Reliance on China for battery metals ‘leaves UK vulnerable’, MPs declare
Britain’s supply chains importing key minerals including for batteries and low carbon energy render the UK exposed to blackmail and pressure by autocracies, particularly...
NG fires up Viking cable to Denmark, world’s longest at 475 miles
National Grid has turned on its £1.7 billion Viking subsea power link to Denmark, claiming the 475 miles of the 1.4GW project makes it...
Issue of ‘Zinc Whiskers’ risks data centre outages
Mike Meyer, sales director at ABM Critical Solutions, commented that part of the problem is knowing how to prevent the whiskers from entering the...
Contract win for Liverpool hospital
A contract to supply critical care power systems and hygienic touch-screen theatre control panels, with PACS viewing screens, has been awaded to Bender UK...
Convergence between physical and cyber environments is leaving businesses exposed
More than half (59%) of respondents to the latest social media poll (conducted by the organisers of Infosecurity Europe 2019) believe that an attack on...
DataCentres North: full programme announced
Datacentres North’s educational programme will address both 'strategic issues' affecting the industry and the opportunities specific to the region, as well as the 'operational...
Dodge damaging downtime with Riello UPS: why UPS maintenance should be on your mind
81% of organisation have suffered a damaging power-related failure in the last year. Those figures should raise alarm particularly for mission critical sites such...
Eaton appoints new service partner for Scotland
Eaton UK service business manager Steve Spicer said: "We have seen an increase in demand within the UPS market in Scotland and are excited...
Fit for the future: new modular UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited (UPSL), a Kohler company, has recently launched the PowerWAVE 9250 DPA – the latest addition to its range of premium,...
Funding secured for KAO data centre campus
KAO Data Campus, a new £200m, 35-acre science and technology data centre campus located on the London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor, has raised an extra £33m through...
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...
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...
Power outage threat posed by hackers
Hackers could pose a significant threat to smart grid security unless the challenges are better understood and addressed, researchers have warned. A team of...
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 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...
Beware of the dangers posed by arc flashes
Arc flashes can occur for several reasons and their frequency is alarming. From being initiated through accidental contact or equipment that is underrated for...
Promoting a culture of learning, not blame
Shared learning from data centre incidents could help reduce risk across the sector, but can the industry overcome a culture of secrecy? Louise Frampton...
Tiers of joy: how risk reduction can save data centres money
A survey of data centre operators showed that one quarter experienced a data centre outage in the past 12 months. However, Tier certification can...
Northern Powergrid’s communications ‘completely unacceptable’ after Storm Arwen, says minister
Communications with its customers by Northern Powergrid, the DNO with at least 1,600 homes left still unconnected ten days after Storm Arwen devastated northern...
ONR signs off decommissioning of nuclear research site – after ten years
A nuclear experimental site used by Imperial College researchers has become Britain's first to be fully decommissioned in UK nuclear history under modern regulatory...