Data centre apocalypse?

At a time of an unprecedented data centre building boom across the country it is claimed there is still a looming apocalypse heading for data centres that few have thought about. Many data centres, built at the end of the 1900s and early 2000s, are nearing an end-of-life. According to MigSolv, the data centre specialist, nearly 80% of the UK’s data centres will become unsuitable in just 5-years time.

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Steria ‘leads the way’ with CarbonNeutral® data centres

Steria is one of the first companies in the world to be awarded CarbonNeutral® certification for its data centres, recognising the growing environmental impact of IT services and customers’ need for solutions which reduce the carbon impact in their value chain, including both upstream and downstream emissions (Scope 3).

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Cirba support for Amazon Web Services and Softlayer

Cirba Inc. has announced support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM’s Softlayer. These new capabilities will enable organisations to determine the best execution venue for applications whether on internal or external infrastructure, while also providing management control and visibility across all enterprise workloads. Cirba is extending its support for internal VMware vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V, IBM PowerVM on AIX and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation-based environments to external...

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US data centres consume (and waste) massive amounts of electricity

Much of the massive amounts of electricity America’s data centers devour supporting our business and online activity is being wasted running computer servers doing little or no work most of the time, according to a report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Improved energy efficiency practices could cut energy waste by at least 40 percent, saving over $3 billion annually.

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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