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Energy challenges trigger data centre shake up

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Rob Elder, Vice President Data Centers, Bulk Infrastructure AS, discusses the current energy price spike and the impact it is already having on the global data centre industry - with a particular focus on how location is becoming an increasingly important factor for end users.

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Smarter power and cooling • Mitsubishi Electric Europe

Published in Power & Cooling

Mike McAdam, Data Centre Director EMEA, and Simon Prichard, Product Strategy Manager, both at Mitsubishi Electric Europe, explain how real-time data visualisation and smart insights can help to optimise data centre power and cooling infrastructure, before discussing the wider sustainability challenges and opportunities facing the industry into the future. They also share the company’s plans to leverage its critical infrastructure expertise to expand its presence within the data centre sector.

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Demand response set to deliver for the data centre sector?

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Kerr Johnstone, Director, i3 Solutions Group, discusses the increasing global demand for power, the strain that this places on power grids, and the opportunity this creates for the data centre industry to embrace the idea of demand response. Kerr explains how demand response can help data centre owners and operators contribute towards the industry’s Net Zero target, as well as generate useful revenue. If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the how, where and when of data centre demand...

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Data centre sustainability in a post-COP26, digital world

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Power & Cooling

Astrid Wynne, Chair of the DCA’s Sustainability Special Interest Group, provides detailed and fascinating insight as to the sustainability challenges and opportunities facing the data centre industry in the aftermath of the recent COP26 Summit, as the sector continues to provide a resilient foundation for global digital transformation.

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Sustainability and digital transformation – mutually exclusive or not?

Published in Digital Business Energy Management Power & Cooling

Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President, Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, is optimistic that organisations can pursue the benefits of digital transformation without compromising on their sustainability objectives. In particular, he believes that the data centre industry is very well placed to address the pressing environmental demands of the next few years, as it continues to develop technology innovations as it helps end users embrace the opportunities of the Digital Age.

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Shooting the breeze on thermal management

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

Chair of the Data Centre Alliance’s Thermal Management Special Interest Group (SIG), Jon Summers, looks at some of the topics and technologies under scrutiny as the current sustainability focus turns up the heat on the data centre sector to improve its environmental performance. Liquid cooling, legacy data centres, the PUE metric, geography and climate, waste heat reuse and the role of AI are all covered during the discussion.

DCS talks to QiO at Data Centre Transformation 2023

In this video we talk to Gary Chandler and Paul Silver from QiO at the 2023 Data Centre...

YVAM chiller meets Europe’s growing data centre demand

Todd Grabowski, President of Data Centre Solutions at Johnson Controls, explains how the company...

Orchestrating a renewable future

Wannie Park, CEO/founder of LG NOVA-backed PADO, an intelligent energy orchestration platform for...

Hetone at DCW Frankfurt 2025 – Interview with Adrian Lam

We spoke with Adrian Lam from Hetone at Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025 to hear about the...

Vertiv finds opportunities in responding to industry challenges

Sam Bainborough, Director, Strategic Segment Colocation & Hyperscale at Vertiv, discusses recent...

DCS talks to R&M at DCW 2025

In this video, DCS talks to R&M at DCW 2025

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