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March 05, 2024
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Mar'24
IT leaders dial back cloud-first strategies as hybrid IT becomes more of an investment priority
Latest data from TechTarget and ESG reveals changing attitudes towards cloud deployments within the enterprise
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March 05, 2024
05
Mar'24
Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud
The ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027
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February 29, 2024
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Feb'24
Post-production company to go ‘all-in’ on Deep Green’s heat-reusing datacentre in Devon
Datacentre startup Deep Green confirms long-standing client Dirty Looks has committed to moving all of its workloads to its heat-reusing server farm, located in a leisure centre in Devon
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February 26, 2024
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Feb'24
TechUK warns datacentre operators government could get powers to enforce heat reuse
UK tech trade body publishes report about challenges datacentre operators may face if the government gets powers that require them to join heat reuse schemes
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February 21, 2024
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Feb'24
IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud
Survey shows that fewer IT leaders are prioritising workload migration, which suggests they are happy with their deployment plans
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
HM Treasury signs AWS hosting environment management deal with Keysource
HM Treasury has enlisted datacentre management services provider to help operate the AWS environment used to host cross-government spending data system
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
University of Lincoln undergoes edge datacentre modernisation project
The University of Lincoln reveals details of the work it has done, with the help of Schneider Electric and RMD UK, to ensure the resiliency of its edge datacentre environments
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January 31, 2024
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Jan'24
Datacentre operators face capacity planning challenges as AI use soars
A report by real estate consultancy JLL highlights the pressures datacentres operators are facing as they respond to the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads
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January 25, 2024
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Jan'24
Datacentres set to consume third of Ireland’s energy by 2026
Forecast data from International Energy Agency shines light on how booming demand for datacentres is affecting energy usage levels in different geographies
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January 24, 2024
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Jan'24
Uptime Institute predicts 2024 will see datacentre operators start row back on net-zero commitments
Datacentre resiliency think tank Uptime Insitute predicts 2024 will mark the start of a testing time for operators when it comes to delivering on their net-zero commitments
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December 18, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2023
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November 30, 2023
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Nov'23
Infosys and Shell collaborate on push to accelerate adoption of immersion cooling in datacentres
IT consultancy and energy giant are looking to accelerate the take-up of immersion cooling in datacentres through collaboration
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November 20, 2023
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Nov'23
Datacentres denied: West London server farm dispute prompts calls for UK planning system reform
The government is under fire after dismissing a datacentre development in west London despite soaring demand for capacity - but how can we balance new development with protecting the UK’s green spaces?
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November 09, 2023
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Nov'23
How Village Roadshow modernised ITSM with cloud
Australian theme park and cinema operator reduced ITSM costs by 60% to improve problem resolution and other outcomes from use of Freshworks' cloud-based ITSM service
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October 26, 2023
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Oct'23
Google saves almost $3bn by running servers for six years
Extending the life of its datacentre servers and network equipment has led to significant savings over the past nine months for Google
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September 20, 2023
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Sep'23
Rishi Sunak under fire from UK tech stakeholders over revision of net-zero policies
The prime minister has seen his decision to tweak and revise several policies that underpin the UK's net-zero goals criticised for potentially stunting the growth of the clean tech sector
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September 08, 2023
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Sep'23
Executive interview: Richard Moulds, Amazon Braket
We speak to Richard Moulds, who heads up Amazon’s Braket quantum computing services, about how the technology is progressing
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September 07, 2023
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Sep'23
Node4 helps performing arts charity revamp staff home working setup with IT infrastructure overhaul
Managed cloud services provider Node4 opens up about the work it has done to help make it easier for one of its long-standing clients to embrace remote working
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September 06, 2023
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Sep'23
Schneider Electric: Business leaders deprioritise green goals due to economic pressure
Research from energy management giant Schneider Electric reveals how events like the 2021 energy crisis have altered the investment priorities of enterprises towards green issues
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September 05, 2023
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Sep'23
Colocation market ready to cash in on rising interest in enterprise AI
IT market watcher Omdia has tipped the colocation market to be one of the main beneficiaries of the growing demand for enterprise AI services
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August 22, 2023
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Aug'23
CBRE forecasts rise in European colocation capacity in H2 despite power supply constraints
Real estate consultancy CBRE's latest European colocation market tracker report suggests the second half of 2023 will be a big one in terms of supply and take-up of datacentre capacity
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August 12, 2023
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Aug'23
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
At the annual DEF CON hacking convention, researchers from Trellix have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in key datacentre products underpinning the world’s public cloud infrastructure
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July 27, 2023
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Jul'23
IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions
Tech giant IBM has announced the general availability of a tool designed to help enterprises track and curb the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their on-premise and cloud-based activities
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July 21, 2023
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Jul'23
How datacentres might avoid price hikes and keep more customers
The most promising strategies for ensuring minimal price rises to customers require operators to start dissecting their approach to packaging and selling their wares
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July 19, 2023
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Jul'23
Uptime’s annual datacentre market poll highlights industry’s sustainability reporting gaps
The latest edition of the Uptime Institute’s annual industry survey highlights shortcomings in the datacentre sector’s reporting of key sustainability metrics amid growing regulatory scrutiny
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July 13, 2023
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Jul'23
Synergy Research highlights how rise of the hyperscalers has hit on-premise datacentres
Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how shift in enterprise IT spending patterns has impacted on-premise datacentres
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July 11, 2023
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Jul'23
Legal & General signs seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl
Financial services giant L&G has enlisted the help of its long-standing technology partner to help accelerate the pace of its cloud-focused digital transformation plans
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July 10, 2023
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Jul'23
Datacentre cross-sector collaboration needed to boost heat reuse rates, report claims
Report by datacentre consultancy BCS looks at what needs to be done to encourage more operators to reuse waste heat from their server farms
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June 28, 2023
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Jun'23
Supercomputing research collaboration to bring fusion energy to UK grid in 2040s
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Cambridge have joined forces with Dell Technologies and Intel to accelerate pace of fusion energy power plant development
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May 11, 2023
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May'23
Kao Data unveils Tier II datacentre strategy by pledging to open Manchester facility in late 2025
HPC-focused colocation provider Kao Data is expanding its datacentre footprint into the north of England by pledging to open a 40MW facility by late-2025
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March 29, 2023
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Mar'23
CMA deepens probe into VMware-Broadcom merger over concerns it could hike server prices in UK
The UK Competition & Markets Authority has become the first antitrust watchdog to express concerns over the impact Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware could have on server pricing and innovation
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March 28, 2023
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Mar'23
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy
BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint
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March 13, 2023
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Mar'23
SolarWinds doubles down on APAC business
SolarWinds teams up with key systems integrators in the APAC region to develop joint offerings as it bolsters its capabilities in observability and autonomous operations
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March 07, 2023
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Mar'23
Mobile operator Three cuts datacentre cooling energy usage through EkkoSense deployment
Mobile operator Three enlisted the help of EkkoSense to reduce the amount of energy used to cool four of its legacy datacentres as part of a cost- and carbon-cutting initiative
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February 28, 2023
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Feb'23
Colt DCS starts build-out of renewably powered West London datacentre campus
Hyperscale-focused colocation firm Colt DCS claims project will bring hundreds of jobs to West London
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February 14, 2023
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Feb'23
Government’s revised net-zero strategy could put public sector under more pressure to move to cloud
With the UK government due to publish its revised net-zero strategy in the coming weeks, the public sector is being warned it could see itself under more pressure to move to cloud
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January 31, 2023
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Jan'23
Private equity investors continued to shape datacentre market M&A activity in 2022
As deal sizes increase in the face of growing demand for cloud and internet-based services, datacentre operators are increasingly finding themselves on the receiving end of private equity investment
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January 25, 2023
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Jan'23
Microsoft 365 outage affecting Teams, Outlook and Azure users blamed on ‘networking fault’
Microsoft 365 is in the midst of an outage that has left users across the UK and beyond unable to access Teams, Outlook and Exchange Online
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January 18, 2023
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Jan'23
US hyperscale datacentre operator completes first phase of nuclear-powered server farm campus
US-based Cumulus Data has completed the powered shell infrastructure of its datacentre campus, which will be directly fed nuclear power from a neighbouring plant
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January 17, 2023
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Jan'23
Exclusion of datacentres from government-backed energy bill discount scheme 'no cause for alarm'
A government-backed scheme to provide power-hungry businesses with discounts on their energy bills does not include datacentres, but industry watchers claim that's not necessarily a bad thing
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December 19, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2022
The energy crisis has wreaked havoc on the UK datacentre market in various ways this year, with supply and pricing issues blighting operators and their business interests
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December 01, 2022
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Dec'22
Italy’s biggest datacentre campus to enjoy €500m growth spurt
Aruba SpA raises funding to help realise ambitions to further grow mega-datacentre campus in Italy
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November 30, 2022
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Nov'22
AWS commits to becoming the ‘cleanest’ cloud to run enterprise workloads
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky used the opening keynote at this year’s Re:Invent partner and customer conference in Las Vegas to outline the company’s commitment to becoming the greenest place for enterprises to run their IT and applications
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November 28, 2022
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Nov'22
AWS pledges to become a water-positive entity by 2030
Amazon Web Services has marked the first day of its Re:Invent partner and customer conference by going public with its pledge to become a water-positive entity
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November 08, 2022
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Nov'22
VMware CEO tells enterprises to become 'cloud-smart' to speed up pace of digital transformation
During the opening keynote of the VMware Explore Europe conference, the firm’s CEO shared his observations on how enterprise attitudes to cloud migrations are changing as IT leaders look to pick up the pace of their digital transformation projects
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November 08, 2022
08
Nov'22
Renault confirms Google as preferred cloud partner
French motor manufacturer is extending the reach of its long-standing technology collaboration with Google by naming the firm as its preferred cloud partner
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November 02, 2022
02
Nov'22
Microsoft claims summer heatwave led to no excess water use by its datacentres
Software giant stokes scandal with befuddling statements about water use, despite eco-transparency pledge
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November 01, 2022
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Nov'22
How Elastic is going beyond enterprise search
Elastic has been doubling down on the security and observability capabilities of its open-source platform, going beyond its roots in enterprise search
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October 18, 2022
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Oct'22
Castrol to open datacentre immersion cooling test facility at Berkshire HQ
BP-owned lubricant brand has unveiled the next phase in its work to accelerate adoption of immersion cooling technologies in datacentres
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October 17, 2022
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Oct'22
Vodafone starts sizeable three-year SAP systems migration to Google Cloud
Telco giant claims project will be one of the largest and most complex SAP migrations ever embarked upon in Europe