Rack-mounted modular UPS ‘derisks entire infrastructure’
Socomec says it has extended its UPS range to address the evolving demands placed upon those responsible for managing data centres, critical buildings and facilities....
Data centres and hospitals warned changes to capacity market could hit back-up generators
Organisations with diesel back-up generators have been warned that changes the government is making to energy market policies could add significant costs to their...
Deepwater data: Microsoft trials undersea data centre
Microsoft thinks the future of data centres could be subsea. The firm said it has successfully deployed an underwater data centre off the coast...
Data Centre Summit South
Some of the industry’s most respected thought leaders will speak about a range of technology trends and best practice issues at the Data Centre Summit...
Facebook to build new Ireland data centre
The internet giant uses the country as its global headquarters and announced the move this week. The facility will reportedly cost around £150 million.
Facebook...
Equinix completes Telecity acquisition
Equinix has completed its £2.6bn acquisition of Telecity. The move doubles its capacity in Europe and adds over 1,000 new customers to its books.
Both...
Sky’s Edinburgh data centre recognised for energy efficiency
Sky’s data centre energy demand reduction drive has been recognised with the inclusion of its Edinburgh DC as a participant to the EU Code of Conduct...
Ian Bitterlin: Data centres being singled out by EU over energy efficiency
In this blog post, Ian Bitterlin says making use of waste heat and 'smarter' grids is a good thing, but wonders why data centres are...
Schneider cool on raising data centre temperatures
Raising temperatures in data centres may be a hot topic but it is not necessarily a good idea, according to Schneider Electric’s global data...
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...
100% uptime or a year for free: Volta claims world first with data centre...
Independent central London data centre operator Volta says its resilience is so good that it will give customers a year’s free service if racks...
Capacity crunch: Can UPS improve power quality management?
The UK’s tightening power capacity margins mean data centres need to think more carefully than ever about uninterruptible power supplies, says Riello in this...
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...
Santander banks on Morrison for data centre power connection
When retail banking giant Santander decided to establish a new data centre in Leicestershire, it chose Western Power Distribution to manage the connection to...
Equinix sees ‘limitless’ growth from Internet of Things
Equinix sees limitless growth opportunity in the mass of data created by digital media consumption and the incoming internet of things, UK managing director...
Let them eat bandwidth: Ian Bitterlin on optimisation or bust
Data growth continues to outstrip Moore’s Law. A paradigm shift in network photonics and devices will be required to accommodate the ever-increasing bandwidth hunger,...
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...