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• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  EU-backed bid to cap idle energy use by datacentre servers moves closer

  Move to improve the energy efficiency of datacentres by capping idle energy use by servers by 2020 comes one step closer, despite opposition from IBM, HPE and Dell-EMC

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  Autumn Budget 2018: Guarantees sought over future funding of national quantum computing programme

  The chair of the Science and Tech Committee has written to the chancellor Philip Hammond to demand assurances that more funding for the UK's quantum computing efforts will be forthcoming in the Autumn 2018 budget

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Cabinet Office extends private cloud deal with UKFast to safeguard emergency communications

  The Manchester-based hosting provider has seen its two-year private cloud contract with the Cabinet Office extended

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Hyperscaler demand for European datacentre space takes colocation market to new record highs

  The demand for colocation capacity from the hyperscale cloud giants shows no signs of wavering, CBRE research shows

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  EduServ confirms fallout from datacentre power outage is being resolved

  Public sector-focused IT provider EduServ suffers datacentre power outage that takes client websites and online services offline

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Danish government in ambitious datacentre push

  Denmark offers many natural benefits for organisations looking to build datacentres in Europe, and a soon-to-be-completed connection to the US will make it even more attractive

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Nominations open: Best of VMworld Europe 2018 Awards

  Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  UK cryptocurrency exchange enlists Rackspace for Microsoft Azure cloud move

  London Block Exchange taps up Rackspace to assist with two-month Microsoft Azure migration as it sets about shoring up its platform against demand spikes

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Waste heat from Digiplex's Nordic datacentre to warm 5,000 Oslo homes

  Nordic datacentre operator Digiplex is expanding its commitment to running its facilities in a sustainable way by agreeing to reuse its waste heat to warm homes in Oslo

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Ireland’s planning laws cited as ‘risk’ to government’s public sector datacentre plan

  The Irish government concedes in tender document that country’s complex planning laws could put at risk government plans to build a public sector datacentre in Kildare

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  UK banks under pressure to improve downtime reporting under new FCA rules

  To make it easier for customers to compare and switch between current account providers, UK banks are under pressure to improve their reporting processes for downtime and security incidents

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Infinity SDC sells Here East Olympic Park datacentre to fund development of Romford facility

  The colocation provider continues to scale-back its datacentre footprint in London, with the news it has exited its much-hyped facility in the former Olympic Park in Stratford

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Frequency and severity of datacentre outages on the rise, Uptime Institute research suggests

  The Uptime Institute’s eighth annual datacentre survey reveals operators across the world are suffering more outages, as the complexity of the environments they manage continues to grow

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  BEIS courts datacentre operators to join energy efficiency technology accelerator programme

  Government-backed programme is being run by the Carbon Trust and offering grants of up to £1m to help participants commercialise new energy-saving technology developments

• August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18

  EU-backed datacentre consortium seeks industry help for Europe-wide sustainability push

  Catalyst Consortium is creating a green energy special interest group to work out how best to encourage Europe’s datacentre operators to reuse their waste heat and reduce the impact of their activities on local energy grids