Freezing temperatures in the Nordics region and parts of North America may cause serious issues for data centre construction already delayed by COVID-19, warns temporary temperature control specialists, Aggreko. For the Nordics region, which will see temperatures of -15oC to -30oC over the winter months, cold weather-related obstacles for data centre construction and maintenance could […]
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 […]
Leeds City Council has awarded Keysource, data centre and critical environment specialists, a major cooling upgrade project for its facility in Leeds, following a competitive tender. Under the terms of the deal, Keysource will be responsible for the full mechanical and electrical installation of a replacement data centre cooling system to increase efficiency, improve airflow […]
Networking giant Cisco has announced its new Wide Area Networking (WAN) edge platform to help customers accelerate cloud adoption and deliver secure and automated connectivity to applications across cloud, data centre and Edge. A foundational piece of Cisco’s intent-based networking portfolio, the Catalyst 8000 Edge family provides customers with an innovative and high-performance routing platform. […]
Wasabi Technologies is a hot cloud storage company that delivers reliable and efficient cloud storage solutions. Michael Welts, CMO, Wasabi Technologies tells Intelligent Data Centres what first made him consider a career in technology and how he unwinds outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? I’ve […]
The Uptime Institute has stated that with more investment in management, process and training, outage frequency of data centres would almost certainly fall significantly. Sarah Parks, Marketing and Communications Director, CNet Training, considers some of the ways to reduce highly preventable downtime as human error accounts for a large number of outages. What poses the […]
In response to growing demand in 2020 for colocation and cloud services, Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of highly-available, cloud-connected infrastructure in North America and Europe, has announced significant expansion of its data centre footprint in Woking. The company’s newly expanded Technology Centre 3 (TC3) data hall is now open for use, […]
Huawei tells Intelligent CIO how and why it is using Artificial Intelligence in data centres to promote green tech adoption, reduce repetitive work, monitor and manage fragmented resources which might otherwise easily be overlooked. Data centres are being overhauled, revamped and modernised to support Digital Transformation and the power-hungry cloud deployments they contain. Artificial Intelligence […]
Southeast Asia is projected to be the fastest-growing region for data centers, according to a new study by Digital Realty and Eco-Business, with 89% of regional experts surveyed expecting significant data usage growth in the region over the next five years. Digital Realty, a leading global provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and […]
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has introduced new additions to its portfolio to address growing challenges at the network edge. These products – Vertiv VE Rack and the Vertiv Edge uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system – are now available in Australia and New Zealand. These latest Vertiv Edge infrastructure […]
