Facilities & Servers
How harnessing dashboards for smarter energy use illuminates the path to...
Not all innovations lead to new products, instead, they can represent fresh approaches, improved processes or enhanced solutions. Kate Baker, Connected Lighting Manager at Ansell Lighting, highlights the benefits and...
Are you choking your servers? How cleaner air provides a greener solution
Keeping the air pristine inside data centre facilities is key to operating at full proficiency and protecting electronic equipment. Operators must balance this with minimising HVAC energy use which increases...
Beyond the blueprint: The fusion of function and form in data centre design
Data centre design is more than just appearance – it’s an intricate blend of logistics, energy efficiency and technology implementation. Voices from the industry share their views on achieving a balance between aes...
Protecting the keys to the kingdom: Assessing data centre risks
Data is the highest-value asset within a data centre facility and must be shielded. Terry King, Vice President, Security and Technology Consulting at Guidepost Solutions, explores the significance of threat...
Beyond Earth: The next frontier for data centre innovation
An ASCEND study has confirmed space data centres could transform the European digital landscape. To understand the benefits of non-Earth data centres and explore the data from the study, we speak to Yves Durand,...
From perimeter to rack: Unpacking the five layers of data centre protection
Data centres have targets on their back. Threat actors are incessant on infiltrating where they can, which is why the infrastructure ecosystem must be secure both inside and out, says Sienna Cacan, Global Enterprise...
How Leaseweb’s East Coast expansion tackles extreme conditions with i...
Richard Copeland, CEO, Leaseweb USA, discusses the recent data center expansion in Miami, New York City and Washington D.C., and offers insights into geo-redundancy, engineering efforts and the trends set to take...
What to do with your old servers when transitioning to the cloud
Ryan Birkenbach, ITAD Manager at Desco Electronic Recyclers, shares insight into how businesses can improve their sustainability strategy and generate revenue with a focus on refurbished servers. As businesses move to the...
Does every data centre need generators?
The industry needs to re-evaluate the need for total generator backup capacity, according to Jamie Cameron, Associate Director, Cundall. The industry standard of ‘5 9s’ availability may be achievable without gen...
How to optimise data centre piping systems for sustainable and future-ready...
Grooved mechanical pipe joining, combined with virtual design, prefabrication and BIM, holds exciting potential to overcome the challenges of data centre construction and sustainability in the Middle East, says Zeyd...
Strategies to deal with increasing AI demand in the data centre design and...
Data centres must evolve to accommodate the challenges posed by AI workloads. Salih Toyran, Director Mission Critical, chapmanbdsp, explores strategies for optimising infrastructure and implementing advanced cooling...
Protecting the keys to the kingdom: Assessing data centre risks
Data is the highest-value asset within a data centre facility and must be shielded. Terry King, Vice President, Security and Technology Consulting at Guidepost Solutions, explores the significance of threat...
Art pushes technology: How VAST Data’s solutions accelerate Pixar’s cinematic mag...
Pixar’s innovative productions have redefined the boundaries of technology integration in visual storytelling. Its collaboration with VAST has set the foundation for AI-powered cinematography while allowing quick a...
Next-gen HPC delivers sustainability, efficiency and lower TCO for BNP...
BNP Paribas, atNorth and Dell Technologies have collaborated in order to deploy HPC with 50% less energy usage, 85% less CO2 output and lower TCO. To deliver more value to its customers and fuel emerging HPC needs,...
Spectra Logic deploys 18-frame tape library at SLAC National Accelerator...
Spectra Logic, a leader in data management and data storage solutions, has announced that the company deployed an 18-frame Spectra TFinity ExaScale Tape Library with LTO-9 tape drives and media...
Ireland’s largest university upgrades data centre cooling system with S...
The Future Campus project at University College Dublin (UCD) called for space utilised by facility plant and equipment to be given up for development to support the student population. Total Power Solutions, an Elite...
Proximity meets requirements for Edge-based immersive VR and AR experiences
The GRID Factory needed to offer its client a new approach for delivering highly accurate 3D city models and found the solution in Proximity’s Edge 7, 89,000 sqft. Edge data centre in Swindon. Ben Jones, Founder and C...
Knight Frank continues to invest in thriving data centre market
Stephen Beard, Global Head of Data Centres, Knight Frank, discusses how real estate and data centres marry up, data centre growth in the UK market compared to the global picture and why Manchester should be a top...
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