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A warm embrace for waste heat?

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

The industry remains highly concerned about the enduring challenge of sourcing affordable and renewable power as the drive for Net Zero continues, with an increasing number now assessing the utilisation of waste heat energy generated by data centres. This is according to the latest independent industry survey, which captures the views of over 3000 senior datacentre professionals across Europe, including owners, operators, developers, consultants and end users.

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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres advancing a sustainable digital future

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Asset Management Power & Cooling

'Relentless' focus on innovation and investing in renewable energy sources achieves 52% renewable energy usage across the Group.

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Greater collaboration needed to identify future digital leaders

Published in Design + Optimisation Digital Business Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

Seminar highlights lack of entry level talent and threat to industry’s future.

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Decentralised data centres offer sustainability edge

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

Richard Clifford, Director of Solutions at Keysource, discusses ways in which the data centre industry can address its Net Zero obligations with a range of technology and strategy innovations. In particular, he believes that next generation edge, with data centres being constructed and integrated into local communities, offers some significant sustainability benefits, so long as all the stakeholders understand the opportunity.

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Carbon calculator promises accurate emission estimates

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

Schneider Electric has unveiled a new framework to help companies understand the full environmental impact of enterprise data centers.

Skills and materials struggle to keep pace with data centre demand

Global survey points to sustained demand through 2021/22, but also headwinds for the sector as...

JLL makes new senior appointments in EMEA

JLL has appointed Luigi Passariello as Data Centre Projects Lead for southern Europe based in...

EC’s RenewIT Project launches free web tool for renewable data centre design and location planning

First industry tool to model costs and benefits of renewable choices and efficiency measures;...

Direct attach versus structured cabling in a data centre

It’s an important decision to make when building a data centre. Our regular columnist, Willy...

First energy transition data centre starts in Essen

RWE Supply & Trading integrates data centres into the energy transition.

AI data centre boom threatened by power availability and limited supply chain capacity

Industry survey shows the top drivers for increased data centre investment are extra capacity and...

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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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