UK hit by rising number of power outages

The number of power outages in the UK rose dramatically last year, resulting in widespread productivity losses across industry, the latest Blackout Tracker report from power management company Eaton has revealed.

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Energy efficiency objectives require clearer definitions

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Keysource wins China contract

Chayora, a Hong Kong-based data centre infrastructure company, has chosen Keysource as its lead design consultancy partner for a nationwide network of world-class, licensed data centre campuses in some of China’s most important cities. These will enable international online companies to effectively access the vast and rapidly developing Chinese market, providing the most reliable and assured route to business engagement in the region.

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CNet Training launches a 'world first' at Data Centre World, London – Stand M65

Risk affects every organisation, although the types of threats that businesses face will depend on varying factors, yet many businesses struggle to accurately identify and counter risks effectively. With this fact clearly in mind, CNet Training is launching the world’s first Competency and Confidence Assessment Modelling (CCAM?) Tool for the data centre sector and has the ability to revolutionise the way data centre managers identify, manage and mitigate people risk.

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Leicester University appoints Keysource

Keysource, the expert in business critical environments, has been appointed by the University of Leicester on a three-year extendable contract to provide critical data centre facilities management (FM) services. It builds on a seven-year relationship which started in 2009 when Keysource designed and built the University’s’ award winning data centre which they then expanded in 2011, almost doubling it in size.

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Comparing the costs of prefabricated versus traditional data centres

Prefabricated modular data centres offer many benefits including flexibility, predictability and speed of deployment. Cost can be seen as a barrier, but a systematic comparison provides detailed insights into the variance in capital expenditure between a prefab and a traditional purpose-built data centre. 

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