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Vertiv trends forecast sees intense focus on AI enablement and energy management

Intense, urgent demand for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – and the dueling pressure to reduce energy consumption, costs and greenhouse gas emissions – loom large over the data centre industry heading into 2024.

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Equinix uses AI to increase energy efficiency by up to 9% in its Frankfurt data centre

The AI-based cooling system implemented in FR6 with energy intelligence startup etalytics had significant effects on the data center’s carbon footprint with an increase in energy efficiency by up to 9% of the data center infrastructure. Due to the promising results of the pilot project, the cooperation is being expanded as a first step across nearly all IBX data centers in Frankfurt.

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Kohler Energy accelerates clean energy vision

Kohler Energy is introducing a new hydrogen KDI engine and its first-ever hydrogen fuel cell power system, expanding an ever-growing portfolio of clean energy solutions.

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Explaining the relevance of data centre carbon reporting

A new white paper from the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) talks through Scope 1, 2 & 3 requirements and provides examples of reports from the tech sector.

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Kohler Co. to establish energy division

Standalone business providing energy resilience solutions expected to benefit from Platinum Equity’s carve-out experience and operational expertise.

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Schneider Electric finalises acquisition of EcoAct

Schneider Electric has finalised the acquisition of EcoAct SAS, an international leader in climate consulting and net zero solutions headquartered in Paris, France. The completion of the transaction follows consultation with the relevant employee representative bodies and approval from the competent regulatory authorities.

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IT teams confident about hitting net-zero targets, yet challenges still persist

Telehouse research finds 81% of IT decision-makers are confident about achieving net-zero targets.

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Largest hospital area in Finland modernises its power systems to ensure mission critical uptime

Comprehensive power distribution solution upgrade improves security, safety and sustainability for tech-savvy Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) at their Meilahti Hospital Area.

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Centiel is the 2023 Recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award in the Global UPS Industry

: Centiel has been confirmed as the recipient of the 2023 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award in the global UPS industry.

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Vertiv unveils Customer Experience Centre and Data Centre Microgrid installation

Vertiv’s microgrid merges state-of-the-art infrastructure technologies and alternative energy sources to demonstrate reliable and robust power for data centre operations.

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ZincFive and ABB collaborate

ABB has added ZincFive as an approved supplier, allowing ABB to deliver UPS systems that include green and safe ZincFive NiZn battery solutions.

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OpenUK and the UN announce collaborative open source Data Centre Challenge

Furthering commitments made at COP26, with Data Centre Blueprint The Challenge will see open source software developers contribute to building a carbon neutral data centre model.

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Large-scale project shows how data centers can cut reliance on diesel fuel.

Saft delivers Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) replacement for diesel-powered backup at Microsoft data centre.

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Industry first for environmental metrics reporting

Proposed standardisation to environmental reporting metrics will help data centre businesses improve benchmarking and reach sustainability goals.

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Eaton delivers 'industry-first' software platform

New platform unites asset management, IT and operational technology device monitoring, power quality metrics and other unique capabilities in a single, native application.

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Videos

Saswata Basu, founder of Züs, explains how he has developed the dStorage decentralised storage platform using blockchain and delivering key benefits, such as the elimination of single points of failure, enhanced data privacy and security, cost-effectiveness, transparency, and improved access and management.
Steve Young, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Dell Technologies UK, discusses the complexities of digital transformation, focusing on the importance of avoiding multicloud by default by developing a multicloud by design strategy. Properly implemented, such a cloud smart approach should deliver the speed, flexibility and agility which are the hallmarks of today’s leading digital organisations.
Michael Cantor, CIO at Park Place Technologies, discusses how the role of the CIO continues to change and develop with the new challenges and opportunities presented by the world of technology. In addition to the CIO’s ‘traditional’ role of ensuring the smooth running of the IT department, as well as understanding how new technologies might impact on the business, the role now demands many new skills: sustainability, business intelligence and analytics to technology lifecycle, digital transformation, and customer experience.
Ryan Kovar, Distinguished Security Strategist and Leader of SURGe at Splunk, discusses the findings of the company’s 2023 CISO Report – with AI being seen as both a cybersecurity opportunity and threat, CISOs receiving more recognition, concerned over security tool sprawl and seen as enablers of cross-department collaboration. Ryan also offers some great insights as to how companies need to get the balance right when it comes to focusing on both preventing cyber attacks and addressing the consequences of a data breach – with extortion-ware a growing threat.

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