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Open Compute and data centre architectures

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

A new White Paper from Schneider Electric considers the capital costs of OCP-compliant data centres, including the implications for redundancy, availability and flexibility of upstream power infrastructure.

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Green Experts reach consensus on ICTFOOTPRINT.eu innovative approach for measuring energy efficiency

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Energy Management

Energy consumption in the ICT sector accounts for almost 10% of electricity consumption in the European Union. By decreasing emissions by just 15%, the ICT sector can make savings of ˆ600 billion by 2020.

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

DataVita, a Scottish datacentre provider, has selected SSE as its chosen energy supplier, meeting the objective of powering the Fortis datacentre using 100% renewable energy sources. This will allow customers to reduce carbon emissions by 95% for their IT services hosted in the facility.

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

After the successful initial launch of the MatrixCube in Belgium this past year, Minkels will now extend this offering to the Netherlands as well. The Dutch market launch will then be followed by other countries including Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom and global export regions. The European launch will be accompanied by Minkels’ presentation of the MatrixCube at Infosecurity (15 and 16 June 2016, Brussels, Belgium).

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Energy Management Power & Cooling

Nlyte Software has announced the Virtual Power Distribution Unit (V-PDU) availability as part of the company’s leading Data Center Service Management (DCSM) Solution. The V-PDU offers equivalent capabilities and functionality of hardware-based PDU’s but at a 90 percent cost savings.

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ZTE and Tencent construct 'world’s most energy-efficient' mobile modular data centre

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management

ZTE Corporation has joined leading Internet company Tencent to successfully build Tencent West Lab, a fully mobile containerised data center with world-leading levels of energy efficiency.

Schneider Electric wins ‘Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability and Efficiency’, and ‘Power Innovation of the year’ at DCS Awards 2022

Schneider Electric wins ‘Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability and Efficiency’ category...

Loughborough University drives data centre efficiency and reliability

Loughborough, the world’s leading university for sports-related subjects, has undertaken a data...

Zenobe Energy announces Europe’s biggest battery with 100MW battery project in Capenhurst

The project will be the world’s first battery to absorb reactive power directly from the grid,...

European data centre market prepares for record take-up and supply growth

The FLAP market will see more than 415MW of new supply added in 2021. This is almost 100MW more...

Schneider Electric launches five new certifications

EcoXpert partner program enables certified partners and valued customers to access to global skills...

CNet Training celebrates 20 years of education

Global leader in data centre and network infrastructure education and training, CNet Training, is...

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