Datacentre Solutions

Exceeding international UPS safety standards

Published in Power & Cooling

Following a string of rigorous tests, Eaton has confirmed that its existing uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products not only already meet, but in fact exceed, the requirements of the upcoming changes to the international standard IEC 62040 Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) - Part 1: General and Safety Requirements for UPS.

Published in Power & Cooling

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the expansion of its Galaxy™ 300 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system which now includes 60 kVA and 80 kVA models.

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

JLL is expanding its alternatives capabilities to provide specialist data centre advice to occupier, investor and developer clients across EMEA.

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Seven day lead time for Galaxy VM UPS

Published in Power & Cooling

Reduced lead time will enable organisations to expedite deployment of business critical infrastructure.

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Size doesn't matter when managing infrastructure

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

By Nick Ewing, Director, Comtec Power.

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Building a modern data centre by the book

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

Three award-winning authors and technologists have published a new book, Building a Modern Data Center: Principles and Strategies of Design, that provides practical advice on how to use new technologies such as hyperconvergence, software-defined data centres and the cloud to meet the business challenges facing today’s IT organisations.

Kao transitions from diesel to HVO

Partnership with Crown Oil sees Kao Data become UK’s first data centre operator to fuel all their back-up generators with HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel in place of traditional diesel.

Nokia and Innventure collaborate

Innventure has established a new company, Accelsius, to commercialise Nokia’s groundbreaking cooling technology for critical electronic equipment.

Schneider Electric focuses energy on Dublin data centre

Availability, efficiency, growing customer communities of interest and operational excellence are the drivers for Interxion and their new DUB3 data centre.

Legrand to acquire UEC

Legrand, North and Central America (LNCA) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Electric Corporation (UEC), a global leader in the development of flexible, customizable power distribution systems, and manufacturer of the STARLINE and U-S Safety Trolley suites of products. This acquisition will enhance Legrand’s global position as a leader in the data center power industry, broaden Legrand’s product offerings and expertise in solution options for key customer segments, and enable future product innovation and designs that will improve data center efficiency and reliability.

Boston partners with Bytesnet Data Centers to deliver sustainable heating

Boston helps leading ecology-focused data centre firm use residual heat from immersion cooled servers.

Make it modular

There have been many rumblings of late that centre around the demise of traditional standalone UPS systems and the market longevity of these. It is undeniable that the market is saturated when it comes to centralised UPS. Technology seems to have plateaued and the performance delivered from different manufacturers has become fairly ubiquitous. This has meant that manufacturers are now having to compete on cost and subsequently, judging from the latest industry figures, are making less profit.

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