Digitalisation World

Open to all, time for the data centre sector to end the skills issue

Published in Cloud DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

As the electric and digital worlds converge, talent acquisition and team management are among the biggest challenges faced by data centre and technology businesses today. By Marc Garner, VP, Secure Power Division, UK&I.

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Gaining a competitive edge

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

With the increasing application of the Internet of Things, the impending global rollout of 5G and more enterprises increasing their need for SaaS and IaaS applications and infrastructure services, digital data is going into overdrive. Ciarán Flanagan from ABB looks at how colocation and multi-tenant data centers can achieve faster deployments and realize their assets quickly through modularization.

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Changing perceptions: How Li-ion battery technology is carving a bigger niche in the UPS market

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Energy Management Power & Cooling

As 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies transform how we live in the coming decade, data centre operators are preparing for fast growth to meet the need for increased data processing capacity. At the same time, the industry is under pressure to improve its energy efficiency in reaction to climate change, as well as needing to optimize its assets for the best possible return on investment (ROI). Switching to lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries can help operators balance these priorities while...

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Data Centre Management - securing the skills required for increasing demand and an evolving workplace

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

By Darren Watkins, managing director for VIRTUS Data Centres.

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The datacentre is dead — and other misconceptions

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

By Marion Stewart, COO, Pulsant.

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What’s fuelling our data? ~ Improving energy efficiency in data centres ~

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Energy Management Power & Cooling

In 2018, Chinese data centres produced 99 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) — generating the equivalent environmental footprint of around 21 million cars. With global data traffic more than doubling every four years, it’s no surprise that the environmental impact of data centres is coming under scrutiny. Here, Simone Bruckner, managing director of power resistor manufacturer Cressall Resistors, investigates the efficiency of our data centres.

Can Your Data Center Cooling System Do This?

Just how flexible is your data center cooling system? The incredibly agile and efficient Liebert DSE Free-Cooling system is designed around a single platform that can be configured in many ways for placement indoors or outdoors. With more than 5,000 installations globally and growing each day, it’s the most popular cooling system in the Vertiv stable of offerings.

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DC Facilities + Colo

Open to all, time for the data centre sector to end the skills issue

Gaining a competitive edge

Changing perceptions: How Li-ion battery technology is carving a bigger niche in the UPS market

Data Centre Management - securing the skills required for increasing demand and an evolving workplace

The datacentre is dead — and other misconceptions

What’s fuelling our data? ~ Improving energy efficiency in data centres ~

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Can Your Data Center Cooling System Do This?