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How Are UPS manufacturers addressing the growing energy crisis?

By John Kreyling Business Development Director, Centiel The International Energy Agency (IEA) in their Energy 24 report, states that electricity consumption from datacentres could double...

Median recovery costs for critical infrastructure sectors, energy and water, quadruples to $3 million...

Oxford-based, Sophos, a global leader of security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released a sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure...

EcoDataCenter selects chilled water cooling to enhance data centre efficiency

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has been awarded a contract by Swedish data centre company EcoDataCenter to supply...

Utilities and energy a prime target for API security incidents

As a critical element of national infrastructures worldwide, the energy and utilities sector literally keeps the lights on in today’s world. When water, gas,...

Data centre firms partner to curb AI power use

Renewables-powered NexGen Cloud, the sustainable GPU and cloud data hosting provider, is partnering with European data centre provider, AQ Compute, to boost decarbonised AI computing across...

Amazon backs Moray West & Ocean Winds with 473MW PPA

Data colossus Amazon has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with ENGIE, increasing its share of output from developer Ocean Winds’ Moray West venture...

Octopus invests £200m in Deep Green data centre heat re-use technology

Octopus Energy’s generation arm today announces a £200 million investment in London-based tech disruptor Deep Green to help it rapidly scale its groundbreaking technology...

Physical security for resilient critical infrastructure

The systems, networks, and assets that make up a nation’s critical infrastructure must be kept up and running to ensure the health, safety, and...

White paper by the European Data Centre Association explains relevance of data centre carbon...

The value of scope emissions reporting is its ability to not only compare like for like, but also to measure, monitor and reduce emissions,...

Why datacentres must accelerate sustainability and aim for net zero

By David Bond, Chairman, Centiel UK Houston we have a problem!  The explosion in data.  This means datacentres have a problem because they literally burn...

The clean heat is on: Racks of data servers to render scores of thousands...

Data barns full of humming, heating computer servers are to be piloted as heat sources running district heat networks, energy ministry D-ESNZ confirmed today. Scores...

Iceotope study with Meta reveals efficiency of precision immersion liquid cooling for high-density storage...

Iceotope, the global leader in precision immersion cooling, announces a new study with Meta confirming the practicality, efficiency and effectiveness of chassis-level liquid cooling...

Latest issue of Mission Critical Power

The latest edition of Mission Critical Power is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App. MCP is now published 8...

The perfect storm?

The growing use of renewables is a factor putting the grid ‘at risk’, alongside increased demand and climate issues. Kohler Uninterruptible Power (KUP) explains...

Sustainably sustaining power

Balancing the need for emergency power with the climate emergency Today, most critical installations’ power protection comes from the proven combination of static UPS (uninterruptible...

The hidden cost of data

Data underpins every aspect of modern life, with more information generated now than ever before. Keeping data centres cool is crucial for their safe...

Vestas manages recovery from ‘LockBit’ cyber attack

Three weeks after suffering an attempted cyber attack for ransom, turbine maker Vestas is battling to define the extent of data theft.  It is...

Inspired to cut power usage in data server barns

Believed to be guzzling as much as 2% of the entire planet’s electricity now -  and already at 11% in Ireland, - data centres...

The Energyst – Latest issue out now

The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App. The Energyst is now published monthly,...

Data centre op Cyrus One achieves 100% renewable power in Europe

A major data centre operator has committed itself to using wholly carbon-free electricity to keep the lights blinking on its racks. London-headquartered Cyrus One says...