Facilities & Servers
Airtel Africa commences construction of Nxtra by Airtel’s first data centre in Nigeria
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra by Airtel is set to be one of the largest networks of data centres in Africa, with...
NTT to enter Paris market with agreement for significant data centre expansion
NTT, a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, has announced its Global Data Centers division will develop and operate its first data centre campus in the Paris market, a key data centre region in Europe. The campus is comprised of 14.4 hectares (approx....
Colt DCS plans new data centre in Chennai to expand presence in APAC
Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading global provider of hyperscale and large enterprise data centre solutions, has announced the expansion of its presence to Southern India with the acquisition of a new 10-acre plot in Chennai. It plans to deliver a hyperscale data centre in...
Teraco secures grid capacity allocation for 120MW utility-scale solar development in...
Teraco, a Digital Realty company, and Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider, has announced it has secured its first grid capacity allocation from Eskom and will commence construction of a 120MW utility-scale solar PV energy facility in the...
Features
Meeting modern expectations and unlocking the power of rack-scale design
Today’s data centres are being revolutionised by computing efficiency and performance. Embracing cloud-native strategies and liquid...
A time for certainty: How OCP assists colocation facilities
With AI-fuelled HPC in big demand, Paul Mellon, Operations Director, Stellium Datacenters, tells us why Open Compute’s OCP-Ready...
Partners and providers: A blueprint for modern data centre transformation
George Daly, Network Architect at Fasthosts, IONOS Group, discusses how embracing change doesn’t only meet the challenges of today...
Data centre dilemma: Aiming for growth in a power-constrained market
Jacob Albers, Head of Alternatives Insights, Cushman & Wakefield, reflects on the data centre market in Northern Virginia and the...
Insights
Flexible fire protection can help drive the world’s digital future
One of the fastest growing markets for fire protection systems is the data centre industry, where ease of installation, consistency of...
Data centre dilemma: Aiming for growth in a power-constrained market
Jacob Albers, Head of Alternatives Insights, Cushman & Wakefield, reflects on the data centre market in Northern Virginia and the...
Flue foresight: Stop design problems at the source
Dean Moffatt, Technical Sector Expert, Schiedel, describes how making an often-overlooked piece of data centre build a priority can help...
Is it time to look at a new build strategy?
Data centre build requirements are driven by a number of factors – a major one being sustainability capabilities. Angela Vico...
Case Studies
Art pushes technology: How VAST Data’s solutions accelerate Pixar’s cinematic magic
Pixar’s innovative productions have redefined the boundaries of technology integration in visual storytelling. Its collaboration...