Comparing the costs of prefabricated versus traditional data centres

Prefabricated modular data centres offer many benefits including flexibility, predictability and speed of deployment. Cost can be seen as a barrier, but a systematic comparison provides detailed insights into the variance in capital expenditure between a prefab and a traditional purpose-built...

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Safeguarding crime data

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has awarded the management of two of its critical data centres to Keysource, the critical environment specialists, as part of the wider strategic implementation of the force’s technology transformation programme.

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Equinix launches four new data centres

Company to invest more than $4.5B in Platform Equinix in 2016 to address changing IT needs of global business.

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DE-CIX Istanbul expands to Zenium Istanbul One

DE-CIX's Istanbul Internet exchange will open a new Point of Presence (PoP) at the Zenium Istanbul One data center in Istanbul, Turkey. This new PoP will further enhance the reach of DE-CIX Istanbul, which delivers carrier and data-center neutral Internet exchange services for Internet...

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New satellite data centre hosted at Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth is to host a new centre of excellence for satellite data, which...

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Global Switch commences construction of final stages of Sydney East Data Centre

Global Switch, the leading owner and operator of large scale cloud and carrier neutral data...

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London reclaims data centre top spot

London saw the most demand for colocation data centre space across Europe in 2015, displacing...

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Morgan Lewis expands Global eData Service offerings with EU data centre launch

eData team to host webinar on the current state of EU data privacy law and the firm’s new EU...

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Node4 invests ?2m to expand Northampton Data Centre

Node4, the Cloud, Data Centre and Communications specialist, has announced a major expansion to...

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France-IX supports launch of first neutral Internet exchange point in Morocco

France-IX, the Paris and Marseille-based digital gateway to MEA region, continues to facilitate the...

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White paper examines the drivers and benefits of Edge Computing

As Internet usage becomes more bandwidth intensive and more devices become connected, processing...

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City Lifeline supports Tech City start-up

Central London data centre City Lifeline is announcing its short-term partnership with tech...

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HNS GeoCirrus puts affordable data centre diversity on the map

Geo diverse data centre infrastructure management platform reduces the cost and complexity of...

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The key to data centre transformation

Wipro has won an IT infrastructure transformation contract from the ASSA ABLOY Group,...

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VIRTUS joins forces with Jisc to drive UK education and research forward

VIRTUS Data Centres has provided details of the latest members to have joined the first national...

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Videos

At Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we caught up with Senol Meral from Legrand to hear their thoughts on the evolving data centre landscape. Watch the full interview to find out what they had to say.
Jason Feist, senior vice president of cloud marketing, Seagate, discusses the findings of the company’s recent Decarbonizing Data report, which highlights the growing sustainability challenges facing data...
Mark Yeeles, Schneider Electric’s Vice President, Secure Power Division, UK and Ireland, discusses the challenges and opportunities for the data centre industry as AI and data fuel a new industrial...
At Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we spoke with Cecilia Hjertzell from T-Loop to learn more about the company’s presence at the event and her perspective on the industry.

Expert Opinions

By Nick Ewing, Managing Director, EfficiencyIT.
In a hyperconnected world, where information flows in real time and digital operations are mission-critical, data centers have become the backbone of the global economy. In these environments, energy is not...
By Nicholas Lynch, Principal Consultant at NetSPI.