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Winning the Digital Space Race: Can Battery Storage Plug the Data Centre Construction Black Hole?

To keep up with huge data centre construction demand, a range of energy solutions are now required to break the bottlenecks that often lead to delays, missed deadlines and penalties. In this article, Billy Durie, Global Sector Head for Data Centres at Aggreko, explains why adopting battery energy storage systems (BESS) as part of a wider, end-to-end solution is key to keeping builds on track.

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EIT InnoEnergy launches Repono

Plan to deploy and operate 100 gigawatt hours of energy storage in Europe by 2030.

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HireHigher expands campaign to attract best student talent into the data centre industry

Following the success of its campaign last year to address the ongoing skills shortage in the digital infrastructure industry, HireHigher is this year bringing the industry’s Rising Stars together with sixth form students from another seven schools across London, the South West and Wales. It is also hosting 60 students from London technical colleges at this year’s Data Centre World on 6th March.

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Portman Partners expands global team

Portman Partners, the global executive search business, has appointed two new partners, to bolster its expert team and provide support to businesses and the investment community that want to leverage the huge growth opportunity in key regions.

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Dirty Looks and Deep Green announce UK-first ethical rendering partnership

Dirty Looks has committed to move all its computing onto Deep Green’s heat re-use data centres in the next 18 months, leading the way for the media and entertainment industry to create huge social value for local communities.

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A helping hand on sustainability challenges

New reporting requirements for data centres and IT don’t have to be burden they might first appear with help and resources from a trusted partner. By Steven Carlini, Schneider Electric.

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BCS, (Business Critical Solutions) the specialist services provider to the digital infrastructure...
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First industry tool to model costs and benefits of renewable choices and efficiency measures;...
Creates publicly traded, pure-play critical digital infrastructure provider.
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The Power Purchase Agreement agreed between Digital Realty and ENGIE supports the development of a...
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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019

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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