Echelon Data Centres, a recently-launched Irish company based in Dublin, has been granted planning permission for its planned 45,000m² (484,000 sqft) facility in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The new data centre represents an investment of €500 million, will have a capacity of up to 100MW and will create 540 jobs – 450 in construction and 90 operational positions.
Read MoreInternational data centre developer, Atlantic Hub, is to develop a flagship IT services and data centre with two mega-hub campus sites in Ireland at Foyle Port Innovation Park (Derry/Londonderry), and Letterkenny (Co. Donegal).
Read MoreWhen undertaking a data centre planning project – whether consolidating company infrastructure following a merger or acquisition, relocating facilities into a pre-existing building, or even constructing a new data centre – the primary consideration lays in the project meeting the business requirements with optimised performance one of the key motivator. By Jon Leppard, Director at Future Facilities.
Read MoreDigitalisation World's Philip Alsop interviews Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Chief Technology Officer for the €3.7 billion IT Division at Schneider Electric, about how the edge data centre market is developing, with particular emphasis on the importance of the local edge – the interface between an enterprise and its customers.
Read MoreCritical environment specialist Keysource has won a new contract with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to provide on-site engineering consultancy as the organisation migrates its data centre.
Read MoreWith new data centre capacity needed at an ever-accelerating pace, rushing the delivery of a new facility significantly increases risk. Find out how off-site construction, integration and testing prior to final on site commissioning can deliver a fully customised data centre, on budget, with greatly reduced risk and in a fraction of the time required for a traditionally constructed facility. By Jos Baart, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Flexenclosure.
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