency, regulatory compliance around location and data privacy. Edge data centres are often dispersed “lights out” Read more…
Socomec launches fast and flexible UPS power solution
Critical equipment within every electrical infrastructure requires high quality energy which – in turn – is dependent upon a faultless and continuous power supply. Furthermore, the management of existing resources within tightly packed IT spaces can bring complexity to each unique operating environment. The latest release from specialist manufacturer, Socomec, has been developed to deliver the highest quality power that’s easier than ever to deploy. Socomec’s new three phase, medium power UPS Masterys range has been Read more…
Public opinion on demand-side response: share your views!
Mission Critical Power‘s sister title, The Energyst, is conducting its annual demand-side response and storage survey, to obtain views from those that have opted to provide flexibility from load or assets, and those that have not. The five-minute survey also seeks views around battery storage. The aim is to provide a snapshot of challenges and opportunities from an end-user perspective. As energy-related failures can cost businesses as much as 17% of their annual revenue, the case Read more…
Rackspace LON5 facility receives OCP Ready recognition
The Open Compute Project has announced that the Rackspace LON5, a state-of-the-art data centre facility located in Crawley, West Sussex, has achieved OCP Ready status. “Data Centres that have achieved the OCP Ready recognition have implemented the best practices for operations and energy efficiency, applicable for all IT equipment. When facilities and IT equipment are designed in harmony, breakthrough efficiency is achieved, which is the case for the Rackspace LON5 facility,” stated Bill Carter, Chief Technology Read more…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 42
- Next Page »