5 ways AI and IoT will change the data centre and the edge as you know it
The world is heading for big. Not just big data, but big transformation which will introduce new ways of designing and running data centres. In Dublin, the industry heard from LinkedIn’s Zaid Ali Kahn on how data centres will transform. João Marques Lima reports.The...
read moreMedia streaming – keeping up in the media race
Gone are the days when we were shackled to TV sets and CD players to watch or listen to our favourite content. The technology revolution has drastically changed the way media content is provided and accessed, and it will continue to do so for years to come.
read moreNew season, new data centre solution?
Now that we’re coming to the end of March, it feels like spring has well and truly sprung. The days are getting longer, the sun is shining and the grass is looking greener. Many will make a start on the infamous spring clean, and it’s the time of year when people are thinking of making changes.
Is it time to give your data a fresh new home?
read moreGrowing with our customers
We’re proud to say that since opening the doors in 2011 to our London data centre, LDeX1, we have significantly expanded our reach across the UK. We’ve opened our LDeX2 site in Manchester and achieved impressive growth in a short space of time. 2016 was a standout...
read moreThe rise of the green data centre
In January 2013, we switched our electricity supply to 100% renewable energy sources. Now, we’re taking another look at the future of the data centre, which is looking greener than ever. Here are some of the ways the industry is doing its bit for the environment, from...
read moreColocation vs on premise solutions – what’s the best option?
Security and high availability are top priorities for businesses, so it is easy to feel bombarded with different solutions and ways to best store and secure their data. So how do you know what is the best option for your business? Here we compare two of the most...
read moreA look at the data centre industry in 2017
It’s safe to say that 2016 has been a year full of surprises – but what will next year hold? Data is being created and collected at a faster rate than ever before, and this rapid growth is only expected to continue. Therefore, the data centre industry is likely to...
read moreWhat can we learn from SSP’s outages?
If you’re a broker, you’ll most likely be painfully aware of SSP Worldwide’s outages this year. But, in case you haven’t heard, the insurance software solutions provider has had two outages this year which both stemmed from data centre or cloud issues. In September,...
read moreDoes artificial intelligence have a place in the data centre?
According to The Independent, the power used by data centres accounts for approximately 3% of the global electricity supply – and with the rate at which data is being created, this percentage is only set to rise. Now more than ever, data centres should be doing...
read moreWhat do rising prices mean for the data centre industry?
Marmite, Vauxhall cars and now Microsoft’s Azure – the impact of the falling pound is being felt in every sector. Microsoft is expected to increase its UK prices by as much as 22% in January due to the recent decline of the pound. Its Azure platform is incredibly...
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