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The impact of raising data centre temperatures

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

Raising IT inlet temperatures to improve data centre efficiency might not produce the desired outcome. To optimise energy usage, a holistic approach to temperature management is required taking into consideration all of the various cooling equipment deployed, ambient climate, the size of the load and the operation of the IT equipment itself.

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

Chris Wellfair, Projects Director at Secure I.T. Environments, gives his view on the challenges of planning modular data centres, and some key considerations for those starting the journey.

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EMEA Big Data data centre infrastructure market to triple by 2019

Published in Big Data/Analytics-as-a-Service Compliance/Security Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Software

International Data Corporation (IDC) has completed an in-depth market sizing of the EMEA Big Data infrastructure market focusing on servers, storage, and cloud resources used for Big Data–related activities. These include value creation from merging different data sources, various analytics, log files, and metadata that help identify patterns and generate predictions.

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Nearly half of European data centres have no energy efficiency objectives in place

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Energy Management Power & Cooling

Research, commissioned by The Green Grid, has found that while the majority of organisations are facing growing pressures to improve the efficiency of their data centres, 43 per cent of those surveyed have no energy efficiency objectives in place. Furthermore, 97 per cent felt that they could improve their monitoring capabilities. This disconnect between goals and an understanding of the measures needed to make effective change, puts...

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G?ANT deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE for data centre interconnect

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Hardware Networking Networks + Telecoms

G?ANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research and education (R&E), and operator of the pan-European R&E network that interconnects Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), has deployed the Infinera Cloud Xpress to extend their 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network connectivity into data centers.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Power & Cooling

Next Generation Data has appointed npower Business Solutions as its new energy supplier and with this reaffirmed its leadership in sourcing all data centre power from 100 per cent renewable sources including wind, hydro and solar.

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Equinix Insider - White Ops President & COO, Eddie Schwartz

Eddie has over 25 years experience in information security, including recent work as the CISO of RSA, the Security Division of EMC, and Co-Founder/CSO of NetWitness.

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DC Facilities + Colo

The impact of raising data centre temperatures

Modular DCs: It can be the answer, but take the right approach

EMEA Big Data data centre infrastructure market to triple by 2019

Nearly half of European data centres have no energy efficiency objectives in place

G?ANT deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE for data centre interconnect

NGD turns to npower for 100 per cent renewable supply

Datavita plans Scotland’s first ‘metro’ data centre at 177 Bothwell Street

Open Access Data Centres launches Phase Two in Isando

Plastic plans

New Kao Data campaign highlights women driving innovation in Digital Infrastructure

Amazon makes water positive commitment

Meeting the explosion in data centre growth

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Equinix Insider - White Ops President & COO, Eddie Schwartz