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DCS Talks to David Bradley from Legrand at DC Ireland 2024

In this video we talk to David Bradley from Legrand at DC Ireland 2024

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Making an Impact on the future of the data centre industry

Lizzy McDowell, Marketing Manager at Kao Data, and Richard Irwin, Co-founder of Gen+1, share their enthusiasm and insights for all things data centre-related and, specifically, the work that the two organisations will be sharing as Kao Data becomes a new Impact Sponsor of the Gen+1 initiative. As an Impact Sponsor, Kao Data will play a crucial role in advancing GeN+1’s initiatives, which include educational programs, career development, and community engagement. Kao Data’s proactive approach aligns seamlessly with GeN+1’s goals to inspire and empower the future workforce in the data centre industry.

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Data centres need to become critical stakeholders in the energy sector

Ciarán Forde, VP, Strategic Accounts & Alliances, Electrical Sector Sales - EMEA, Eaton, discusses the collaboration between Eaton and data centre design and build company CTS Nordics, which has recently seen the opening of the new NordicEPOD factory in Oslo. NordicEPOD’s facility is now manufacturing standardised power modules called EPODs that shave weeks off data centre construction time. Ciaran explains the growing momentum behind such truly modular power modules and offers some fascinating insights into the ways in which the energy and data centre sectors need to work more closely together into the future.

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DCS talks to Astrid Wynne from Techbuyer at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation (DCT) 24 event.

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DCS talks to Liam Round, Regional Director Europe & Africa at Teksan at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

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DCS talks to Steve Hone, DCA about their DCT 2024 event!

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

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DCS talks to Alex Blake, Strategic Development Director at Critical Facilities Solutions at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

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DCS talks to Ruth Miller, Principal Consultant at Lenovo at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

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DCS talks to Emma Fryer, Director Public Policy Europe at CyrusOne at DCT 2024

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

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National Data Centre Academy promotes a sustainable future

John Booth, MD of Carbon3IT, explains the thinking behind the new National Data Centre Academy, as part of his company’s commitment to decarbonising ICT estates across the globe, by providing training in energy efficiency best practices in a real server room environment, demonstrating and showcasing products to accelerate the net zero agenda, and updating information on concepts and innovation to reduce energy consumption and to meet existing and future regulations.

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Schneider Electric continues to drive the data centre sustainability agenda

Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President, EcoStruxure Solutions, Secure Power Division, and Alison Matte, Sustainability Lead EcoStruxure IT, both at Schneider Electric, explain the introduction of new model based, automated sustainability reporting features within the company’s EcoStruxure IT DCIM software - discussing the importance of accurate performance metrics as data centres respond to the business imperatives of energy efficiency and performance optimisation as well as the march of environmental legislation - with the EU Energy Directive already making an impact.

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AI could ‘make or break’ the data centre industry

Jim Hart, BCS CEO, provides some brilliant insights into the sustainability, skills and supply chain challenges facing the data centre industry, and that’s before the AI explosion promises to redefine the rules completely! As ever, Jim brings some much needed wisdom to a discussion of the legislation, technology innovation, and choice of data centre location which will likely frame the industry’s future success.

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Making the magic happen

Doug Loewe, CEO, Kao Data, outlines the company’s strengths which attracted him to join the colo at the start of this year, and shares his vision for the future – with new locations in mainland Europe part of an ACE (AI, Cloud and Enterprise) plan. Doug also offers some great insights as to how the data centre industry in general is responding to the challenges and opportunities of providing a mission-critical foundation for today’s sustainable, digital world.

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Centiel to continue growing its data centre business

John Kreyling, Centiel’s newly appointed Business Development Director, shares his enthusiasm for all things UPS as he takes on an important new role at the company. John believes that Centiel has a key role to play in helping data centre owners and operators address their many power, energy efficiency and sustainability challenges, as it continues to develop both its dynamic approach to technology innovation and its presence in the market.

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Micro-scale nuclear offers 24x7 clean baseload power

Michael Crabb, SVP Commercial, Last Energy, talks through the energy start-up’s micro-scale nuclear power plant - a central component of the company's 20 MW modular power plant, which can be developed within 24 months and provide clean energy direct to data centres. Last Energy's innovation is designed to provide the fastest, most affordable, least resource-intensive path to 24x7 clean baseload power, along with siting flexibility and also addresses the problem of grid price volatility.

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Cambridge-based SuperDielectrics reports strong performance gains in zinc battery testing

SuperDielectrics says independent testing by QinetiQ shows its water-based zinc battery system outperforms lithium-ion alternatives in safety, cycle life, and charge-discharge performance across a range of...

Epsilon and ESpanix enhance global connectivity with their partnership

Epsilon Telecommunications partners with ESpanix to strengthen connectivity across the Iberian Peninsula, aiming to provide seamless network access and low-latency solutions for global markets.

Scality and OVHcloud: supporting digital sovereignty in AI

Scality and OVHcloud partner to deliver a sovereign cloud platform tailored for European digital sovereignty, aiming to address regulation and AI demands.

Navigating the shift in AI automation strategies between the UK and US

UK's pragmatic approach to AI automation prioritises pre-built solutions over bespoke development, contrasting with US's costlier custom-centric strategy. Structural market dynamics underpin this shift.

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The infrastructure behind the UK’s AI ambitions

Chris Carreiro, Chief Technology Officer at Park Place Technologies, examines how sovereign compute ambitions and accelerating AI adoption are reshaping enterprise infrastructure strategies.

Five ways partners can help customers stay ahead of AI-powered threat actors

By Daniel Hurel, Senior Vice President, Westcon EMEA Go-To-Market at Westcon-Comstor

Thinking like a threat actor: Why MSPs must look beyond the visible attack surface

In an exclusive interview with Rik Ferguson, VP of Security Intelligence at Forescout, it becomes clear that effective cybersecurity now demands more than compliance and regular practice. To stay ahead of...

Deepfakes are changing cybercrime and creating a new challenge for channel partners

By Ricardo Arroyo, Principal Product Manager at WatchGuard

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