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Largest second quarter on record for data centre demand in Europe

114 MW of take-up tracked across Europe’s established markets with Frankfurt driving momentum.

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Keysource appoints new Project Director

Keysource, the global data centre and critical environment specialist, has appointed an experienced professional to support the company’s strong international growth.

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Schneider Electric launches DDI Podcast

The DDI Podcast aims to challenge the misconceptions of the data centre and digital infrastructure sectors, sharing the stories of the people and the businesses transforming life as we know it through tech.

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Knight Frank expands data centre valuation team

Capitalises on rapid growth in appraisal opportunities.

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Portman Partners expands senior team

Portman Partners, the global executive search business serving the digital infrastructure sector, has appointed Tony Day as an associate to provide further industry knowledge in helping the search team in identifying the potential senior leadership candidates for the industry’s investors, operators, construction firms, OEMs and technology firms.

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Global Technical Realty acquires Barcelona site

Global Technical Realty (GTR) has confirmed the acquisition of its first data center development site in Spain. The site is located on Parc de l’Alba in Cerdanyola del Vallès which is 20 kilometres from the centre of Barcelona. The 15,000 square meter plot has the capacity to accommodate a new 16MW IT load facility.

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EUDCA elects new Board of Directors, reconfirms Michael Winterson as Chair

Further to its June 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has announced the unanimous election of three new members to its Board of Directors. Accordingly, the EUDCA proudly welcomes Géraldine Camara of France Datacenter, Marie Chabanon of Data4, and Matthew Winter from Global Switch, with full confidence in their commitment and expertise to help the EUDCA to fulfill its mission as the voice of Europe’s data centre industry.

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Majority of data centre builds suffer disruption

A new Europe-wide report has found external site disruptions and inflationary pressures are causing delays to the construction of new data centres and preventing such projects from adopting greener practices.

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Data centres 'underprepared' for forthcoming legislation

The data centre industry is ‘underprepared’ for the forthcoming regulatory changes and new reporting thresholds, despite monitoring requitements starting in May 2023, according to Stephen Lorimer, Group Technical Director at Keysource, the international datacentre and critical environment specialists.

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Legrand Data Center Solutions opens Experience Center in Reading, UK

Legrand has opened a brand-new Customer Experience Center in Reading, UK, to showcase its portfolio of award-winning white and grey space data center solutions from their specialist brands.

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Royal Holloway University London top of the IT infrastructure class

Daisy Corporate Services has helped Royal Holloway University London (RHUL) reduce its data centre footprint by 75% and achieve energy savings of over 72% with the implementation of a new virtual infrastructure solution based on HPE dHCI technology.

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Widening range of data centre challenges

Increasing demand and the need for more capacity requires infrastructure changes and new technology deployment, while stricter regulations and the need for additional skilled staff must be addressed.

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A warm embrace for waste heat?

The industry remains highly concerned about the enduring challenge of sourcing affordable and renewable power as the drive for Net Zero continues, with an increasing number now assessing the utilisation of waste heat energy generated by data centres. This is according to the latest independent industry survey, which captures the views of over 3000 senior datacentre professionals across Europe, including owners, operators, developers, consultants and end users.

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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres advancing a sustainable digital future

'Relentless' focus on innovation and investing in renewable energy sources achieves 52% renewable energy usage across the Group.

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Greater collaboration needed to identify future digital leaders

Seminar highlights lack of entry level talent and threat to industry’s future.

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Videos

David Tattam, Chief Research and Content Officer and Co-Founder, Protecht, discusses the company’s mission ‘to redefine the way the world thinks about risk’, with some engaging and informative insights as to how organisations can develop and grow an effective, dynamic risk management framework, with the people-related aspect – culture and conduct – at its core.
Steven Wood, Director, Solution Consulting (EMEA, APAC), OpenText Cybersecurity, provides some brilliant insights into what actually happens during a security breach, how organisations can address the pain points of skills shortages and the need to consolidate security solutions, and explains how OpenText’s cybersecurity platform provides MSPs and MSSPs with a great opportunity to help end users optimise their cyber resilience strategies.
John Wilson, Senior Fellow, Threat Research at Fortra, discusses the company’s recent 2023 report on Business Email Compromise (BEC) Trends, warning of the dangers of email impersonation, payment interception, phishing and hybrid vishing, before going on to explain how businesses can optimise their email security through considered use of technology, training and processes.
Jason Gerrard, Director of International Systems Engineering at Commvault, explains the advanced security features recently added to the company’s data protection solutions portfolio, featuring on-prem and SaaS management integration, risk analysis, threat scan and advisor, auto recovery and Microsoft and CyberArk integrations.

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