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Building a modern data centre by the book

Published in BC/DR DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Energy Management Flash Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Management Power & Cooling Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation

Three award-winning authors and technologists have published a new book, Building a Modern Data Center: Principles and Strategies of Design, that provides practical advice on how to use new technologies such as hyperconvergence, software-defined data centres and the cloud to meet the business...

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

Modular offering increases visibility and control over power and cooling capacity and enhances remote management capabilities.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

2016 will see expansion into cloud interconnection.

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ICTroom expands modular data centre portfolio

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Hardware

Launches new technical support services.

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Finnish city using Yandex data centres to heat its hot water

M?nts?l? to halve gas consumption, reduce C02 emissions by 40% and cut heating costs by 5% by...

The impact of raising data centre temperatures

Raising IT inlet temperatures to improve data centre efficiency might not produce the desired...

Modular DCs: It can be the answer, but take the right approach

Chris Wellfair, Projects Director at Secure I.T. Environments, gives his view on...

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EMEA Big Data data centre infrastructure market to triple by 2019

International Data Corporation (IDC) has completed an in-depth market sizing of the EMEA Big...

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Nearly half of European data centres have no energy efficiency objectives in place

Research, commissioned by The Green Grid, has found that while the majority of organisations...

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G?ANT deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE for data centre interconnect

G?ANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research...

NGD turns to npower for 100 per cent renewable supply

Next Generation Data has appointed npower Business Solutions as its new energy supplier and...

Manchester-based Datacentreplus launches “Pay-as-you-grow” hosting

Supports small business growth through flexible solutions.

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Tier 3 certification for Fortis Phase 1

Datavita, a new Scottish business is operating from Fortis, Scotland’s new next generation green...

Raritan introduces high-performance IP user station

Raritan has introduced an IP User Station for the Dominion® KX III digital KVM switch. ...

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Data centre cleaning specialist sees hike in emergency cleans

Data centres are running the risk of power outages and losing critical data by not planning...

Why AI isn’t one size fits all for MSPs and their growth journey

Pete Hughes, Founder and Managing Director of Zalara Tech, shares how building a business in the age of AI shapes growth and delivery, and why success depends on understanding that AI is never a...

Re-shaping the way data centres secure and manage power

Drew Gravitt is Senior Director of Distributed Generation & Microgrid Sales at Mission Critical Group (MCG) explains how the demand for data centres is surging due to AI and digital services and how this is...

AI deep dive: from early lessons to an agentic future

Andy, Data & AI Director at Pax8, explores what the agentic inflection point means in practice and how AI is moving beyond experimentation into real-world application. He breaks down the 'empty box' approach...

Interview with Honeywell at DCW 2026

Data Centre World 2026

Expert Opinions

Don’t let pumps become another bottleneck to data centre growth

Tom Salmon, group business development manager for data centres at SPP Pumps, explores the scale of the pumping requirements at data centres, arguing that turnkey suppliers and pre-integrated systems can help...

Data Breach and Cyber-Attacks: A Matter of When and Not If

By Graham Jarvis, Freelance Business and Technology Journalist.

Cooling without the cost

Cooling is one of the most expensive operational outlays in data centre operations: reducing its cost and improving Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is therefore one of the primary challenges for data centre...

Behavioural Analytics and Battling the Unknown: the Renaissance of UEBA in Cybersecurity

By Cyrille Badeau, VP EMEA, Securonix.

DC Facilities + Colo News Videos Expert Opinions

Building a modern data centre by the book

Trellis additions

Internet traffic at EvoSwitch passes half a terabit per second

ICTroom expands modular data centre portfolio

Finnish city using Yandex data centres to heat its hot water

The impact of raising data centre temperatures

Modular DCs: It can be the answer, but take the right approach

EMEA Big Data data centre infrastructure market to triple by 2019

Nearly half of European data centres have no energy efficiency objectives in place

G?ANT deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE for data centre interconnect

NGD turns to npower for 100 per cent renewable supply

Manchester-based Datacentreplus launches “Pay-as-you-grow” hosting

Tier 3 certification for Fortis Phase 1

Raritan introduces high-performance IP user station

Data centre cleaning specialist sees hike in emergency cleans

Videos

Why AI isn’t one size fits all for MSPs and their growth journey

Re-shaping the way data centres secure and manage power

AI deep dive: from early lessons to an agentic future

Interview with Honeywell at DCW 2026

Expert Opinions

Don’t let pumps become another bottleneck to data centre growth

Data Breach and Cyber-Attacks: A Matter of When and Not If

Cooling without the cost

Behavioural Analytics and Battling the Unknown: the Renaissance of UEBA in Cybersecurity