Amid one of the driest ever springs in Spain, a sector expert is warning that a lack of free cooling capacity could hinder the burgeoning growth of the nation’s data centre market.  As hyperscalers and colocation facilities alike grapple with power-related challenges in the FLAP-D markets, data providers are gravitating towards Europe’s Tier 2 markets […]

Data centre managers are constantly looking for innovative ways to keep costs down and sustainability targets on track, particularly when it comes to power. Dave King, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Cadence, considers the advantages of using digital twin technology, including efficiencies and reliability benefits. Digital infrastructure in data centres relies on an uninterrupted, reliable supply […]

IBM has announced plans to open its first Europe-based quantum data centre to facilitate access to cutting-edge Quantum Computing for companies, research institutions and government agencies. The data centre is expected to be operational in 2024 with multiple IBM Quantum Computing systems, each with utility-scale quantum processors, i.e., those of more than 100 qubits. The data […]

Aligned Data Centers – a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable and adaptive scale data centres and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers – has announced it has completed the acquisition of LATAM data centre provider, ODATA. The transaction positions Aligned among the largest private data centre operators in the Americas, with a footprint spanning in excess […]

Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, has announced the official opening of a new Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. The expansion reflects Vantage’s commitment to invest and bolster its presence in Asia Pacific to capitalise on growing market demand for hyperscale data centres that are both reliable and […]

Data centre decarbonisation represents a key opportunity for future efforts, though it is not listed as a main focus area despite legislation now in force for Australia’s emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. Here we explore the findings of Hitachi Vantara’s global report and consider the critical role […]

Datalec Precision Installations (DPI), a provider of world-class data centre design, supply, build and managed services to deliver seamless, integrated and unified end-to-end solutions for data centre operators, has announced it has incorporated a United Arab Emirates (UAE) subsidiary as a part of its continued international expansion. Headquartered in the UK, Datalec has subsidiaries in […]

As the skills shortage looms over the sector, could recent mass layoffs provide a way to boost the data centre industry’s headcount, foster diversity and lower the average industry age? Sam Prudhomme, President, Accelevation LLc, explores this in more detail as an imminent solution to the problem. For over a decade, the data centre industry […]

Apollo has announced that Apollo-managed infrastructure funds, Apollo Funds, has agreed to provide a significant capital commitment to Yondr Group via a structured instrument as the first step in a broader partnership. Proceeds from the investment will be utilised to further Yondr’s growth ambitions in support of client demand for its differentiated service proposition as Apollo and […]

Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) needed to upgrade its powerful Lonestar5 supercomputer to keep up with its several thousand projects and continue pushing the boundaries of supercomputing. The organisation realised immersion cooling was the only practical way forward. Tommy Minyard, Ph.D., TACC’s Director of Advanced Computing Systems, explains how GRC’s liquid immersion cooling solution addressed […]