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Fujitsu powers near-zero emissions data centre in wind turbine

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management

WestfalenWIND IT has built one of the world’s first data centres located inside a wind turbine, directly utilising eco-friendly electricity.

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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019

Published in Design + Optimisation Digital Business Energy Management Everything AI Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling Virtual + Augmented Reality

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, empowered edge, privacy and ethics, quantum computing, immersive experiences, augmented analytics, autonomous things and digital twins drive the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019. David Cearley, Gartner Vice President, presented the trends at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

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Designing an energy-efficient data centre

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management

Minkels launches white paper 10 about the use of the EN 50600 to design an energy-efficient data centre.

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Edge data centres for next generation processing and storage

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

There are a number of major trends and technologies which are currently reshaping the IT market and changing the requirements for IT infrastructure. These include the IoT, smart devices, driverless vehicles, cryptocurrency data mining, artificial intelligence, internet shopping, content streaming and online gaming to name but a few,as Riello explains.

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How “going natural” is transforming data centres

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

Just as computers generate heat, the data centres that contain the servers that power our emails and data sharing culture also generate a lot of heat. As a result, one of the primary sources of energy use in most data centres is cooling. Finding the right solution is important, not least because of the effect of overheating on performance and potential damage to hardware. By Lorenzo Giuntini, Head of Engineering at Aruba S.p.A.

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