It is now widely understood that the UK is to reach its legally binding zero-carbon target in the UK by 2050 and in order to do so, we must make rapid changes to the way we run our data centres. Jon Healy, Operations Director at Keysource, discusses how sustainability is set to dominate business decisions […]

The DCA explains the reason for its new Sustainability Special Interest Group (SIG), why it has been set up and what it will achieve as we consider the impact of data centres on the environment both now and into the future. The data centre remains the beating heart of our digital world. Businesses and society […]

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. […]

Nokia WaveFabric solutions support power grid expansion with a resilient, highly scalable optical network for the State Grid Corporation of China. Nokia has announced that the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the largest utility company in the world, will deploy a programmable and agile optical network using Nokia’s leading IP/Optical solutions. The deployment will […]

Kao Data, a specialist developer and operator of advanced data centres for high performance computing, cloud, AI and enterprise, has announced it has become a Foundation Partner of Infrastructure Masons (iMasons). The iMasons are a global, non-profit association that unites industry professionals and business leaders who represent over US$150 billion in digital infrastructure projects in […]

When Trustpower, a leading power company and Internet service provider based in New Zealand, needed to ensure uninterrupted network availability it turned to Veeam. Benefits include near-instant access to data across several locations and reliable recovery if production storage fails. The business challenge In a remote island nation like New Zealand, ensuring constant network connectivity […]

STULZ, one of the world’s leading providers of energy efficient temperature and humidity management technology for mission-critical data centre applications, has announced the availability of its CyberWall cooling solution. Designed for operators of large, colocation and hyperscale data centres, it comprises a range of precision air conditioning units specifically developed for facilities with separate aisles. […]

Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Sales Director at Fortinet, tells Intelligent CIO how OT environments in the energy and utilities sector can be made secure. As owners and operators of critical infrastructure converge their IT and Operational Technology (OT) departments and systems, they face increased cyber-risk. Threat actors have quickly moved to target newly vulnerable OT systems […]

Following growing public demand for more eco-friendly policy and the publication of a Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report into the UK’s Net Zero progress, the country’s data centre sector should consider pragmatic and decisive action to lower its carbon footprint. Recent Climate Assembly UK polling has highlighted that an overwhelming majority of Britons see […]

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services and a Digital Realty company, announced that it has reduced its cooling system energy consumption by 20% during the first year of an ongoing project with data centre optimisation specialist, EkkoSense.  The project – which commenced last February – has been designed to focus […]