Siemon says that its fully shielded TERA end-to-end twisted-pair copper cabling system exceeds the draft class II requirements of ISO/IEC 11801-1 (Committee Draft N2483). Class II channels and permanent links are qualified up to 2 GHz and constructed from category 8.2 connecting hardware, cables and cords to meet future 25 Gb/s (25GBASE-T) and 40 Gb/s (40GBASE-T) applications.
Read MoreSix Degrees Group (6DG) has opened a major new data centre in the heart of Birmingham. Located alongside the city’s thriving ‘Silicon Canal’, the brand new 5,800m2 state-of-the-art facility will deliver high performance energy-efficient data centre space to meet the increasing demands of businesses across the Midlands and the UK.
Read MoreFrankfurt-based data center operator maincubes laid the foundation stone for the new high-performance data center in Offenbach near Frankfurt on August 30, 2016, accompanied by representatives from local politics, investors, partners and future customers. At the foundation stone-laying ceremony, the speeches were made by Horst Schneider, Mayor of Offenbach, G?nther Wei?, EVO Board of Management, Stephan Lang, Managing Director of ICT Facilities and Oliver Menzel, CEO of...
Read MoreWith the data centre industry becoming one of the fastest growing and power-hungry sectors, The Green Grid has urged data centre operators to commit to energy efficient practices. Without such practices in place, providers will be unable to protect consumers from excessive data restrictions as data centres seek to satisfy customer demands against dwindling energy supplies.
Read MoreFirst industry tool to model costs and benefits of renewable choices and efficiency measures; compares more than 60 European sites for locating facilities.
Read MoreDespite their technical characteristics, Lithium-ion batteries have long been considered too expensive for use in backup power supplies for data centres, but decreasing costs driven by the electric car industry make their use increasingly attractive when considering the total cost of ownership over a system’s lifetime.
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