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Sustainability and digital transformation – mutually exclusive or not?

Published in Digital Business Energy Management Power & Cooling

Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President, Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, is optimistic that organisations can pursue the benefits of digital transformation without compromising on their sustainability objectives. In particular, he believes that the data centre industry is very well placed to address the pressing environmental demands of the next few years, as it continues to develop technology innovations as it helps end users embrace the opportunities of the Digital Age.

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Data centre sustainability in a post-COP26, digital world

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Astrid Wynne, Chair of the DCA’s Sustainability Special Interest Group, provides detailed and fascinating insight as to the sustainability challenges and opportunities facing the data centre industry in the aftermath of the recent COP26 Summit, as the sector continues to provide a resilient foundation for global digital transformation.

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Demand response set to deliver for the data centre sector?

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Kerr Johnstone, Director, i3 Solutions Group, discusses the increasing global demand for power, the strain that this places on power grids, and the opportunity this creates for the data centre industry to embrace the idea of demand response. Kerr explains how demand response can help data centre owners and operators contribute towards the industry’s Net Zero target, as well as generate useful revenue. If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the how, where and when of data centre demand...

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Step change required when it comes to IT sustainability?

Published in Digital Business Energy Management

Coeus Consulting, an independent IT advisory focused on delivering strategic change, recently published the findings of its report: ‘The critical role of technology leaders in delivering on sustainability targets’. Graeme Trevayne, Associate Director at Coeus Consulting, talks through the survey results, highlighting the progress which has already been made, whilst suggesting that there is much more that can be done, not least when it comes to the need for some commonly agreed, IT...

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Capturing ESG data – the challenges and opportunities

Published in Data Analytics Digital Business Energy Management

Or Lenchner, CEO, Bright Data, discusses the growing importance of ESG data, outlining the challenges of accessing, collecting, collating and analysing the many available data sources, and suggesting that improved government guidance and regulation is the way forward, along with the right analytics solution.

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Energy challenges trigger data centre shake up

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Rob Elder, Vice President Data Centers, Bulk Infrastructure AS, discusses the current energy price spike and the impact it is already having on the global data centre industry - with a particular focus on how location is becoming an increasingly important factor for end users.

DCS talks to Alex Blake, Strategic Development Director at Critical Facilities Solutions at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

AI could ‘make or break’ the data centre industry

Jim Hart, BCS CEO, provides some brilliant insights into the sustainability, skills and supply...

DCS Talks to David Bradley from Legrand at DC Ireland 2024

In this video we talk to David Bradley from Legrand at DC Ireland 2024

DCS talks to EnerSys at Data Centre Transformation 2023

In this video, we talk to EnerSys at Data Centre Transformation 2023.

Sustainability and digital transformation – mutually exclusive or not?

Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President, Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, is optimistic...

DCS talks to RED Engineering at Data Centre Transformation 2023

n this video, we talk to RED Engineering at Data Centre Transformation 2023.

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