The Municipality of Haarlem, SADC’s PolanenPark and CyrusOne, a premier global data centre REIT, have announced the signing of a unique Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly examine the economic and technical feasibility of a heat re-use project in the region. The MoU follows successful collaboration among the three stakeholders over the last 12 months. […]

Rack Centre, a leading carrier neutral data centre operator in West Africa, has announced an expansion programme that will increase capacity to a total net white space of 6,000 square metres and allow for 13MW of  IT power capacity in its Lagos campus. This will be in addition to the current expansion already underway to […]

Kao Data, a provider of advanced, hyperscale-inspired data centres for the UK’s Innovation Corridor, has announced a dedicated ‘Built-to-Suit’ service for the hyperscale community in the UK. The service enables Kao Data to fund, design, build and operate Open Compute Project (OCP-Ready) data centre capacity, for organisations dependent on scalable, resilient, digital infrastructure. With financial […]

Datacentrix, a high performing and secure ICT solutions provider, has extended its partnership with hardware technology company, Lenovo, adding the title of Authorised Service Partner (ASP) to its existing Tier 1 Platinum Partner certifications for Lenovo’s PC Group (PCG) and Datacentre Group (DCG). The company is now one of only two South African Tier 1 […]

The first global use case of a chassis-level immersion liquid cooling solution will be installed at EcoDataCenter’s climate positive data centre. Chassis-level immersion liquid cooling can reduce rack cooling energy by up to 90% and data centre energy usage by up to 14%. Other benefits include greater efficiency, lower operating costs and smaller footprint. Iceotope […]

OpenText has announced a new global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Through this agreement, OpenText will provide customers greater choice in deploying their business-critical information management solutions. “This agreement with AWS will simplify and accelerate our customers’ transition to the cloud and fulfil our commitment to deliver OpenText anywhere, regardless of our […]

Leading Pan-African service provider, SEACOM, has talked of its planned partnership with Raxio Data Centre Ltd, Uganda’s first carrier-neutral, enterprise-grade data centre scheduled to launch in Q1 2020. At the forefront of driving connectivity in Africa, SEACOM recently launched enterprise connectivity solutions in Uganda. Raxio Uganda’s world-class facility will become the cornerstone of digitisation in […]

MTI Technology, a global provider of IT services and solutions, has announced it has won a £15 million contract with Southern Water. The contract will see MTI provide professional and managed services around data centre modernisation, data protection and enhancing cybersecurity, as part of Southern Water’s wide-ranging transformation programme. Southern Water is one of the […]

CyrusOne, a premier global data centre REIT, today announced it is expanding its partnership with Megaport Limited, a global leading Network as a Service provider, and is deploying the full suite of Megaport services at its London I data centre in Slough, UK. By delivering access to a global ecosystem of more than 300 service […]

Satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station has opened its new data centre and flexed its eco credentials by launching a managed green HPC platform for AI and ML compute on demand. One of the first organisations in the UK to deploy a liquid immersion cooling system from Submer to mitigate the power […]