Energy efficiency fund IPO raises £100m
Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) has raised £100m to invest in energy efficiency projects via an initial public offering.
The SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust...
Rising energy consumption puts EU’s 2020 targets at risk
Rising energy demand across EU member states could mean 2020 energy and emissions targets are missed, according to latest data.
Preliminary 2017 data published by...
Fund plans £150m float to buy energy efficiency projects
An investment fund is planning a £150m initial public offering to buy a portfolio of energy efficiency projects and develop a pipeline of others....
Back-up power: understanding environmental regulation
Greg Altria, associate consultant with SLR, provides an insight into the Environmental Permitting Regulations affecting mission critical sites
The Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales)...
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...
DigiPlex helps heat Oslo homes
DigiPlex, a data centre provider based in Norway, and district heating supplier Fortum Oslo Varme, have signed a letter of intent on the recovery...
White Paper discusses cost and capacity benefits of cooling compressors
Compressors are at the heart of all cooling systems. They are used in data centre applications to carry heat energy away from IT equipment...
Local authorities plan £100m energy fund
A group of local authorities in the South West are collaborating to create a £100m fund to invest in energy projects.
The South West Low...
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...
Is ambient cooling overtaking compressor technology?
Tim Bound, director at Transtherm Cooling Industries, explores the evolving role of ambient cooling technologies in keeping energy costs low in data centre applications
As...
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...
MEEF: more beef for energy efficiency funding
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a £500m fund for energy efficiency projects in the capital. Like it's forerunner, the London Energy Efficiency Fund...
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...
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...
Siemens to harness AI to improve cooling efficiency
The Siemens Building Technologies Division is expanding its existing Thermal Optimisation offering set for data centres to intelligently ensure both highly efficient cooling production...
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...
Swedish data centre to heat 10,000 Stockholm households
Nordic data centre operator, DigiPlex, and heating and cooling supplier, Stockholm Exergi (formerly Fortum Värme), have signed a large-scale heat reuse agreement. The agreement...
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,...
Microsoft signs agreement with GE to power data centres with wind power
Microsoft has signed an agreement with GE to purchase energy from its wind farm in County Kerry, Ireland, as part of its target of producing...
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...