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• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  Dutch politicians raise concerns over Big Tech reliance

  Dutch political parties have warned about the Netherlands’ growing reliance on US tech giants

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal

  Nokia is building on its existing partnership with Microsoft to support the software giant as it seeks to build out its datacentre footprint in response to the growing demand for artificial intelligence

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  Microsoft UAE power deal at centre of US plan for AI supremacy

  Microsoft pens artificial intelligence energy deal with United Arab Emirates oil giant ADNOC

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Research: UK residents demonstrate ‘low-level’ understanding of what datacentres do

  Research commissioned by colocation giant CyrusOne reveals there is work to be done by operators when it comes to educating UK residents on the benefits that datacentres being built in their local communities can bring

• November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24

  TechUK calls for government support to help UK datacentre market reach growth potential

  UK tech trade body TechUK claims the UK’s datacentre sector could become one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors with more government support

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  AI core to Nordic net-zero economy

  Artificial intelligence will be core to attempts by Nordic countries to become net-zero economies

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  UK government adds datacentres to CNI regime: Why did it take so long?

  After years of lobbying, the UK government has agreed to classify datacentres as critical national infrastructure, with the tech industry claiming the move is long overdue, but also recognition of the importance of server farms to the economy

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  AI innovation key to UK business, but obstacles threaten progress

  AI is seen by IT leaders as essential, but it requires innovation, skills and infrastructure – all of which are under pressure from day-to-day firefighting, energy costs and cyber threats

• July 31, 2024 31 Jul'24

  Government consults on lifting planning barriers to datacentre developments

  The government is inviting feedback on its plans to rejig the UK planning system to make it more supportive of datacentre developments

• July 31, 2024 31 Jul'24

  Norway’s datacentre builders focus on energy efficiency

  Datacentre developers in Norway are shifting their focus to energy efficiency, with expected increases in taxation for those who fall short

• July 10, 2024 10 Jul'24

  Datacentre market supports Labour government’s review of blocked server farm builds

  New government has wasted no time in lowering planning permission barriers to new datacentre builds, with its disclosure that two previously denied projects are being placed under review

• July 09, 2024 09 Jul'24

  Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains

  Research finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Council denies planning bid for datacentre near M25 a second time on Green Belt grounds

  Buckinghamshire Council rejects a second attempt by investment firm Greystoke Land to secure permission for a datacentre development in Iver on Green Belt protection grounds

• April 05, 2024 05 Apr'24

  Datacentre outages are happening less often and becoming less severe

  Uptime Institute's annual outage tracker report suggests frequency and severity of crashes are declining, but warns datacentre operators not to get complacent

• March 05, 2024 05 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

• 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

• February 29, 2024 29 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

• February 26, 2024 26 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

• February 21, 2024 21 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

• February 20, 2024 20 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

• February 20, 2024 20 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

• January 31, 2024 31 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

• January 25, 2024 25 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

• January 24, 2024 24 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

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Top 10 datacentre stories of 2023

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2023

• November 30, 2023 30 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

• November 20, 2023 20 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?

• November 09, 2023 09 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

• October 26, 2023 26 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

• September 20, 2023 20 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

• September 08, 2023 08 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

• September 07, 2023 07 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

• September 06, 2023 06 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

• September 05, 2023 05 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

• August 22, 2023 22 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

• August 12, 2023 12 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

• July 27, 2023 27 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

• July 21, 2023 21 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

• July 19, 2023 19 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

• July 13, 2023 13 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

• July 11, 2023 11 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

• July 10, 2023 10 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

• June 28, 2023 28 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

• May 11, 2023 11 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

• March 29, 2023 29 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

• March 28, 2023 28 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

• March 13, 2023 13 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

• March 07, 2023 07 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

• February 28, 2023 28 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

• February 14, 2023 14 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