London: is the capital still the epicentre for data centres?
Aegis Data has speculated that London “may no longer be the epicentre for the data centre community”. The Surrey-based co-location provider says that third-party...
RTE selects Saft for lithium-ion backup battery systems in innovative Smart Grid Substation installations
Saft has supplied two battery systems to French transmission grid operator RTE to provide vital backup power for its innovative Smart Substations Project. The...
Schneider Electric and HPE collaborate on solution for micro data centres
Schneider Electric has announced it has collaborated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on HPE Micro Datacenter. The collaboratively engineered converged infrastructure solution provides end-to-end...
Sky’s the limit for DSR revenues?
Is demand-side response an attractive proposition and are mission critical sites now coming on board?
Demand-side response is becoming more critical as a method to...
Supporting Ireland’s data centre growth
Interxion’s DUB3 data centre has been designed using energy-saving, modular architecture. At the heart of the design was the need to guarantee service delivery...
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 changing face of energy: The Energyst Event
New event taking place 17th to 18th of April at National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham
The full conference line-up has been officially announced for the inaugural...
The pros and cons of eco-mode UPS: what does the future hold?
Ian Bitterlin discusses the potential risks and benefits of adopting eco-mode UPS technology, and considers the future impact of silicon carbide IGBTs.
In the early...
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...
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...
Younicos awards battery-based energy storage project to Morrison
Morrison Utility Connections, a major projects Independent Connection Provider (ICP) and part of Morrison Utility Services, has been commissioned to build and connect one...
68% of businesses are wasting energy
Schneider Electric UK has launched its ‘Rethink Energy’ initiative, a programme aimed at changing business, consumer and government attitudes to energy waste and help...
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...
Apple to build new ‘green’ data centre in Iowa
Apple has announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art data centre in Waukee, Iowa, to better serve North American users of iMessage, Siri, the...
Boden Type Data Centre One officially inaugurated in Sweden
The Boden Type Data Centre One, BTDC, has been officially inaugurated in Boden, Sweden. The Mayor of Boden, Mr. Claes Nordmark as well as...
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...
CNet Training launches digital infrastructure education advice service
CNet has launched a new one-to-one advice and guidance service to help industry professionals progress their knowledge and boost their careers within the digital...
Cooling solution cuts energy use by 85% for University of Plymouth
Ranked as one of the world’s leading modern higher education institutions, the University of Plymouth’s primary data centre is central to its IT estate....
CryrusOne’s London data centres move to 100% renewable energy
CyrusOne has announced that its London I and London II data centre facilities are now running on a 100% renewable energy tariff, a move...
CyrusOne colocation data centre deploys Panduit solution to optimise energy use
Panduit has supplied SynapSense Active Control system to CyrusOne’s Austin, Texas data centre, to provide environmental monitoring and optimise energy use. The system utilises...