Data centres, manufacturing sites, airports, hospitals, and other businesses with critical operations, are all very different environments with a common interest; the requirement for power resilience and a desire to minimise CO2 and improve energy efficiency. Powerstar, a leading provider of smart energy solutions, has helped thousands of businesses reduce energy consumption and costs, while enhancing resilience of supply through the manufacture and delivery of its award-winning technologies. By considering the site-wide perspective, businesses can implement Read more…
Infrastructure Masons offers scholarships for CNet education programmes
CNet is partnering with Infrastructure Masons to provide scholarships to those wanting to progress their career within the data centre sector. iMasons are offering scholarships for programmes throughout The Global Digital Infrastructure Education Framework, from the entry level Data Fundamental programme, which introduces the learner into the data centre sector, to the Certified Data Centre Technician (CDCTP), and Data Centre design, management, energy, audit and sustainability, all the way through to the world’s only Level Read more…
Outages continue to hit data centre operators
Outages continue to cause significant problems for data centre operators, according to the findings of the Uptime Institute’s 9th annual data centre survey. The survey of around 1,600 data centre professionals found that just over a third (34%) had an outage or severe IT service degradation in the past year, while half (50%) had an outage or severe IT service degradation in the past three years. Power loss was the biggest cause of outages, accounting for Read more…
Schneider announces expansion of DCIM portfolio
Schneider Electric has expanded its DCIM portfolio with the introduction of EcoStruxure IT Advisor. Harnessing the power of the cloud, the solution delivers a simplified way to deploy data centre management that is accessible anywhere and at any-time. Available today anywhere in the world IT Advisor focuses on making data centre management and operations more efficient. This cloud-based planning and modeling tool enables data centre operators of large data centres and colocation facilities to reduce operating Read more…
Deeper insight key to uptime
Data centre automation technologies are transforming the sector, according to ABB’s Paul Johnson. He says data centres can increase resilience and tackle spiralling energy costs by focussing on three components: deep component visibility, intelligent grid connections and elastic critical infrastructure. Louise Frampton reports… With the emergence of Artificial Intelligence in commercial environments and greater dependence on consumer technologies, such as streaming services, e-mobility and 5G, demand for data is growing exponentially. In this hyper connected Read more…
How an edge data centre is helping to save lives…
Edge data centre resilience is critical to safeguarding precious genome sequencing data at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The 4MW data centre contains the potential answers to tackling the world’s deadliest diseases When the Ebola outbreak hit Sierra Leone, leading to more than 11,000 deaths and 28,600 infections, genetic sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute played a vital part in understanding and curbing the further spread of the deadly disease. The charity is one of the Read more…
Uptime Institute announces outage severity rating
The number of outages has steadily climbed, in recent years, prompting the Uptime Institute to develop a standardised method of articulating the severity of such incidents, with the aim of better understanding key trends… The Uptime Institute has announced its new Outage Severity Rating (OSR) to help the digital infrastructure and data centre community better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident affects the business. For the past three years, Read more…
Measuring partial discharge for increased uptime
Prysmian Group’s PRY-CAM is designed for condition assessment and asset management of electrical systems and equipment from 3 kV to 600 kV. The technology allows fast, accurate and reliable on-line measurements of Partial Discharge (PD) and key parameters of any electrical equipment for system diagnosis and defect localisation purposes, to helps electric assets owners to increase uptime, asset longevity and safety, while reducing maintenance costs and risks. There is no need to switch off the monitored system Read more…
Investment in Ireland to top €10bn by 2022
Ireland will see inward investment from data centres top €10 billion by 2022, according to the latest industry update report from Host In Ireland in association with Bitpower. Inward investment from data centres has tripled over the past four years bringing the ever-growing average annual spend to €1.3bn each year. The new report reveals the sector will have brought over €10bn in investment by 2022, underpinning more than 100,000 jobs in the ICT sector. The Read more…
Digital Realty expands in Dublin
Digital Realty has opened its second data centre on its Profile Park campus in Dublin, Ireland. The five-megawatt expansion provides new and existing customers on the Profile Park campus with additional runway for growth in the capacity-constrained Irish market. The new facility is located 30 minutes from Dublin’s city centre, and provides maximum product flexibility with state-of-the-art power, cooling, connectivity, security and system redundancy. The expansion of the Profile Park campus brings Digital Realty‘s total Read more…
The new power order…
Critical equipment within Data Centres and other demanding applications requires high quality energy which – in turn – is dependent upon a faultless and continuous power supply. Every organisation is concerned with the protection of people and assets, while also ensuring that operational and business continuity is achieved – but planning and commissioning UPS infrastructure to support those objectives can challenge even the most experienced professionals. The team at Socomec have now made it easier than Read more…
Carbon zero targets high on the agenda at the Energyst Event
The Energyst Event once again explored approaches to an integrated energy strategy, in an energy market where disciplines are rapidly converging. The conference delved into many current niches such as Esos, EVs storage and making energy efficiency a tradable resource. Crucially, it looked at how they fit together as a whole. The event opened on 1-2 May at the National Motorcycle museum, on the day the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) advised government to set Read more…
Enel X secures 218MW of demand-side response capacity
A total of 218 MW of demand-side response (DSR) capacity has been awarded to Enel X in the latest auction held by EirGrid Group (Ireland’s Transmission System Operator) to be delivered between October 1st, 2022 and September 30th, 2023. During 2022-2023 the company will be managing 52% of the island’s demand response capacity, which is the largest portfolio the company has ever been awarded in Ireland. “With this major award, we will contribute to even greater system Read more…
The new power order: optimising UPS infrastructure
Critical equipment within Data Centres and other demanding applications requires high quality energy which – in turn – is dependent upon a faultless and continuous power supply. Every organisation is concerned with the protection of people and assets – whilst also ensuring that operational and business continuity is achieved – but planning and commissioning UPS infrastructure to support those objectives can challenge even the most experienced professionals. The team at Socomec have now made it easier Read more…
Telcos to grapple with energy costs as 5G deployment advances
Energy costs are among the top concerns for telcos, as 5G deployment rapidly advances, focusing the attention on energy management solutions – from energy efficiency cooling techniques and DCIM, to the use of virtual reality for energy efficient data centre design. These are among the key findings of a new report, published by Vertiv in partnership with technology analyst firm 451 Research. “Telco Study Reveals Industry Hopes and Fears: From Energy Costs to Edge Computing Transformation’ captures Read more…
Equinix officially opens £90M data centre in London
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, has officially opened the doors of its new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre at its London Slough campus. The new £90M high performance data centre – named LD7 – forms part of a wider £295M investment from Equinix into the UK’s digital infrastructure throughout 2018/19. The site will provide interconnection and colocation to support businesses with their IT transformation initiatives. This significant investment in the UK’s digital Read more…
Natron Energy appoints energy storage veterans
Natron Energy, a provider of battery products using Prussian blue electrode chemistry, has announced the appointment of two well-established energy storage veterans, Dr. Robert Rogan and Jack Pouchet. Rogan will serve as Chief Business Officer, and Pouchet will lead Natron’s sales team as Vice President of Sales. “Natron Energy is raising the bar in performance, reliability, safety and environmental friendliness of energy storage based on our patented Prussian blue technology,” said Colin Wessells, CEO of Read more…
Equinix acquires Switch Datacenters’ AMS1 data centre business in Amsterdam
Equinix has announced that it has closed a transaction for the purchase of Switch Datacenters’ AMS1 data centre business in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in an all-cash transaction for €30 million ($34 million). The facility, which will be renamed Equinix AM11 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre, is in close proximity to Equinix’s existing campus in southeast Amsterdam and will help meet growing demand for digital infrastructure connectivity in the Amsterdam and broader European markets, as businesses continue to build out their digital edge Read more…
Cloud-based cooling and the importance of seamless communication
Karl Lycett, Rittal’s Product Manager for Climate Control, says that cooling units are playing an increasingly important role in Industry 4.0. Seamless communication between cooling units and associated cloud-based systems is opening up opportunities for new applications. Essential to these applications are IoT-capable devices such as the cooling units and chillers in the Rittal Blue e+ range. During the lifetime of an enclosure cooling unit, the costs incurred for energy, maintenance and service are usually much Read more…
Ofgem outlines Capacity Market changes
Ofgem aims to lighten the admin burden for power providers as part of its five-year review of the Capacity Market. It said the complexity of the current rules represent a barrier to entry and may lead to inefficient auction outcomes. The regulator plans to improve secondary trading of capacity agreements and make it easier for successful bidders to switch configuration of units provided they still deliver the agreed amount of capacity. Ofgem will also use Read more…
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