Vertiv extends partnership with Russian data centre operator IXcellerate
Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, has announced at Datacloud Europe the extension of its partnership with IXcellerate. The Russian data centre provider recently launched...
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...
Guidance issued on maintaining UPS
In a data centre, the UPS acts as the first line of defence, protecting against a range of power problems – from voltage spikes...
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...
Schneider Electric expands cloud-based DCIM portfolio
Schneider Electric has introduced EcoStruxure IT Advisor, further expanding its cloud-based DCIM portfolio of solutions. EcoStruxure IT Advisor delivers a simplified way to deploy data...
CNet launches data centre sustainability programme
A new distance learning initiative, focused on sustainability, has launched by CNet in response to calls from data centre professionals for a programme to...
Equinix boss sees more consolidation
Further M&A activity is likely within the data centre sector, according to its biggest player Equinix.
The market has already undergone significant consolidation in recent...
Ensuring safe control of backup power
There is a more effective way of managing power than using PLCs, argues Deif’s René Kristensen. He builds the case for multi-master controlled power...
Delving into the data centre of the future
Equinix’s David Hall says we must build data centres not only to power the immediate global data demands but to anticipate and meet sustainability...
Protecting critical systems at the heart of UK’s cyber security hub
One of the most resilient and connected data centres in the UK is being constructed in Gloucester, by Indectron. Louise Frampton speaks to Sudlows’...
Schneider announces cloud-based DCIM solution
Schneider Electric has announced the continued roll out of EcoStruxure IT Expert, its cloud-based data centre infrastructure management solution, with its release in Europe. ...
Five steps to improve data centre performance in 2019
Much more accessible data centre infrastructure management (DCIM), tighter ‘edge’ integration, fully-sensed data centre environments, ditching subjective optimisation insights and greater input from other...
Adapting infrastructure following legislative change
From the IP Act and Brexit, to a new Green Grid performance metric, Future Facilities’ Jon Leppard discusss the potential impact on data centre...
Data Centre World: digital transformation and why we need to rethink resilience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHi1UVeerHw
Resilience at the Edge must be made a priority, as data centres move away from traditional, centralised models. However, there will be significant...
TCN Data Hotels upgrades to transformer-free technology
Providing 99.9999% availability, TCN Data Hotels runs two data centres in the north of the Netherlands, each with a capacity of approximately 50MW. However,...
The future of DCIM: remote, data-driven and Cloudy?
Experts at 451 Research point out that the value of data centre infrastructure management data multiplies when integrated, shared and analysed at scale. DCIM-based...
Optimising data centre assets for maximum efficiency
A staggering 80% of data centres fail to exceed 60% of their original design specification. Paul Rivett, group operations director, CNet Training, identifies common poor practices...
Green Grid: Data centres ‘must become like mobile app developers’
Data centre operators must adopt the mindset of mobile phone software developers or risk the wrath of regulators for wasting energy.
That was the message...
Data centre temperatures to rise and London demand to fall?
Data centres will become warmer over the next five years as industry adopts Ashrae standards, according to Global With’s Derrick Allen. “Lukewarm aisles” could...
Data Centre World: are data centres missing out on energy efficiency savings?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYeASfaVPNw
The impact of 5G, the evolution of the Edge and rising energy costs were among the major topics for discussion at Data Centre...