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REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK

Bidwells has released a report that delves into the UK data centre market, the hot locations and whether data centres should go rural or city.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Feb 2018

Hyperscale

Google ups EU investment to EUR 1b with new Belgium data centre and solar plant

Google has announced plans to continue its large investment in Europe with new data centre infrastructure planned for Belgium.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Feb 2018

Power / Energy

Digital Realty bolsters renewable energy initiatives

Digital Realty to source 324,000 MWh of renewable energy annually for US data centres via new solar and wind deals. Asia expansion details remain unclear.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Australia's clean technology sector gets a $4.8m boost

Australia's National Energy Resources Australia will provide $4.8m in funding for eight clean technology projects in the energy sector.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017

Hyperscale

Launch of large-scale colocation data centre in Amsterdam just the beginning

After purchasing its domain name for more than $500,000 Datacenter.com has begun its roll-out of large-scale colocation data centres around the world.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 2nd Dec 2017

Hyperscale

Itatel launches environmentally friendly data centre in Italy

Itatel has designed and deployed a new green data centre at the University of Pisa – one of Italy's oldest universities.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 16th Nov 2017

Hyperscale

PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds gather at Datacloud Nordic 2017

People from all over Europe convened at the recent data centre conference to gain access to the invaluable insights shared throughout the day.

By Ashton Young • 1 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2017

Hyperscale

Firms save $10m a year by placing data centre in Nordics versus the UK

DigiPlex's CEO shared the opportunities that the Nordics hold at the Datacloud Nordic event - Amazon, Apple and Google are already taking advantage.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2017

Hyperscale

Datacloud Nordic 2017 - Norway's state sec says they're ready for the future

Norway's state sec opened the event, reporting the govt knows if it provides good framework conditions, data centres will do great things for society.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2017

Hyperscale

London data centre one of UK's first to switch to 100% green energy

Netwise Hosting is leading the charge after making the switch to true 100 percent renewable energy at its fast-filling London Central data.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Microsoft buys all power from Irish wind farm for 15 years to power cloud

Microsoft is buying every single kilowatt of energy that is produced from GE's new 37 megawatt wind farm in Ireland to support growing cloud demand.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Oct 2017

Drones

Robots, drones and EVs mean engineers may have to upskill

To remain employable engineers require expertise in new technology such as GPS positioning, drones and virtual reality...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Oct 2017

Hyperscale

Nordic data centre investment tops US$3b in last 12-18 months alone

New findings have revealed the data centre market in the Nordic region appears to be steaming ahead, with its perfect conditions driving investment.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Sep 2017

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New tech powers up across NZ

More than 15,000 homes in New Zealand are now generating their own electricity, driven by solar power and advancements in residential energy technologies.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Dec 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

ENGIE and Schneider Electric achieve huge milestone together

The two tech giants joined forces to construct Southeast Asia's largest multifluid renewable energy microgrid on Semekau Island.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 23rd Oct 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Australian renewable energy gets a $7m boost

Redback Technologies secures AUD $7 million in funding to enhance smart solar solutions, backed by the Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Right Click Capital.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Oct 2017