Industry 4.0 and The Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) present huge opportunities for British industry during the next decade, and the inaugural Smart Industry Expo 2018 will leave visitors in no doubt that the ‘smartening’ process of industry and manufacturing is going to change the face of global industry forever. Read more…
The changing face of energy: The Energyst Event
New event taking place 17th to 18th of April at National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham The full conference line-up has been officially announced for the inaugural Energyst Event. The conference focuses on end-user sessions with household brands such as Marks and Spencer and BT sharing their experiences. The conference stream: Energy Read more…
IP House opens for business at new London data centre
IP House, a UK supplier of high-performance colocation data centre services, has announced the opening of its new London facility. The data centre is built to Tier III standards on the Edge of the cities financial district and contains 14,000sq ft. of premium, low-latency White Space, with the capacity for 512 Read more…
UK’s top data centre hotspots
Where is the best place to locate a data centre in the UK? A report by Bidwells outlines the top locations for data centres across the country and considers whether Brexit may have an impact on investment decisions in the future Thanks to modern technology, the physical location of a Read more…
Is ageing infrastructure costing the public sector?
Eureca project coordinator Rabih Bashroush recently outlined the lessons learned from evaluating more than 350 public sector data centres and found that there is significant room to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste. Louise Frampton reports EU Commission-funded research has suggested that ageing infrastructure and under-utilisation of servers is wasting Read more…
Shake-up of UPS maintenance promises
Riello UPS has announced a new maintenance plan that promises not just an emergency response within a set timeframe but also a guaranteed fix time. The Diamond UPS maintenance package, launched at Data Centre World, commits to having a certified UPS engineer on a customer’s site within four hours of Read more…
Pilot project explores grid balancing with UPS
Eaton has announced the first pilot project of its recently launched UPS-as-a-Reserve (UPSaaR) solution. Svenska kraftnät, a Swedish electricity transmission system operator, has selected the Spring service by Fortum, a leading energy provider in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and Eaton’s UPSaaR to trial how the technologies help to balance Read more…
Experts tackle skill gaps at DCW
Data Centre World (colocated with Cloud Expo, Big Data World and Smart IOT) welcomed a record-breaking numbers of visitors from across the entire IT ecosystem. Hosted in London, this tech event, now in its 10th year, demonstrated that investment in the UK data centre industry continues at pace, despite uncertainty over Read more…
IP House protects against downtime through DCIM solution
IP House, a London-based data centre startup and new entrant to the UK colocation market, has selected EcoStruxure IT, the next generation cloud-based Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform, to provide 24/7 monitoring of their ISO-accredited facility. Vinny Vaghani, Operations and Commercial Manager, IP House, commented: “One of the biggest Read more…
Equinix announces new cloud security service to manage encryption keys
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, has announced the launch of Equinix SmartKey, a global key management and encryption Software as a Service (SaaS) offering that simplifies data protection across any cloud or destination. The service leverages Equinix’s globally interconnected platform of more than 190 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in 48 Read more…
Protecting against future outages in the aftermath of Hurricanes Maria and Irma
Fairbanks Morse has announced that it has delivered its PoweReliability-as-a-Service platform to a Fortune 500 company in Puerto Rico. The installation provides a dual fuel combined heat and power (CHP) microgrid with approximately 10 megawatts of capacity. The PoweReliability-as-a-Service offering will be installed with advanced software and condition-based maintenance support Read more…
Demand-side response: too much of a risk? You tell us…
Demand-side response (DSR): is it all pain and no gain? Is it too much of a risk? Or can it be achieved safely with the right support? Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and have your say! We want to your views so that mission critical sectors can gauge whether they are Read more…
Swedish data centre to heat 10,000 Stockholm households
Nordic data centre operator, DigiPlex, and heating and cooling supplier, Stockholm Exergi (formerly Fortum Värme), have signed a large-scale heat reuse agreement. The agreement is claimed to be the world’s first where an already operational data centre with an indirect evaporative air-to-air cooling solution, will be retrofitted to recover excess Read more…
Demand-side response: are you turned on or turned off? Take our survey…
Demand-side response (DSR): is it all pain and no gain? Is it too much of a risk? Or can it be achieved safely with the right support? Suppliers of DSR services and technology claim mission critical sites can participate in DSR schemes without adding risk to critical facilities and that revenue Read more…
Microgrids for data centres: could nuclear power be an option?
Rolls-Royce has suggested that onsite nuclear power generation could be a viable option in the future. Ian Bitterlin discusses its feasibility for data centres Microgrids provide a viable power option in remote regions that cannot access primary grid systems, as well as providing an opportunity for technology users to maximise their Read more…
High-performance switching from Socomec deployed in super-scale Dongguan Telecom China Data Centre
Ongoing safety and performance, and guaranteed business continuity, are vital components of every hard working Data Centre. Central to every Facilities Manager’s objectives is guaranteed, high availability and maximum uptime. While ensuring that the operation maintains peak performance at all times, and making the best use of existing infrastructure, it is Read more…
Yuasa dual chemical battery system set for UK debut at Data Centre World
Yuasa will put on a powerful display at this year’s Data Centre World by displaying a state-of-the-art dual chemical battery system. The exhibition at Excel, London on 21/22 March will be the first time the system, which utilises both Lithium-ion and Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) battery technology, has been Read more…
JCB secures major rental generator deal
Power generator manufacturer JCB Power Products has landed a major deal with a leading company in the Middle East. Dubai-based Rental Solutions & Services (RSS) has bought more than 400 JCB units – its second purchase of JCB Power Products’ generators in the last 12 months, having taken a range Read more…
Project to slash wasted power: watts in it for data centres?
Innovation in capacitor cable technology could deliver huge efficiency gains. Eland Cables is working with Brunel University and the Welding Institute on a grant-funded project to tackle the problem of losses in traditional power distribution cable. The project could have a significant impact on a wide range of industries Eland Read more…
Centiel to present on ‘achieving power protection perfection’ at Data Centre World
Centiel will be presenting at Data Centre World to be held at Excel in London, 21-22 March. At 11.45am on the first day of the show Michael Brooks, managing director, Centiel, will present on: How close to the perfect UPS is 4th generation modular UPS technology? In this discussion, he will describe the perfect Read more…
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