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PODS launch addresses high-powered demand

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Asset Management Power & Cooling

Data center power systems supplier Kohler has launched its range of walk-in Power Optimised Design Solutions (PODS) in response to the increased market demand for high-power gensets. Richard Russet, Managing Director, Kohler, talks through the launch, as well as some of the challenges facing the data centre industry right now.

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Edge takes centre stage for Proximity

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Hosting + Colocation

John Hall, Managing Director Colocation, Proximity Data Centres, explains the company’s strategy as it builds out a network of 20 or so regional, or edge, UK colocation data centres. With the halfway point already in sight, he is confident that the company’s business model is an attractive proposition for a variety of customers. John also shares some fascinating insights as to how he sees the data centre industry developing over time, as it tries to reconcile increasing demand with its...

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Sustainable digital infrastructure in the spotlight

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Hosting + Colocation

Thor Johnsen, Head of Digital Infrastructure at investment company Triple Point Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) and Dominic Ward, CEO of Icelandic data centre operator Verne Global, discuss the investment company’s recent acquisition of the Icelandic data centre operator, with sustainability very much front and centre. Both provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of sustainable investment, operating truly sustainable data centres and of responding to the wider focus on...

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A flexible edge - central to a successful data centre strategy

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

DCS talks with Sam Prudhomme, Subzero Engineering’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, discussing the problems of planning for edge applications without any certainty as to when, where and how they will need to be delivered by means of an organisation’s data centre infrastructure. Speed of construction, flexibility, agility and scalability are key, which is why Subzero Engineering has taken a slightly different approach when it comes to designing the Essential Micro Data Centre.

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Data centre industry in good health, ready for sustainability, supply chain and skills challenges

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

DCS talks with Jim Hart, CEO of Business Critical Solutions (BCS). The company’s summer report paints an optimistic picture for the data centre sector in terms of continuing growth; but acknowledges that the industry faces some significant disruption as it seeks to address the problems posed by climate change, the global supply chain and a skills shortage.

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UPS in the spotlight

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Power & Cooling

DCS talks to Louis McGarry, Sales & Marketing Director at Centiel UK, focusing on the company’s impressive track record designing, manufacturing and delivering UPS systems for the data centre market, with hot/safe swap, the importance of service and sustainability key topics covered during the conversation.

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DC Facilities + Colo

PODS launch addresses high-powered demand

Edge takes centre stage for Proximity

Sustainable digital infrastructure in the spotlight

A flexible edge - central to a successful data centre strategy

Data centre industry in good health, ready for sustainability, supply chain and skills challenges

UPS in the spotlight

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Reversible computing and near zero-energy silicon chips

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