Satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station says that data centre industry veteran Chris Roberts has joined its executive team as Head of Data Centre and Cloud. Chris’s appointment comes as Goonhilly prepares to open a tier 3/4 data centre in Spring 2019, offering exceptional connectivity by linking global subsea cables with satellite communications and fibre.
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Rittal has developed four compact PDU (Power Distribution Units) systems for professional power distribution in IT racks designed to halve the time a system takes to assemble, compared to screw-in PDUs.
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Echelon Data Centres Limited, a new Irish company based in Dublin, is to create 1,100 jobs through the €1bn development of 89,000m² of data centres with a total capacity of more than 180MW. Echelon is to construct data centres of 44,000m² (477,000 sqft) in Clondalkin, Dublin, and 45,000m² (484,000 sqft) in Arklow, Co Wicklow, with respective capacities of up to 84MW and 100MW. The capacity available across the two wholly-owned facilities is the equivalent of approximately 34% of all...
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More than half of these hardware hoarders have been cited 1 or 2 times in the last 24 months for failing to comply with data protection laws.
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London estate expands to offer efficient, flexible and scalable space.
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Lithium-ion batteries have continued to become a popular choice in edge computing and larger data centre applications. They offer several advantages over traditional valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries and are deployed in many single and three-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems today. Their benefits include longer operational lifetimes, smaller size and weight for equivalently rated systems and faster recharge cycles. New technological developments and larger volume...
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