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By James Rogers Jones, Head of Sustainable Development, BCS Consultancy.

Fire safety at scale: protecting modern data centre construction sites

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management

Aaron Velardi, head of North American development at Ramtech North America, explains that, as data centre construction across North America accelerates, projects are becoming larger, faster and more complex than ever before – and the consequences of getting fire safety wrong have never been higher. Traditional approaches, developed for early, smaller-scale facilities, are being stretched beyond their limits on today’s megasites. Aaron explores how evolving risks, updated NFPA guidance and...

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AI workloads and the implications for high-density datacentre design

Published in Design + Optimisation

AI workloads are pushing datacentre infrastructure towards higher rack densities, new cooling strategies and greater power demand. Jamie Darragh, Data Centre Director, Europe, at global datacentre engineering design consultancy Black & White Engineering, examines the design implications for the next generation of facilities.

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WAN Networking: shift to the edge?

Published in AI Cloud Cloud + MS Design + Optimisation Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management IT Management + Service Networks + Telecoms

By David Trossell, CEO and CTO at Bridgeworks.

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Antin Infrastructure Partners acquires NorthC Datacenters

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired NorthC Datacenters, adding to its portfolio of European data infrastructure. Further developments are planned under the new ownership.

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Aligning AI data centre growth with power infrastructure constraints

Published in Cloud Design + Optimisation Energy Management Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Siemens is partnering with technology providers and integrating energy solutions to help AI data centres align compute growth with grid capacity.

Managing DNA research data at Copenhagen University

The High-throughput DNA Sequencing Centre at Copenhagen University opts for a centralised,...

78% of UK data centres aren’t compliant with best practice ASHRAE thermal guidelines

EkkoSense shows how impact of just 11% of IT racks falling outside of ASHRAE recommended range...

Comtec Power deliver IP House upgrade

Schneider Electric Elite Partner is on track to deliver phase one of the Tier III Data Centre,...

TelecityGroup breaks ground on new 'heart of the digital economy' Dublin data centre

TelecityGroup Ireland has started the build on its new state-of-the-art data centre in...

Data centre M&A activity set for another record year

New data from Synergy Research Group shows that 52 data center-oriented M&A deals closed in the...

BCS launches graduate and apprenticeship programme 2021

Despite the continuing disruption to both education and industry as a result of the Covid-19...

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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