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Lowering PUEs to save energy

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Hardware

According to data centre consortium Uptime Institute, a typical data centre has an average PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 2.5. This means that for every 2.5W in at the utility meter, only 1W is delivered to the load. Yet the institute estimates that most facilities can achieve a 1.6 PUE using the most efficient equipment and best practice technologies. Here, Adam Spolnik, Director at ICS Cool Energy, looks at how businesses can achieve these lower levels of PUE to reduce energy costs.

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Webinfinity has launched a 'ground-breaking' new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for businesses, which provides employees, partners and customers with a customised content experience through a single user interface, across all enterprise applications.

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

2015 predictions from Kevin St Cyr, senior vice president, Enterprise Solutions, CommScope.

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By Willy Rietveld, TE Connectivity. (W.Rietveld@TE.com)

Invu’s predictions for 2015

These predictions for 2015 are from Stuart Evans, Chief Technology Officer, at Invu.

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