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There are some critics of technology that believe humanity could be threatening its existence by creating artificial intelligence that could eventually make machines interested in their own survival. They may have a point. However, artificial intelligence aside, technology has not been the threat it has been made out to be...
We live in a true information age, with cloud-based services taking a firm precedent over traditional IT networks. Terms like “big data”, “internet of things” (IoT), “cyber-security” and “cloud” are frequently used when talking about the dominance of data in the world. Consumers are becoming more information-hungry than ever, devouring social...
Chinese data centre builders are finding themselves in a classic Catch-22 situation. They are intent on designing new facilities with power and cooling focused on green initiatives in accordance with emission reduction goals, yet the pollution in many regions of China is so severe that it is unwise to use...
IBM recently announced a new project aimed at using absorption cooling to keep data centres cool. The project, known as 'THRIVE', aims to combine silica gel with some of the heat produced by data centre servers to cool those same servers through a process that could reduce the amount of...
What is data? To many of us, it is this innocuous digital substance that floats around the internet without any tangible properties. Indeed, you could weigh a blank CD, insert it into your computer and fill it with data, then remove it and weigh it again. You would discover it...
The Government has announced plans to invest some £45 million in improving the lives of UK citizens through digital research and technology. The investment will be made by way of numerous research centres located throughout the UK. The Engineering and Physical Services Research Council will provide £23 million of funding;...
It’s common for data centre providers to outsource the running of their facilities to outside companies; they provide the building, power and cooling and get other people to run the data centre itself. These outsourced companies may sign a three, four or five year contract (or for even less if...
Optical fibre is currently the material of choice for manufacturing high-speed data cables used for broadband internet access and commercial networking. As good as fibre-optic cabling is, it does have its drawbacks. Among those drawbacks is something known as 'crosstalk'. The crosstalk phenomenon is holding back our ability to scale...
Hillstone CEO Paul Smethurst has written a brilliant piece about the evolution of load bank testing as it relates to the mega data centre. In his piece, Smethurst breaks down the evolution of the mega data centre and how modern solutions are being developed to handle the needs of what appears...
The average battery powering a Chevy Volt has quite a bit of useful life remaining even after the car itself is no longer driven. For obvious reasons, General Motors has been working on ways to recycle the old batteries. One of the innovations that they have come up with is...
Airbus may be known primarily as a global manufacturer of commercial aircraft, but that is not stopping the company from teaming up with a British partner to embark on an ambitious communications project designed to provide internet access to underserved countries. Airbus officials recently revealed their plans at the Paris...
The average data centre is a power-consuming beast that produces a lot of waste heat through its daily operations. That heat can be harnessed and utilised for other purposes, as evidenced by a number of projects that have combined the data centre with commercial and residential space heating however a...