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Interview: Emerging trends for a sustainable data centre industry
Storage

Interview: Emerging trends for a sustainable data centre industry

SPIE UK's Peter Westwood discusses the various technologies emerging both now and in the future to boost energy efficiency among data centres.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Mon, 11th Feb 2019
Fujitsu takes conservation prize for immersion cooling system
DataCentre infrastructure

Fujitsu takes conservation prize for immersion cooling system

The prize was awarded for the Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Immersion Cooling System that can reduce power consumption by up to 40%.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
Liquid cooling key to silencing a noisy data centre
DataCentre infrastructure

Liquid cooling key to silencing a noisy data centre

Data centre are famous for being very noisy, but Schneider Electric's Steven Carlini says liquid cooling infrastructure could change that.

By Steven Carlini • 4 min read • Mon, 21st Jan 2019
AI driving liquid cooling renaissance in modern data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

AI driving liquid cooling renaissance in modern data centres

As AI applications push modern data centres to their limits, liquid cooling technologies are experiencing a resurgence to meet processing demands.

By Steven Carlini • 3 min read • Mon, 31st Dec 2018
Schneider Electric's bets for the 2019 data centre industry
Unified Communications

Schneider Electric's bets for the 2019 data centre industry

From IT and telco merging to the renaissance of liquid cooling, here are the company's top predictions for the year ahead.

By Steven Carlini • 6 min read • Wed, 12th Dec 2018
DataCentres Ireland 2018 heralded as a great success
Hyperscale

DataCentres Ireland 2018 heralded as a great success

Data Centers Ireland achieves record-breaking attendance with over 1,600 attendees at this year's event in Dublin.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Dec 2018
Europe leading the way in OCP adoption
DataCentre infrastructure

Europe leading the way in OCP adoption

Schneider's Robert Bunger discusses his key takings from the Open Compute Summit and how Europe is leading the US.

By Robert Bunger • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Nov 2018
Heat waste of Microsoft's submarine data centre not acceptable
Hyperscale

Heat waste of Microsoft's submarine data centre not acceptable

An expert has shared his findings into Microsoft's underwater data centre project, saying the waste heat is unacceptable for climate change.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Nov 2018
Nadella confident future data centres will be underwater
Hyperscale

Nadella confident future data centres will be underwater

In June this year Microsoft stretched the boundaries of data centres by dumping one in the sea and Nadella says there will be many more.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 3rd Nov 2018
Facebook to launch first data center in Asia – a S$1.4b colossus
Hyperscale

Facebook to launch first data center in Asia – a S$1.4b colossus

The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018
Hands-on Review: HP Omen X PC 900-070a - a gamer's dream
Gaming

Hands-on Review: HP Omen X PC 900-070a - a gamer's dream

True to form, HP have done their best to impress me with the quality of their build and the features packed into this behemoth.

By Owen McCarthy • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Aug 2018
HPE to triple performance with new supercomputer for US laboratory
DataCentre infrastructure

HPE to triple performance with new supercomputer for US laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has opted with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a new supercomputer.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Aug 2018
Report finds opportunities abound in the data center cooling market
DataCentre infrastructure

Report finds opportunities abound in the data center cooling market

Where there's data centers, there's heat, which means the cooling market will undertake rapid growth and innovation in the coming years.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Jul 2018
How to minimise data centre environmental impact
Hyperscale

How to minimise data centre environmental impact

As AI and supercomputing drive advances, balancing data centre performance with reduced energy consumption is vital for a sustainable future.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 4 min read • Mon, 30th Jul 2018
Exclusive: Schneider Electric CTO stirs data centre disruption debate
DataCentre infrastructure

Exclusive: Schneider Electric CTO stirs data centre disruption debate

Kevin Brown says the last ten years has seen huge gains in the data centre industry, but now we need to start innovating for the next ten years.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Sat, 30th Jun 2018
NVIDIA's GPU supercomputer for the office
DataCentre infrastructure

NVIDIA's GPU supercomputer for the office

The DGX Station is a quiet, compact GPU-powered deep learning supercomputer that is quiet and small enough to sit next to a desk.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Jun 2018
The hard question from Lenovo: Is your data centre sustainable?
DataCentre infrastructure

The hard question from Lenovo: Is your data centre sustainable?

Lenovo Data Centre Group's Rob Makin shares how organisations that embrace a green data centre strategy will be the winners long term.

By Rob Makin • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
Floating data center: Future on the high seas?
DataCentre infrastructure

Floating data center: Future on the high seas?

There was a time when data center owners and operators wanted water, or any liquid, as far away from their IT equipment as possible.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018
Three key features of Stulz's new micro data centers
Hybrid Cloud

Three key features of Stulz's new micro data centers

Stulz's micro data center features an Integrated Cooling System (ICS) for low to medium density applications which can be mounted internally or on the.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Mar 2018