Trials investigate effect of ETC on reducing emissions for generators

Trials have been undertaken on a gas-fuelled generator to investigate the effect of using electric turbo compounding (ETC) technology on unburnt hydrocarbon (UHC) emissions,...

UK colocation startup deploys hybrid cabling system

IP House, a UK-based startup and supplier of high-performance data centre colocation services, has partnered with leading UK cabling company HellermannTyton to deploy their...

UK interest in microgrids builds momentum

Concerns continue to grow as to how our networks can address the power supply capacity, stability and resilience issues vital to ensure ‘business as...

Understanding the UPS’s role in power quality management

Alex Emms, operations director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power, explains the UPS’s vital role during mains presence, as well as in blackouts, and shows the...

UNIFI-IX joins Telehouse Carrier-Interconnect

Telehouse, a leading global provider of data centre services, has been selected by UNIFI-IX a new internet exchange, to host its services including an...

UPS delivers more power in a smaller footprint

Vertiv has announced the availability of the Liebert EXS, a compact uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system designed to deliver reliable, integrated power protection for...

UPS systems need to be Li-ion ready

Centiel UK’s Mike Elms addresses some of the misconceptions surrounding Li-ion and explains why it may well be the battery technology of the future...

UPS topology drives increase in uptime

Advances in UPS design are increasing efficiency and resilience, writes Centiel UK managing director Mike Elms... In any industry, there is always innovation and advancement....

UPSL changes name to Kohler; brand change reflects broader power generation and protection capabilities

Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited (UPSL), a subsidiary of Kohler Co., and the exclusive supplier of PowerWAVE UPS, generator and emergency lighting products, is changing...

Using analytics to tackle outage risks

Nlyte Software’s Enzo Greco speaks to Louise Frampton about the role of artificial intelligence in the wake of an Uptime Institute survey which found...

Vapor IO Introduces Kinetic Edge and Vapor Edge Module

  Vapor IO has announced Vapor Kinetic Edge, a technical architecture for combining multiple Vapor Edge micro data centres into a virtual data centre that can...

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...

Vycon introduces eco-friendly flywheel system for mission critical power protection

Vycon, a designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, has announced the addition of the VDC-XXT flywheel model to its...

What do specifiers frequently get wrong when implementing a UPS solution?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBa-AsiREc   When specifying UPS, the type of load being supported is often overlooked and there are many issues that can have an impact on...

What lies beneath the sheath?

Julie Banks, UK sales manager at Nexans, discusses how it is everyone’s responsibility to establish if the cables they are using really are fit...

What needs to be done to ensure resilience and efficiency of UPS technologies?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7J6TUJIdI   As data centres comprise a high proportion of an organisation’s power consumption, and UPSs are major components within them, optimising UPS efficiency can...

What UPS design features really matter to end users?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRNBgUPus48   Next generation UPS technology has been developed with consideration for changing data centre deployment and capacity models – radically in the case of...

Where is innovation in UPS technology heading?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL9ryZM_w9I   Innovation in the field of Uninterruptible Power Supplies has “stood still” for a number of years, having reached a “plateau”, according Phil Dunn,...

White paper outlines key factors for specifying IT Pods

  For centralised data centres, including the latest hyperscale facilities, there is a need to develop larger increments of IT resource, known as Pods, comprising...

Why make the switch to DC power?

Socomec’s Jean–Yves Chaboute argues that data centres can improve effiency by moving to DC distribution As power densities increase, colocation and hyperscale data centre operators...