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A tragic fire that filled the Tokyo sky with thick, black smoke late in July 2018 has tragically resulted in five fatalities and dozens of injuries. The blaze extensively damaged a building believed to be a data centre possibly belonging to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Fire officials were unable to...
Despite best efforts, even the best-run data centres still have cooling and thermal management issues. With cooling now representing around 30% of a data centre’s operating cost, it’s more important than ever for organisations to be focused on thermal optimisation. For true cooling optimisation, however, it is necessary for data...
The government has been working with the tech sector over the last two years to prepare for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now that the regulations are in full force, the government is turning its attention to educating consumers about what it all means; thus...
ASHRAE has been working for many years on guidelines that allow a wider tolerance for temperature and humidity. Consequently, the need to humidify has decreased, making the value of humidification equipment less significant in the overall HVAC system of the DC. However, what if maintaining the humidity also reduced...
CLOUDCRAFTING: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DATA CENTRES CNet Training recently welcomed Alexander Taylor, an anthropology PhD student from the University of Cambridge, onto its Certified Data Centre Management Professional (CDCMP®) education program. Alex recently researched the practices and discourses of data centres. In this article, he outlines his research in more...
The uptake of digital technology, the government’s upcoming Industrial Strategy and strong export demand all add up to an expanding manufacturing sector here in the UK. However, this increase in demand will no doubt lead to added pressure on UK power supply, so it becomes more important than ever to...
Vertiv Anticipates Advent of Gen 4 Data Centre in Look Ahead to 2018 Trends The next-generation data centre will exist beyond walls, seamlessly integrating core facilities with a more intelligent, mission-critical edge of network. These Gen 4 data centres are emerging and will become the model for IT networks of...
RBS: Online Banking Partly to Blame for 62 Closures Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) decision to close 62 mostly rural branches in Scotland has been met with plenty of protests amongst both customers and activist groups. RBS says that online banking is partly to blame for the closures, but at...
Data Breach and Cover-Up Further Eroding Uber Image Ride-hailing pioneer Uber has recently suffered a serious a blow to its reputation after officials in London failed to renew the company's operating licence following a discovery that illegal software was being used to circumvent official policy that bars government workers from...
Johannesburg Cable Heist: Money or Something Else? Officials in Johannesburg, South Africa have been left scratching their heads, following a brazen cable heist that resulted in the loss of 2 million rand (£110,000) worth of power cables during a burglary some are calling an inside job. The theft occurred at...
WhatsApp and Facebook: Non-Compliance with EU? Are WhatsApp and Facebook guilty of non-compliance with EU law? That is what a special task force wants to know, according to a 26 October (2017) story published by the BBC. That story says that a data protection task force has been established to...
London Embracing Square Mile Broadband Innovation London's “Square Mile” city centre is a hotbed of economic activity and cultural development. It is not all that great when it comes to superfast broadband. London ranks 26th out of 33 European capitals for broadband speed, according to a recent report published by...