Xavier Plowright, Senior Analyst – Data Centre Transactions EMEA at JLL, won the Rising Stars Award at last year’s DC Awards. Here he outlines his career to date, shares his thoughts on the data centre industry (the good and the not so good!), with the focus very much on encouraging the younger generation to drive the industry forward - and to enter this year’s Rising Stars Award.
Read MoreThe Global Centre of Rail Excellence and Mavin Powercube are delighted to announce a new collaboration. The alliance will see Mavin’s containerised ‘Powercube’ being used at the 700-hectare GCRE rail innovation site currently being constructed in South Wales.
Read MoreKeysource has been appointed to YPO’s Framework for the provision of datacentre design and build solutions, maintenance and support and colocation services.
Read MoreData Centre World London is the industry’s largest gathering of professionals and end-users, and during its 2024 event, Schneider Electric will delve into the changing landscape of data centres - bringing together some of the sectors’ most prominent leaders to discuss how we can transform the industry’s perception from 'Toxic Dumps' to 'Essential Players in the Fight Against Climate Change', and positioning data centres as the career path of choice for the next generation of talent.
Read MoreNathan Blom, Iceotope’s CCO, discusses the recent STL Partners report: Sustainability Insights – Navigating Sustainable Edge Strategies, which outlines the major opportunity that telcos have to both ensure optimised energy-efficient edge infrastructure as well as substantial financial savings. Specialised liquid cooling solutions are particularly suited to the telecoms sector, with Iceotope, working with Intel and HPE, set to launch a major new telco solution at MWC.
Read MoreNew report from STL Partners projects potential annual energy savings of up to 5% equating to ~$40 million in energy costs and over one million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent of emissions for a large group operator.
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