Exclusion of datacentres from government-backed energy bill discount scheme ‘no cause for…
The datacentre industry’s omission from the list of sectors eligible to receive government-backed discounts on their energy bills from March 2023…
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Datacentres in the dark: How the sector is preparing for the prospect of planned winter power cuts
The datacentre industry plays an important role in keeping the UK’s increasingly digital economy ticking over, with many facilities now classified as…
Microsoft claims summer heatwave led to no excess water use by its datacentres
Microsoft datacentres drank no more water than usual during the summer heatwave, the software giant has claimed, contrary to press reports that…
Wayfair shutters datacentres and ends hybrid cloud strategy with Google Cloud move
Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair has ditched its hybrid cloud strategy by shuttering its datacentres and shifting all of its applications and…
UK drought: Thames Water asks datacentres to consider using ‘raw water’ to cool their…
Thames Water has confirmed that it wants to work collaboratively with datacentre operators with sites within its jurisdiction to explore the…
Virgin Media O2 Business to provide dark fibre for all Proximity edge datacentres
As it continues to build out its growing UK footprint of regional edge colocation datacentres, Proximity Data Centres has revealed that to increase…
Castrol and Submer form partnership to popularise use of immersion cooling in datacentres
BP-owned lubricant brand Castrol is partnering with immersion cooling system manufacturer Submer to help accelerate the adoption of this form of…
Hydrogen’s promise: How fuel cells might power lower-carbon datacentres
The UK government says hydrogen is key to future energy supplies, even planning national subsidies to beef up production by the end of 2022. However,…
Growing prospects for edge datacentres
The tech industry loves to promote the next big trend, offering a window into opportunities and concerns that are on the horizon. One of the latest…
The time is now: Edge datacentres come of age
The onset of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic led to a surge in demand for edge datacentre capacity in some vertical markets, while also having a…