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Improving power quality in data centres

CP Automation teams up with Janitza to provide residual current monitoring.

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Video promises 'enlightenment' for Europe's data centre users

A new animated video from the European Data Centre Association provides an education in the criticality of data centres, the cloud and digital infrastructure to modern Europe, clearing up potential misconceptions for those curious to know more about the sector.

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ABB Ability SmartTracker enables users to monitor UPS system performance and optimise efficiency

Simple plug-and-play ANC Network Card connects ABB’s high performance UPS systems to powerful cloud-based data analytics and tech support.

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Datacentre UK receives Schneider Electric’s first Sustainability Impact Award in the UK&I

Datacentre UK wins award for outstanding efforts in decarbonising their customers’ data centres and for prioritising sustainability, efficiency and reduced operating costs.

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Schneider Electric appoints Mark Yeeles to Secure Power Division

Mark Yeeles joins Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Division from its UK&I Industrial Automation Business after a period of sustained growth.

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BCS launches 2023 apprenticeship programme

Business Critical Solutions (BCS), the specialist business dedicated to optimising digital infrastructure across the globe, has started recruiting for this year’s apprenticeship programme and is looking for the next generation of Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers.

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Vertiv powers cell sites and 5G radio networks

Vertiv has introduced the new Vertiv™ NetSure™ IPE outdoor rectifier, to facilitate 5G rollout and enable operators to increase capacity in areas where demand for data is vast.

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Data centre makes a splash

Deep Green, a British start-up, has launched a UK-first technology that supplies free heat to local businesses and public swimming pools, reducing their energy bills and cutting their reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuel boilers.

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Enhanced integration in EcoStruxure solutions from Schneider Electric

More open, flexible and simple integration to the largest portfolio of building systems and devices, including electric vehicle charging and power.

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Stellium Datacentres selects Schneider Electric Galaxy VM UPS

Stellium Datacentres chose Galaxy™ VM UPS with lithium-ion batteries due to its high-levels of reliability, energy efficiency capabilities, and Schneider Electric’s sustainable product strategy.

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Vertiv Introduces Chilled Water Thermal Wall

Vertiv™ Liebert® CWA is a turnkey cooling solution designed to raise the technology threshold of chilled water air handling units for slab floor applications.

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Equinix to back five new solar farms

New projects, managed by IGNIS, expected to generate more renewable electricity than currently used by Equinix data centres across Madrid, Barcelona and Seville.

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Three unlocks 12.5% data centre cooling energy reduction

Rapid thermal optimisation using EkkoSoft Critical AI-powered software helps Three’s data centre team meet corporate demand for 5% total energy saving across legacy sites.

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84% of major firms failing to disclose operational emissions targets

Companies are pledging to reduce their carbon impact but struggling to measure progress across their supply chains.

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Data Centre momentum continues in EMEA

2022 saw total capacity across key markets increase by 1020MW.

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Videos

Pure Storage’s Wes Van Den Berg, Vice President and General Manager, UK & Ireland, discusses the findings of the company’s recent IT Sustainability Impact Survey. IT departments have a major role to play in helping organisations achieve their sustainability goals; and IT vendors have a similar responsibility to supply energy-efficient, sustainable solutions – Evergreen storage in Pure Storage’s case.
Tim Loake, VP, Infrastructure Solutions Group, UK at Dell Technologies, discusses the many ways in which the data centre industry can improve its sustainability credentials. The conversation includes some great insights into technology innovations around, liquid cooling, renewables automation and IT hardware, as well as the importance of ensuring end users are optimising the use of their existing digital infrastructure.
Steven Brown Schneider Electric’s Global Director - Cloud & Service Provider Segment, discusses the current energy crisis, as well as the ongoing climate change challenge, in terms of how the data centre industry needs to leverage electrification as the key part of a Strategise, Digitise, Decarbonise approach - with the ultimate opportunity of creating climate positive data centres as part of a successful Net Zero strategy.
Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, discusses the Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible (BANI) challenges facing businesses at the present time, explaining how the company’s innovative storage solutions help to address many of these current cost, staffing and wider cybersecurity, data resilience and sustainability pain points.

Expert Opinions

By Claire Thomas, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Hitachi Vantara.
An increasing number of data centre sites are being made ‘construction ready’ with groundwork and infrastructure already in place for developers. But the benefits of employing an independent operator to connect and maintain these new electrical networks isn’t fully appreciated, as Frank Welsh, Managing Director of UK Power Distribution explains.
By Emma Gooderham, Commerical Director at Cloud Gateway.