Apple puts the final nail in plans for £738 million data centre in Ireland
October 17, 2019
Apple is giving up on its dream of building a £738 million data in Ireland, after it was reported by The Times that the site is now up for sale.
Tag: Data Centre
CSR green credentials incomplete without ‘cloud sustainability’, says Memset
October 15, 2019
While the climate change protests have been banned in London for the time being, the debate around the topic continues in earnest.
CBRE rolls out new technology services to suite of data centre solutions
October 15, 2019
CBRE announced today that it has expanded its Data Centre Solutions (DCS) offering to include an additional range of technology services.
Cyxtera opens new Amsterdam data centre, confirms CXD expansion to two European cities
October 11, 2019
Cyxtera Technologies has officially opened its latest European data centre in Amsterdam, although the facility is not set to commence business operations until the first quarter of 2020.
Equinix, GIC joint venture begins bringing European xScale data centres online
October 10, 2019
It was announced earlier this year that Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, and Equinix were partnering up to build xScale data centres across Europe as part of a $1 billion joint venture. That joint venture has now formally begun operation, with the
Legal & General poised to acquire Welsh data centre for £200M
October 8, 2019
Legal & General is reportedly set to acquire a 750,000sqft data centre facility in Newport, South Wales. The acquisition will come as part of the company’s push into digital infrastructure investments, with The Telegraph reporting that the firm is using the deal as
Samsung gives AI a memory boost with new 12-layer high bandwidth memory chips
October 8, 2019
Samsung has figured out a way to stack 12 DRAM chips in the same space it previously only had eight, with the firm leveraging Through Silicon Via technology to achieve the feat. Despite its current generation high bandwidth memory leveraging wire bonding
Schneider Electric partners with Avnet, Iceotope to develop liquid cooling solutions for data centres
October 2, 2019
Schneider Electric is teaming up with Avnet and Iceotope to develop a new cutting-edge liquid cooling solution for data centres.
UK data centres exceed energy efficiency target two years early
September 27, 2019
UK data centres signed up to the Climate Change Agreement have successfully achieved a more than 15% improvement in their power usage effectiveness, meeting the target two years ahead of schedule. However, while the data centres achieved the feat collectively, on an
Kao Data tips Paul Finch as new interim CEO
September 23, 2019
Kao Data, one of the UK’s newest entrants to the wholesale colocation data centre market, has announced a new interim CEO who will help steer the firm through its expansion phase. Effective immediately, Paul Finch, a 30-year veteran of the industry, will