Node4 has announced the expansion of its country-wide Managed Azure Hybrid Cloud solution. Launched in February 2022, the service was initially accessed via the company’s Northampton data centre (serving the UK central region), but increased demand from northern businesses prompted Node4 to upgrade its Leeds data centre (serving the UK north region) and deliver the service in […]
The Hillsboro market has the largest construction pipeline in the US, 87% of which is already preleased. CBRE’s new report highlights that this market is a hot spot for data centre interest for investors. The Hillsboro, Ore. data centre market ranked fourth in the US and first among secondary markets for leasing activity in the […]
Findings from Uptime Institute’s recent survey highlight the growing, industry-wide need to achieve meaningful efficiency gains, evolve sustainability reporting practices, prevent costly outages and much more. Uptime Institute has announced the release of its 12th Annual Global Data Center Survey. The findings show an industry that is growing, dynamic and increasingly resilient, but still working […]
Experts in the data centre space highlight some of the anxieties felt across the industry and offer their best practice advice, based on market reports, to address some of these pressing concerns for industry leaders. A new report concerning data centre outage figures have further underlined the need for facility stakeholders to eliminate performance uncertainty […]
Capgemini Research Institute surveyed executives from 1,000 organisations at director level or above between May and June of 2021. This consisted of executives from 10 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the US, the UK, India and Australia. Here we explore the findings of the report which explore concerns surrounding the public cloud and why organisations […]
A new report from JLL has revealed that 85% of data centre managers in the Asia Pacific believe that sustainability will significantly impact their operations and decision-making, confirming that the growth of the sector will increasingly be influenced by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations. Demand for data centres has skyrocketed due to the widespread […]
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of 3% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. While IT spending is expected to grow in 2022, it will be at a slower pace than 2021 due to spending cutbacks on PCs, tablets and printers by consumers, causing spending […]
The total investment in global data centre infrastructure more than doubled in 2021 – up from US$24.4 billion in 2020 to US$53.8 billion in 2021. The total number of data centre transactions increased by 64% in the same period, up from 69 in 2020 to 113 in 2021; according to a report by DLA Piper, […]
Data backup experts, NAKIVO, have shared insights on the 3 Pillars of Data Loss Prevention for VMware vSphere. The guidance is aimed at helping the 75% of some 40 million organisations that run vSphere boost their data resilience and protect against cyberattacks. NAKIVO achieved yet another milestone in the company’s evolution with the new solution […]
Data centre provider, ServerChoice has released new research, highlighting the widespread impact of the cost of energy increase and how it is leading businesses to re-evaluate their IT suppliers. The research, which surveyed over 1,000 UK business leaders, found that 77% of businesses are experiencing price increases from their suppliers, with 84% worried about how the rise […]
