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Know your carbon

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Are the differences between net zero and carbon neutral well understood by those with an interest in the data centre sector? I doubt it. There are of course those more technically minded or interested individuals who do understand, but in the broad sweep of things the fundamentals are not and this can create considerable confusion. By Simon Harris, Head of Critical Infrastructure, BCS.

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Surging supply necessitates contingency power for under-strain FLAP markets

Published in Cloud Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

A large surge in data centre supply across the FLAP market and an anticipated record-breaking year overall means facility operators must explore distributed energy solutions to avoid potential disruption from under-strain power grids.

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Sustainability and climate actions dominate

Published in Cloud DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Mainstream adoption of artificial intelligence and increased equipment integration also likely, according to Vertiv experts.

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'Pandemic-busting' containerised data centre - the perfect medicine

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

Unique design and build process during the Covid-19 pandemic meant the ModCel containers were only viewed in-person on installation and all site visits were virtual.

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The top 10 project success factors for emissions reduction in the data centre industry

Published in Cloud DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

As the world increasingly turns its attention to the action required to limit the damage being done to the environment by human activity, the data centre sector is getting to grips with the role it must play in reducing carbon emissions. Energy consumed by data centres is attracting more attention as a matter of concern, as global computing capacity continues to rapidly increase. Already, data centres use an estimated 200 terawatt hours (TWh) each year, more than the national energy...

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Inspired Energy steps up its support for data centres with launch of new PUE tool

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

With the spotlight firmly on sustainability following COP26, Inspired Energy has launched an industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) Calculator to highlight the energy efficiency of data centres. The brand new tool has been designed to help energy intensive data centres simply and quickly identify the potential energy, carbon and financial savings they could make through energy efficiency measures.

LeaseWeb accelerates Asian expansion

LeaseWeb, a global Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting brand, has opened a new data center...

Hydrogen-powered, offgrid data centre as a service

$7M seed funding from Molex Ventures and Hyperwise Ventures will support delivery of first...

Cambridge celebrates data centre first

The world’s elite group of data center professionals has been confirmed at the very first...

Adapt cements its relationship with EMC

Builds Cloud services on cutting edge flash storage.

Customer preference is for hybrid IT Service Management

FrontRange, in partnership with THINKstrategies has announced the results of a comprehensive survey...

Data centres feel the crunch of escalating costs and labour race with advanced manufacturing

Data centre clients are facing project costs which are 15 percent higher than last year on average,...

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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