NEWS
Data centres need to become critical stakeholders in the energy sector

Ciarán Forde, VP, Strategic Accounts & Alliances, Electrical Sector Sales - EMEA, Eaton, discusses the collaboration between Eaton and data centre design and build company CTS Nordics, which has recently seen the opening of the new NordicEPOD factory in Oslo. NordicEPOD’s facility is now manufacturing standardised power modules called EPODs that shave weeks off data centre construction time. Ciaran explains the growing momentum behind such truly modular power modules and offers some fascinating insights into the ways in which the energy and data centre sectors need to work more closely together into the future.

Watch Online
NEWS
A positive perspective on the data centre power challenge

Barny Evans, Director of Sustainability and ESG at Turley, explains how the data centre industry can sustainably navigate the energy demands of the AI revolution, discussing innovative approaches to powering data centres, such as microgrid implementation, demand flexibility, co-location strategies, and the integration of renewable energy sources in mixed-use developments.

Watch Online
NEWS
Combination of energy efficient data centres and modern IT infrastructure could save billions

Mat Brown, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer | Sustainability: Data Center & Hybrid Multicloud at Nutanix, who worked closely with Atlantic Ventures, as they produced the ‘Improving Sustainability in Data Centers 2024’ report, which reveals how next-generation data centre architectures, including hybrid cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), can significantly reduce energy consumption, lower carbon emissions, and drive cost savings across the EMEA region.

Watch Online
NEWS
Combination of energy efficient data centres and modern IT infrastructure to save billions

Mat Brown, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer | Sustainability: Data Center & Hybrid Multicloud at Nutanix, who worked closely with Atlantic Ventures, as they produced the ‘Improving Sustainability in Data Centers 2024’ report, which reveals how next-generation data centre architectures, including hybrid cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), can significantly reduce energy consumption, lower carbon emissions, and drive cost savings across the EMEA region.

Watch Online
NEWS
Hydrogen-powered AI factory data centre lifts off in Houston

Yuval Bachar, co-founder and CEO of ECL, the data centre-as-a-service pioneer which unveiled a world first off-grid, sustainable, modular, built-to-suit data centre earlier this year, explains the thinking behind the company’s decision to build what it says will be the first fully sustainable 1GW AI Factory – ECL TerraSite on a 600+ acre site in the New Orleans to Houston corridor.

Watch Online
NEWS
Centiel MD outlines an exciting future for UPS innovation

John Kreyling is moving from his role as Business Development Director to become the new MD of Centiel in the UK. He shares his excitement in taking on the new role, his objectives for the future and outlines the ways in which UPS technology can continue to make a major contribution to the data centre industry, as it seeks to address the challenges and opportunities around power availability and management, alongside a wider sustainability focus.

Watch Online
NEWS
Microgrids offer a new dawn for the sustainable power solutions sector

Ben Pritchard, CEO of AVK, a fast-growing supplier of innovative and sustainable power solutions for data centres and energy-intensive organisations both here and in Europe, discusses how the data centre industry can drive forward the sustainable power agenda by focusing on the development of microgrids, alongside existing efforts on renewables and decarbonisation more generally. The digital infrastructure industry has the opportunity to become a genuine sustainability enabler in the world of digital power solutions.

Watch Online
NEWS
National Data Centre Academy promotes a sustainable future

John Booth, MD of Carbon3IT, explains the thinking behind the new National Data Centre Academy, as part of his company’s commitment to decarbonising ICT estates across the globe, by providing training in energy efficiency best practices in a real server room environment, demonstrating and showcasing products to accelerate the net zero agenda, and updating information on concepts and innovation to reduce energy consumption and to meet existing and future regulations.

Watch Online
NEWS
Schneider Electric continues to drive the data centre sustainability agenda

Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President, EcoStruxure Solutions, Secure Power Division, and Alison Matte, Sustainability Lead EcoStruxure IT, both at Schneider Electric, explain the introduction of new model based, automated sustainability reporting features within the company’s EcoStruxure IT DCIM software - discussing the importance of accurate performance metrics as data centres respond to the business imperatives of energy efficiency and performance optimisation as well as the march of environmental legislation - with the EU Energy Directive already making an impact.

Watch Online

News

IT teams urged to resolve ‘data delays’ as UK executives struggle to access and use relevant business data.
Teraco, a Digital Realty company and provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, has started construction of its 120MW utility-scale solar PV power plant in the Free State...
Skillsoft has released its 2024 IT Skills and Salary Report. Based on insights from more than 5,100 global IT decision-makers and professionals, the annual report examines the state of the IT industry and...
The Seeq platform will be leveraged to maximize production and increase energy efficiency across the largest biorefinery in Europe.

Expert Opinions

By Kashif Nazir, Technical Manager at Cloudhouse.
Rob Mackle, Managing Director, EMEA & APAC at Assured Data Protection, discusses the cost and complexity of starting an MSP business.