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Data centres urged to re-evaluate contingency plans

Many data centres are in danger of experiencing significant downtime during a power failure as it’s revealed that one quarter of UK energy decision makers do not have a contingency plan in place.

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Vertiv to list on NYSE

Creates publicly traded, pure-play critical digital infrastructure provider.

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INVESTORS EXPECT BOOM IN EUROPEAN DATA CENTRES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS

The vast majority (92%) of debt and equity investors surveyed expect the overall value of investment into Europe’s data centre infrastructure to increase over the next 24 months, according to research commissioned by DLA Piper and published today.

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Digital Realty advances renewable energy solutions

Digital Realty is expanding its renewable energy and sustainability initiatives with a long-term power purchase agreement to source solar power for a portion of its Northern Virginia portfolio and a utility green tariff to supply renewable power to its Oregon data center development project. In total, these agreements will add 227,000 megawatt-hours of new clean energy to the regional electric grids where Digital Realty operates, enough electricity to meet the needs of 27,900 homes for a year.

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Data centre sector meets efficiency target

Provisional results from the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) for Data Centres suggest that the sector has successfully met its efficiency target, the third of four milestones in the life of the scheme.

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DigiPlex, the leading Nordic data centre operator, and Stockholm Exergi (formerly Fortum...
The Green Grid to discuss ICT’s responsibility in achieving a sustainable future at Nordic...
Are the differences between net zero and carbon neutral well understood by those with an interest...
The end of 2017 marks the completion of Africa’s first hyperscale data centre, JB2-Bredell....
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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, empowered edge, privacy and ethics, quantum computing, immersive experiences, augmented analytics, autonomous things and digital twins drive the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019. David Cearley, Gartner Vice President, presented the trends at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

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