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Time for a data centre sustainability revolution

James Rix, Project Director, Global Lead for Data Center & Mission Critical CoP, Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd, provides a detailed, nuanced and expert analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing the data centre industry when it comes to the supply chain, skills and, crucially, sustainability. He argues that it is time for the industry to abandon its ‘softly, softly’ environmental evolution in favour of a strategic thinking and technology revolution.

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Data centres 'underprepared' for forthcoming legislation

The data centre industry is ‘underprepared’ for the forthcoming regulatory changes and new reporting thresholds, despite monitoring requitements starting in May 2023, according to Stephen Lorimer, Group Technical Director at Keysource, the international datacentre and critical environment specialists.

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Legrand Data Center Solutions opens Experience Center in Reading, UK

Legrand has opened a brand-new Customer Experience Center in Reading, UK, to showcase its portfolio of award-winning white and grey space data center solutions from their specialist brands.

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Lack of skills threatens data centre disruption

Mike Meyer, Managing Director, Portman Partners (Executive Search), provides some fascinating and expert insights as to why the data centre and wider digital infrastructure sectors are facing an imminent skills shortage, suggesting that innovative thinking and actions are required to address the situation before it becomes a significant bottleneck to ongoing digital transformation in both the business and consumer worlds.

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Royal Holloway University London top of the IT infrastructure class

Daisy Corporate Services has helped Royal Holloway University London (RHUL) reduce its data centre footprint by 75% and achieve energy savings of over 72% with the implementation of a new virtual infrastructure solution based on HPE dHCI technology.

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Nlyte Software has introduced its Nlyte Asset Explorer purpose-built connector for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). The new offering enables users to perform discovery, mapping and reporting reconciliation against the SCCM database, expediting the delivery of security updates to all Microsoft related equipment. This capability also validates user entitlements and cost center assignments.
The first comprehensive taxonomy of digital infrastructure job roles launches to help expand and diversify the industry’s talent pipeline.
Global technology provider Arrow Electronics has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with specialist rack manufacturer, Rackmount.IT.
Mellanox Technologies has introduced an advanced Network Telemetry technology that provides visibility into Data Plane Anomalies – for public cloud, private cloud and enterprise computing.
Johnson Controls has acquired Envision Intelligent Solutions, a bespoke security solutions business, specialising in technology-enabled remote monitoring and perimeter protection services.
Citigroup has utilised the Virtual Facility (VF) from Future Facilities to improve its NYC data centre efficiency, uncovering potential savings of over $290,000 annually. With an initial investment of just $28,500 for remediation, the project is expected to see a full return on investment in just 6 months. Powered by engineering simulation, the VF allowed Citigroup to simulate and predict the impact of any change to infrastructure – removing uncertainty in the decision-making process and laying the groundwork for the VF to be fully integrated into their workflow.
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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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