What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Having worked in the telecoms for over 20 years, I have witnessed a dramatic change in the industry, due to the year-on-year increases in demand for data across the world. In terms of data centres specifically though, I am – and […]
As Europe looks to fire up coal power plants as an alternative to the increase in natural gas prices, atNorth’s Chief Commercial Officer, Gisli Kr, warns of the detrimental impact this will have on CO2 emissions globally and argues that this is not the answer, but merely plastering over the cracks without looking at the […]
As we turn our attention to a new year, there are a plethora of trends that are set to take place across the industry. Here, Ciaran Forde, Data Centre Segment Leader, Eaton, offers his predictions for the data centre sector in 2023, focusing particularly on the current challenges stemming from the geopolitical difficulties we now […]
Rich Kenny, MD, Interact, believes that we can’t keep the lights on, power cars and run data centres just with business as usual, but change is coming whether we like it or not. The current acute energy crisis means that governments are doing everything they can to prevent a worst-case scenario of shortages and blackouts. […]
Using data to inform business decisions has led to a new role — the chief data officer. Here, John Salt, Co-founder of OnlyDataJobs, shares the three skills needed to succeed in the chief data officer role and explores the attributes that future candidates will have. The rise of the chief data officer role demonstrates the […]
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Setting up Proximity two years ago to focus on the Edge colocation market and seeing it scale rapidly and successfully. It’s a really exciting time to be developing and cornering a new area of the data centre market – low latency, […]
Tape storage is a type of large capacity data storage system which some consider the most suitable as data volumes are growing rapidly worldwide. Eric Bassier, Senior Director Product Marketing at Quantum, discusses the advantages of tape storage and explains why many enterprises and large cloud providers are turning to tape. With its long history […]
Neil Templeton, VP, Marketing, Console Connect, investigates Africa’s data centre landscape over the course of the year as well as how it is set to evolve in 2023. He considers the potential of cloud technology for accelerating data centre investment across the continent. While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted businesses and the economy, one silver lining […]
Managing consumption and carbon footprint are driving trends towards regulation, standardisation and the search for generator alternatives. Vertiv explores some of the developments we can expect across the data centre space in 2023. Data centres will experience increased regulation and third-party oversight in 2023 as the world continues to grapple with the industry’s rising energy […]
Schneider Electric, a leader in Digital Transformation of energy management and automation, commissioned two independent research studies focused on sustainability in IT and data centre operations and the results reveal a disconnect between intent and action, indicating most of the industry is still at the beginning stage of its sustainability journey. The two studies were […]
