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Climate change is heating up the challenge to keep data centres cool

Rackspace's Gavin Murray explores four ways data centre operators can keep facilities cool in an ecological way A few weeks ago temperatures reached highs of 38°C across the UK, marking... Read More


New data centre management tools demand continual learning

Steve Weiner, senior lead product manager, colocation services at Cyxtera, looks at the importance of continual learning and communication Data centre staff have grown accustomed to constant changes in our... Read More


Dark fibre: A data centre manager’s toolkit

Rob Coenen breaks down the top considerations data centre managers should make before plunging into the dark Between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019, mobile data traffic surged by 82 percent.... Read More


Pushing the high street to the edge

In a world where immediacy is the big consumer model, there’s no time for the latency that occurs when data travels to and from remote data centres or the cloud... Read More


Power players: Lessons other industries should learn from data centres

Following its launch of the Blackout report, an in-depth analysis of how likely the UK is to experience a nationwide electricity failure, Riello UPS General Manager Leo Craig explains why... Read More


Uncovering the hidden costs of data centre cooling

STULZ UK’s Johnathan Attwood warns that environmental regulation is increasing the cost of conventional cooling approaches widely used by the data centre sector. How can operators reduce their OPEX and... Read More


Open source vs. commercial parallel file systems: Truth and fiction in a HPC World

In the fast-paced world of HPC, data storage is an essential component in guaranteeing business critical deliverables. HPC data storage systems rely on parallel file systems to deliver maximum performance... Read More


The future of the data centre is written in the stars

If you’re interested in where the data centre may be headed you should do one thing—look up, writes Chris Adams, president and CEO of Park Place Stargazing may soon become... Read More


Nine myths about prefabricated data centres debunked

Felipe Reséndiz busts common myths and misconceptions surrounding prefabricated data centres There are many misconceptions in our industry when it comes to the pros and cons of prefabricated data centres. ... Read More


The infrastructure behind Stadia and the next evolution of cloud gaming

With the imminent launch of Google’s cloud gaming platform Stadia, Riello UPS Marketing and Communications Manager Barry Jarvis explores whether we are any closer to success in our elusive pursuit... Read More


Hardware vendor lock-in: A long and messy past

Over the last decade, most organizations have learned to avoid server hardware lock-in. Doing so unlocked massive improvements in terms of costs and agility Today, many organizations are still locked... Read More


How fast is the data centre industry changing?

Flexenclosure’s Jos Baart shares his predictions on some of the coming challenges and opportunities that will drive a major reshaping of the data centre industry - and the best way... Read More


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