Ensuring uptime is a critical objective for data centre managers. Technology is helping to ease the load by providing intelligent insights into power usage. Calvin Nicholson, Senior Director of Product Management at Legrand DPC (Data, Power and Control Division), which includes the Server Technology brand, talks us through the key benefits of the company’s PRO3X […]
In this Deep Dive interview, Duke Robertson, Sr. Product Manager, Chatsworth Products, introduces Chatsworth Products’ new ZetaFrame cabinet and tells us how this will enable data centre efficiencies.
New research analysing the actual cooling performance within live data centres for many of the world’s leading brands suggests that data centre operators are missing out on proven ways of cutting cooling energy consumption by up to 30%. The analysis, conducted by EkkoSense – a world-leading provider of software-driven data centre thermal optimisation solutions – assessed cooling […]
EfficiencyIT, a specialist consultancy in data centre design and build, Edge Computing and IT services, has announced it has secured a new contract with the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a world-leader in genomic research and bioinformatics. The project will see EfficiencyIT deploy more than 300 custom-designed APC by Schneider Electric Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) metering […]
As the data centre industry rapidly evolves, we must consider the driving factors behind the change in order to continue at pace. Ehab Kanary, Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure for the Middle East and Africa at CommScope, considers some of the hallmarks for data centre change this year. End-user spending on global data centre infrastructure is projected […]
Leading temporary power and cooling solutions specialist Aggreko has expanded its established European data centre team with the appointment of four industry experts. As challenges facing the data centre market have exacerbated since the COVID-19 outbreak, operators have been left facing global supply chain issues and penalties if delivery of facilities is delayed. During this […]
Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, has announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apstra, a leader in intent-based networking and automated closed loop assurance. Juniper’s strategy is to change the way networks are built, operated and secured in the cloud era by using AI-driven automation. Apstra accelerates […]
Scale Computing, a market leader in Edge Computing, virtualisation and hyperconverged solutions, has announced both reaching profitability and delivering record sales in 2020, driven by its Edge Computing technology platform, OEM, channel partnerships and the launch of its business resilience offering, resulting in a total software revenue growth rate of over 45%. Scale Computing recorded […]
Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider, has announced a new R2.5 billion loan financing transaction. This follows Teraco’s November 2020 announcement regarding its construction of a new 38 megawatt hyperscale data centre in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. Teraco will use the funds raised together with […]
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its operations across the UK and Europe are fully powered by 100% renewable power. Colt DCS has also committed to providing green power to sister company Colt Technology Services and its customers using DCS data centres in the region, in an effort to help them also reduce […]
