New H&M Stockholm data centre features large scale heat recovery

Leading fashion retailer H&M has decided to build a new data center in Stockholm with cooling and heat recovery integrated from the start. Energy company Fortum V?rme will reuse the data center excess heat by distributing it to customers throughout the city. The new H&M data center is designed to handle an IT load of 1 MW and can heat some 2,500 modern residential apartments at full load.

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Legrand to acquire Server Technology

Legrand is pursuing its development with bolt-on acquisitions and is to purchase Server Technology, Inc., a US frontrunner in intelligent PDUs for datacenters.

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Schneider Electric published pod architecture paper

Standardised building blocks of IT equipment and associated power and cooling infrastructure help data centres to scale up rapidly in response to changing load demands..

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The Virtual Facility powered by engineering simulation

Citigroup has utilised the Virtual Facility (VF) from Future Facilities to improve its NYC data centre efficiency, uncovering potential savings of over $290,000 annually. With an initial investment of just $28,500 for remediation, the project is expected to see a full return on investment in just 6 months. Powered by engineering simulation, the VF allowed Citigroup to simulate and predict the impact of any change to infrastructure – removing uncertainty in the decision-making...

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Helping data centre designers improve system resilience and reliability

Eaton has published a set of new white papers to help data centre designers optimise the reliability and resilience in their power infrastructures, whilst ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

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Renewed focus on sustainability required as data centre construction surges

New market data underlines how data centre providers must keep pace and adopt a ‘green’ mind-set to their approach to design.

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Further to its June 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA)...
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Global temporary power specialist Aggreko has reaffirmed its commitment to more sustainable data...
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Blockchain, artificial intelligence, empowered edge, privacy and ethics, quantum computing, immersive experiences, augmented analytics, autonomous things and digital twins drive the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019. David Cearley, Gartner Vice President, presented the trends at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

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