Powering the planet
April 7, 2020
Cindy Ryborz, marketing manager DC EMEA at Corning Optical Communications, explores how data centre operators are managing their carbon footprint.
Tag: Energy Efficiency
Report suggests customers moving to AWS could also be reducing their footprint
November 27, 2019
While there are many benefits to moving to the public cloud, a new report has suggested that switching to AWS could help reduce your carbon footprint by up to 88%, that’s when compared to a traditional US enterprise data centre.
Schneider Electric’s new Uniflair range offers 25% cooling boost without taking up more space
November 26, 2019
Schneider Electric has announced two new additions to its Uniflair cooling range, both of which are ExoStruxure Ready and promise massive boosts in both efficiency and capacity.
How to improve energy efficiency in data centres
October 29, 2019
In 2018, Chinese data centres produced 99 million tonnes of CO2 — generating the equivalent environmental footprint of around 21 million cars. With global data traffic more than doubling every four years, it’s no surprise that the environmental impact of 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
Google commits €3 billion to European data centres
September 20, 2019
Google has announced that it will make an additional investment of €3 billion in its data centres across Europe, although that money will miss the UK as it has chosen to expand its existing European sites.
The efficiency trade off
August 19, 2019
Want to improve the efficiency of your UPS system without having to sacrifice on availability? Giovanni Zanei, senior director, global large power offering at Vertiv, discusses how you can improve the efficiency of your UPS – without having to rely on ECO
Converged PoE technologies: The answer to smarter more productive workplaces?
July 25, 2019
Panduit has installed an intelligent sensing lighting solution for enterprise and data centre environments transitioning to Power over Ethernet (PoE) at its London Customer Briefing Centre (CBC).
Is Edge the answer to energy efficiency?
July 3, 2019
When it comes to data centres today, we have a shiny new list of terminology; hyperscale, enterprise, co-lo, cloud and now we have ‘edge’ as the latest buzz word in the industry. James Rix, associate director for data centres at Arcadis explores how
WorldStream announces second phase expansion at flagship data centre
June 24, 2019
WorldStream, a fast-growing hosting provider, has announced a 268-rack expansion at its company-owned, flagship data centre in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands.