Uptime Institute in the News

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Nor is an IT service, and with edge computing facilities playing an ever increasing role in the delivery of IT services of all kinds, including IoT, there needs to be just as much effort devoted to the reliability and availability of edge resources as to the mega data centres.Read full information on external site

New technologies and emerging paradigms are causing data centre energy consumption to rise. But how much energy is wasted? Dr Umaima Haider, Data Centre World Frankfurt speaker and researcher at the EC Research Lab, discusses the rise of the wasteful data centre and the latest research into data centre sustainability.Read full information on external site

Despite the vastly improved reliability of datacenter gear and the rise of managed services to anticipate and limit consequences, an industry survey finds that datacenter outages remain common and costly.Read full information on external site

The British project in Russia IXcellerate in the presence of Prince Michael of Kent opened in Moscow the second data center for hosting client server racks and intends to February 2020d. to acquire four more sites for the construction of data centers. By 2023 in they plan to take 15 thousand racks, which should allow the company to occupy 25% commercial market.Despite the vastly improved reliability of datacenter gear and the rise of managed services to anticipate and limit consequences, an industry survey finds that datacenter outages remain common and costly.Read full information on external site

The UK skills shortage, where there aren’t enough employees to meet the needs of employers, has been called “the biggest challenge facing businesses” by The Confederation of British Industry, the UK’s largest business organization.Read full information on external site

Azerbaijan state-owned operator AzInTelecom has deployed a dedicated data centre in the town of Yevlakh in the central part of the country, reports Trend. The operator has received a Tier-3 certificate in the design field from the Uptime Institute.Read full information on external site

Bangladesh government has initiated the long-term planning to realize the technology-driven governance system alongside of ease citizen services.Read full information on external site

Under the patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), Orange Jordan held a press conference to announce that the Orange Data Center has received the TIer III Constructed Facility Certificate from the American Uptime Institute, specialized in studying and evaluating global data centers, after the center has passed the requirements for this certificate to become the first data center in the Kingdom to obtain this certificate.Read full information on external site

Data-center companies face two pressing questions. First, how do they increase the density of computing power that high-performance systems need to support AI and machine learning?Read full information on external site

MainOne has announced it will build a new data center close to the Ghanaian capital, Accra, continuing the Nigerian company's expansion into the neighboring country.Read full information on external site

As the need for data centers grows across virtually all industries, colocation providers are finding ways to stand out from the competition. In the past, reliability was the differentiating factor. However, running 24/7/365 isn’t exceptional today; it’s expected.Read full information on external site

The growing popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) is a major driver for the growth of the US data center market. The country is one of the leading markets for IoT technologies, including IoT endpoints, IoT communication, IoT security, IoT data and analytics, and IoT artificial intelligence.Read full information on external site

Delta Electronics signed a contract with HTC-ITC, a subsidiary of Hanoi Telecom, to build Vietnam's first 2N (two times the amount required for operation) Tier 3 Uptime (99.982% uptime) certified data center at HTC building in Hoa Lac High Tech Zone, a Data Center in Hoa Lac.Read full information on external site

Delta Electronics signed a contract with HTC-ITC, a subsidiary of Hanoi Telecom, to build Vietnam's first 2N (two times the amount required for operation) Tier 3 Uptime (99.982% uptime) certified data center at HTC building in Hoa Lac High Tech Zone, a Data Center in Hoa Lac.Read full information on external site

Delta Electronics signed a contract with HTC-ITC, a subsidiary of Hanoi Telecom, to build Vietnam's first 2N (two times the amount required for operation) Tier 3 Uptime (99.982% uptime) certified data center at HTC building in Hoa Lac High Tech Zone, a Data Center in Hoa Lac.Read full information on external site

By its simplest definition, the word sustainability refers to the concept of balancing the needs of the present with the capability of future generations to also meet their requirements. At NEXTDC, we feel passionately about ensuring future generations have the same opportunities and resources that we have today.Read full information on external site

Delta Electronics has announced that it has signed a contract with HTC-ITC to build Vietnam's first 2N (two times the amount required for operation) Tier 3 Uptime (99.982% uptime) certified data center at HTC building in Hoa Lac High Tech Zone, a Data Center in Hoa Lac.Read full information on external site

CenturyLink Ecuador S.A., subsidiaria del proveedor global de comunicaciones y de TI CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), recibió la Certificación Tier III de Documentos de Diseño concurrentemente mantenibles del Uptime Institute para su nuevo data center en Carcelén, Quito, Ecuador. La certificación reconoce los altos estándares de diseño en la infraestructura y capacidad del data center.Read full information on external site

Delta Electronics signed a contract with HTC-ITC, a subsidiary of Hanoi Telecom, to build Vietnam’s first 2N (two times the amount required for operation) Tier 3 Uptime (99.982 percent uptime) certified data centre at HTC building in Hoa Lac High Tech Zone, a Data Center in Hoa Lac. The new data centre will operate according to Tier 3 standards of Uptime Institute, the world’s most prestigious data centre certification organisation.Read full information on external site

For the outstanding performance in the construction of the first Tier IV National Data Center (NDC) in the country, ZTE Corporation has won Data Center Construction Team of the Year award at DCD (DataCenterDynamics) Asia Pacific Awards 2019 Ceremony held in Singapore on Thursday.Read full information on external site

For its outstanding performance in the construction of the first Tier IV National Data Center (NDC) in Bangladesh, China's ZTE Corporation has won Data Center Construction Team of the Year award at DCD (DataCenterDynamics) Asia Pacific Awards 2019 Ceremony held in Singapore.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre) has announced that it is officially Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant.Read full information on external site

When it comes to data center operations, there are countless rules and guidelines, but one of the most important is the five-nines rule; cloud providers should be able to provide 99.999% uptime annually, or no more than about a 5.3 minutes without service each year. That’s an awfully high bar, but it’s also a totally necessary one. Any service that can’t minimize downtime puts clients at a greater risk of financial and data loss.Read full information on external site

Continuité de service, sécurité et, plus récemment, performance environnementale : au cœur de la transition digitale, les data centers doivent de plus en plus attester de leur excellence opérationnelle. L’obtention de certifications devient progressivement un passage incontournable pour leurs exploitants, afin de répondre aux attentes des parties intéressées : investisseurs, collectivités locales, entreprises, clients et utilisateurs.Read full information on external site

Located at 18 Riverside Road, 1-Net North Data Centre has 200,000 sq ft in available area. The facility has achieved Uptime Institute Tier 3 certification, and conforms with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessment (TVRA) specifications. It offers stable, secure and high-powered infrastructure for digitised content.Read full information on external site

This award recognises ZTE’s outstanding performance in the construction of the Bangladesh national data centre (NDC), which is located in the Kaliakoir hi-tech park, about 60 kilometres away from the centre of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.Read full information on external site

CenturyLink Ecuador S.A., subsidiaria del proveedor global de comunicaciones y de TI CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), recibió la Certificación Tier III de Documentos de Diseño concurrentemente mantenibles del Uptime Institute para su nuevo data center en Carcelén, Quito, Ecuador. La certificación reconoce los altos estándares de diseño en la infraestructura y capacidad del data center.Read full information on external site

Paratus Namibia has announced the completion of the initial phase of its national mobile-LTE rollout plan. It launched LTE in Walvisbay and Swakopmund in early August. Paratus has invested in its very own independent Mobile-LTE network to be able to offer both consumers and businesses an alternative to current offerings.Read full information on external site

The 5800 square metre S1 data centre has a total capacity of 2800 racks and 16 MW of IT load. It is the only data centre in New South Wales to achieve Uptime Institute Tier III Gold certification for operational sustainability, offering a 100% network uptime.Read full information on external site

Hurricane Electric’s new Point of Presence at S1 Sydney will provide organisations with global high-speed connectivity that meet their technology needs.Read full information on external site

Modern business runs on data. Data centers around the world must maintain the highest degree of uptime possible to ensure uninterrupted data services for their clients. According to the Uptime Institute, one-third of data centers experienced an outage in 2018.Read full information on external site

In the recently published 2019 Uptime Institute supplier survey, participants told us they are witnessing higher than normal data center spending patterns. This is in line with general market trends, driven by the demand for data and digital services. It is also a welcome sign for those suppliers who witnessed a downturn two to three years ago, as public cloud began to bite.Read full information on external site

Data center analytics company Romonet has launched a power usage effectiveness (PUE) validation program. The company, which was earlier this year acquired by real estate giant CBRE, announced at DCD>Singapore that the first facility to be given the certification is Global Switch's ‘Woodlands’ data center in Singapore.Read full information on external site

Significant events like hurricanes, floods and explosions can cause companies to experience enormous loss of property, production and revenue – not to mention threats to personnel safety. That’s why it is essential to have a preparedness plan in place to ensure that business operations can resume in a rapid and safe manner.Read full information on external site

DCIM is moving from an on-premises design to a cloud-based approach in data center management as a service, but DMaaS products still face an uncertain future as they go up against on-premises offerings.Read full information on external site

It is one thing to say the world – and consequently, the business climate – is changing. It’s really a whole other thing to not just survive such changes, but thrive amidst them.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre) has announced that it is officially payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) compliant.Read full information on external site

Based on its recent analysis of the global data centre infrastructure and operations market, Frost & Sullivan recognises NEXTDC Ltd with the 2019 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award.Read full information on external site

An artificial intelligence strategy for data center management and operation requires more than just data and some very smart humans.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that it has earned top global acclaim from respected Global Analyst and Growth Partnership Company, Frost & Sullivan for its dedication to customer focus and technological sophistication in design and engineering pertaining to power quality, back-up power, and mechanical cooling.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that it has earned top global acclaim from respected Global Analyst and Growth Partnership Company, Frost & Sullivan for its dedication to customer focus and technological sophistication in design and engineering pertaining to power quality, back-up power, and mechanical cooling.Read full information on external site

T5 is an industry leader in building and supporting secure and customisable hyperscale computing environments. Experiencing unprecedented growth this year it will continue to scale operations to take on new contracts and new consulting assignments.Read full information on external site

European data center provider Etix has begun work with local partner Compunet on a data center in Cali, Colombia's second largest city.Read full information on external site

For the Carrier Hotel which is to be built in Lomé, the government of Togo has decided to trust the position of prime contractor to APL, a French firm with a 30-year experience in the establishment of data centers.Read full information on external site

Mining organisation, Assmang, is rolling out a ground-breaking mobile data centre solution at its Khumani Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape province to meet its fast-growing information storage requirements. The solution was proposed, designed and deployed by Infrasol, Datacentrix’ infrastructure design and deployment business unit.Read full information on external site

Based on its recent analysis of the global data centre infrastructure and operations market, Frost & Sullivan recognises NEXTDC Ltd with the 2019 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award.Read full information on external site

Frost & Sullivan has acknowledged NEXTDC as the recipient of the the 2019 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award. The award recognises NEXTDC’s dedication to customer focus and technological sophistication in design and engineering in areas such as power quality, back-up power, and mechanical cooling.Read full information on external site

Frost & Sullivan has acknowledged NEXTDC as the recipient of the the 2019 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award. The award recognises NEXTDC’s dedication to customer focus and technological sophistication in design and engineering in areas such as power quality, back-up power, and mechanical cooling.Read full information on external site

Construído utilizando o conceito de Cogeração, que permite maior eficiência energética, o data center da Petrobras conta com geração de energia a gás e chillers de absorção, que complementam o fornecimento elétrico da concessionária.Read full information on external site

NGN właściciel centrum przetwarzania danych Star of Bosphorus (Gwiazda Bosforu) reklamuje się jako „Cyfrowa forteca, która chroni tureckie dane”. To najbardziej zaawansowany obiekt tego typu w Turcji – pierwsze neutralne komunikacyjnie, komercyjne centrum danych, które posiada certyfikat poziomu Tier III wydany przez Uptime Institute.Read full information on external site

Mining organisation Assmang is rolling out a groundbreaking mobile data centre solution at its Khumani Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape province to meet its fast-growing information storage requirements. The solution was proposed, designed and deployed by Infrasol, Datacentrix’s infrastructure design and deployment business unit.Read full information on external site

Over the past 25 years of his career, Lex Coors, chief data centre technology and engineering officer at Interxion, has built strong credentials in the design of versatile, cost-effective and energy-efficient data centre infrastructure.Read full information on external site

The data centre had to be built off-site in two pieceseach 11 tonnesand hoisted over the companys admin building using a crane.Assmang has announced that it has deployed a solution that was proposed, designed and deployed by Infrasol, Datacentrix infrastructure design and deployment business unit at its Khumani Iron Ore Minein the Northern Cape, South Africa.Read full information on external site

The data centre had to be built off-site in two pieceseach 11 tonnesand hoisted over the companys admin building using a crane.Assmang has announced that it has deployed a solution that was proposed, designed and deployed by Infrasol, Datacentrix infrastructure design and deployment business unit at its Khumani Iron Ore Minein the Northern Cape, South Africa.Read full information on external site

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it now expects 10 to 17 tropical storms, an increase from its May prediction of nine to 15 (wind speeds of 39 mph or higher), and five to nine hurricanes (74 mph or higher winds) with two to four becoming major storms (111 mph or higher winds) by the end of October.Read full information on external site

Monty Python fans will instantly recognize the line, 'I'm not dead yet!' as deriving from the (in)famous classic, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' In one scene, we see a man insist another is dead - or will be in a moment. The allegedly 'almost dead' man argues vehemently that he isn't dead yet. To the contrary, he feels just fine.Read full information on external site

En el mundo de la tecnología y las telecomunicaciones, cinco años son una eternidad. Desde 2014 hasta hoy, Amazon pasó a ser la empresa más valiosa del planeta, funcionaron los primeros carros inteligentes y el hombre tuvo noticias de que en Marte hubo agua. Tantos y tan rápidos avances han sido acompañados por una integración que revolucionó el mercado colombiano.Read full information on external site

La empresa AMT – Agência Moderna Tecnologia, líder en la provisión y operación de servicios en la nube públicos, privados e híbridos que se pueden adaptar a las necesidades de cada cliente, seleccionó a CenturyLink para atender su creciente demanda por servicios en la nube como parte del proceso de expansión comercial junto con el proveedor de sistemas de gestión Sankhya.Read full information on external site

Con una programación variada y dinámica que combina la presentación de innovaciones tecnológicas con reflexiones sobre el impacto de la conectividad en la vida cotidiana de los negocios y las personas, Furukawa realiza esta semana su reunión anual con proveedores de servicios de Internet (ISPs), operadores de telecomunicaciones, utilities, profesionales de TI y socios comerciales de varios países y continentes.Read full information on external site

International investors are increasingly setting their sights on Chile as an investment destination for datacenters due to factors related to its economy, energy sector and telecommunications infrastructure.Read full information on external site

GTBank’s purpose-built Data Centre has received the Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certification. GTBank accomplished this with technical and professional support from West Africa’s foremost information technology company, Resourcery Plc.Read full information on external site

As the need for data centers grows across virtually all industries, colocation providers are finding ways to stand out from the competition. In the past, reliability was the differentiating factor. However, running 24/7/365 isn’t exceptional today; it’s expected.Read full information on external site

Resourcery worked with the bank, its architects and structural engineers to design and implemented the technologies within the stand-alone data centre. It also worked with the bank to achieve the Uptime Tier III Certification. The certification is based on set criteria covering mechanical, electrical, structural and site elements that ensure appropriate maintenance and seamless, continuous operations.Read full information on external site

It is one thing to say the world – and consequently, the business climate – is changing. It’s really a whole other thing to not just survive such changes, but thrive amidst them.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its S2 Sydney data centre has achieved Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Certification for Design Documents, recognising the facilities’ ability to withstand individual equipment failures or distribution path interruptions and maintain IT operations.Read full information on external site

Mauricio Ramos, CEO of Millicom, the parent company of Tigo El Salvador, outlined the $ 500 million investment plan that the multinational will execute in the country over the next five years. It is estimated that this amount will be executed at a rate of $ 100 million per year.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC’s M2 Melbourne data centre has been recognised for its sustainable and operational excellence, achieving Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability. The data centre is reported to be the only colocation data centre in Victoria — and the second in Australia after NEXTDC’s B2 facility in Brisbane — to achieve the coveted accolade.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC’s M2 Melbourne data centre has been recognised for its sustainable and operational excellence, achieving Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability. The data centre is reported to be the only colocation data centre in Victoria — and the second in Australia after NEXTDC’s B2 facility in Brisbane — to achieve the coveted accolade.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC’s M2 Melbourne data centre has been recognised for its sustainable and operational excellence, achieving Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability. The data centre is reported to be the only colocation data centre in Victoria — and the second in Australia after NEXTDC’s B2 facility in Brisbane — to achieve the coveted accolade.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre or EADC) is now officially Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant.Read full information on external site

Resourcery worked with the bank, its architects and structural engineers to design and implement the technologies within the stand-alone data centre.Read full information on external site

Resourcery Plc partnered with the lender, its architects and structural engineers to design and implement the technologies within the stand-alone data centre which following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive stipulating that data centre infrastructure and facilities for financial institutions shall satisfy the requirements for Uptime Institute Tier III design and construction.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi has announced that is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant. It is the is the first neutral data centre to be certified PCI DSS in Nairobi, and this, together with Uptime Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification, is an industry-first edge in East Africa.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi, formerly known as East Africa Data Centre, said it now complies with the payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS). It is the first neutral data centre to be certified PCI DSS in Nairobi. Along with the Uptime Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification, this is an industry-first in East Africa.Read full information on external site

Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $67 million refinancing loan for a 199,097-square-foot Tier III data center and office building in Vienna. The borrowers acquired the building in 2016 and immediately began renovations.Read full information on external site

Artificial Intelligence has become such an accepted part of our vernacular that it’s known these days by only its initials. This is proof positive of AI’s promise for impacting myriad facets of our lives, from autonomous vehicles to smart assistants. Datacenters also are being influenced as AI-fueled transformations promise big changes—read, improvements—in how existing and future facilities are designed and function.Read full information on external site

T5 Data Centers, the industry leader in building and supporting secure and customizable hyperscale computing environments, is experiencing unprecedented growth this year and will continue to scale operations to take on new contracts and new consulting assignments.Read full information on external site

Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce premier global contractor Multiplex has been appointed to deliver Stage 1 of NEXTDC’s new 20MW hyperscale data centre, P2 in East Perth. Set to be Western Australia’s first Uptime Institute Tier IV certified data centre, P2 will deliver 10,000 square meters of technical space and 20 Megawatts of power to the West Australian economy, further extending NEXTDC’s world-class operation of data centres across Australia.Read full information on external site

There are many things swelling the public cloud, but the industry is closely watching the rate at which enterprise workloads are moving there, because enterprise IT is a proven, high-margin sector with large, reliable budgets.Read full information on external site

Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce premier global contractor Multiplex has been appointed to deliver Stage 1 of NEXTDC’s new 20MW hyperscale data centre, P2 in East Perth. Set to be Western Australia’s first Uptime Institute Tier IV certified data centre, P2 will deliver 10,000 square meters of technical space and 20 Megawatts of power to the West Australian economy, further extending NEXTDC’s world-class operation of data centres across Australia.There are many things swelling the public cloud, but the industry is closely watching the rate at which enterprise workloads are moving there, because enterprise IT is a proven, high-margin sector with large, reliable budgets.Read full information on external site

Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce premier global contractor Multiplex has been appointed to deliver Stage 1 of NEXTDC’s new 20MW hyperscale data centre, P2 in East Perth. Set to be Western Australia’s first Uptime Institute Tier IV certified data centre, P2 will deliver 10,000 square meters of technical space and 20 Megawatts of power to the West Australian economy, further extending NEXTDC’s world-class operation of data centres across Australia.Read full information on external site

T5 Data Centers is experiencing unprecedented growth this year and will continue to scale operations to take on new contracts and new consulting assignments. Most of the company’s growth is in its critical facility management and construction service divisions — T5 Facilities Management (T5FM) and T5 Construction Services (T5CS).Read full information on external site

The colocation provider was awarded a Tier IV Certification for Design Documents, which means Uptime Institute considers the data centre’s infrastructure to be able to handle “rigorous uptime requirements and long-term viability” in regards to the engineering and architectural design, according to the institute.Read full information on external site

The colocation provider’s results for the year ended 30 June marked a 248 per cent dip in its $6.6 million profit last year, and a continuation of its half-year posting back in February. The loss comes off the back of NextDC’s $470 million investment in two new data centres in Sydney and Perth — S2 and P2 — and its acquisition of Asia Pacific Data Centre (APDC) Group for a final sum of $261 million at the end of last year.Read full information on external site

The colocation provider’s results for the year ended 30 June marked a 248 per cent dip in its $6.6 million profit last year, and a continuation of its half-year posting back in February. The loss comes off the back of NextDC’s $470 million investment in two new data centres in Sydney and Perth — S2 and P2 — and its acquisition of Asia Pacific Data Centre (APDC) Group for a final sum of $261 million at the end of last year.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its S2 Sydney data centre has achieved Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Certification for Design Documents, recognising the facilities’ ability to withstand individual equipment failures or distribution path interruptions and maintain IT operations.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its S2 Sydney data centre has achieved Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Certification for Design Documents, recognising the facilities’ ability to withstand individual equipment failures or distribution path interruptions and maintain IT operations.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its S2 Sydney data centre has achieved Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Certification for Design Documents, recognising the facilities’ ability to withstand individual equipment failures or distribution path interruptions and maintain IT operations.Read full information on external site

Advances in technology can allow you to order food by voice or unlock your phone with your face, but those new capabilities could take a toll on the environment.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia's leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its M2 Melbourne data centre has achieved Uptime Institute's Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability, recognising the company's dedication to building and operating the world's most sustainable and operationally superior data centres.Read full information on external site

A neural network can emit 17 times more carbon dioxide than an average American does in a year, and five times the lifetime emissions of a car. The energy efficiency of the average data center has deteriorated for the first time in a decade, underscoring the effect that AI usage is having on the environment.Read full information on external site

Australian data centre-as-a-service provider NextDC has announced that its M2 Melbourne data centre has achieved Uptime Institute's Tier IV Gold Certification for operational sustainability. According to NextDC, Uptime Institute's Gold Operational Sustainability global standard recognises the human factors that must be considered when running a data centre that meets fault tolerant standards.Read full information on external site

Study finds that training neural networks require more power, as data centers' energy efficiency declines for first time in more than a decade of measurement. Advances in technology can allow you to order food by voice or unlock your phone with your face, but those new capabilities could take a toll on the environment.Read full information on external site

Data-Centre-as-a-Service provider NEXTDC’s M2 Melbourne data centre has become Australia’s second facility to achieve Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability.Read full information on external site

Data-Centre-as-a-Service provider NEXTDC’s M2 Melbourne data centre has become Australia’s second facility to achieve Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability.Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre) has become the first neutral data centre to be certified PCI DSS in Nairobi. This, together with its Uptime Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification, is an industry-first edge in East Africa.Read full information on external site

NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that its M2 Melbourne data centre has achieved Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability, recognising the company’s dedication to building and operating the world’s most sustainable and operationally superior data centres.Read full information on external site

Data Center operators and businesses need predictability in their power supplies. Their infrastructure has to operate regardless of grid stability, weather conditions and other factors that threaten their systems.Read full information on external site

Data Center operators and businesses need predictability in their power supplies. Their infrastructure has to operate regardless of grid stability, weather conditions and other factors that threaten their systems. Network problems, IT system failures and hosting disruptions are significant reasons for data center outages. The biggest culprit, though, remains interrupted power supply, according to research from the Uptime Institute.Read full information on external site

China Mobile International (CMI), a fully owned subsidiary of China Mobile, launched its Singapore data center this week, after breaking ground just over a year ago. The data center is CMI’s second data center outside of China, with the first one located in Tseung Kwan O industrial estate, Hong Kong.Read full information on external site

Data Center operators and businesses need predictability in their power supplies. Their infrastructure has to operate regardless of grid stability, weather conditions and other factors that threaten their systems.Read full information on external site

Data Center operators and businesses need predictability in their power supplies. Their infrastructure has to operate regardless of grid stability, weather conditions and other factors that threaten their systems.Read full information on external site

The data center migration was a controlled event, involving robust security measures and detailed planning. The technology base has recently become operational and houses a data center that boasts a net IT area of 1,800 m² (19,375 square feet) over a total installation area of 6,500 m² (69,965 square feet).Read full information on external site

It is still very early days, but it is clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is set to transform the way data centers are designed, managed and operated — eventually. There has been a lot of misrepresentation and hype around AI, and it’s not always clear how it will be applied, and when. The Uptime Institute view is that it will be rolled out slowly, with initially conservative and limited use cases now and for the next few years. But its impact will grow.Read full information on external site

DP Facilities, Inc., owner and operator of Mineral Gap, the 65,000-square-foot, Tier III Uptime Institute data center located in Wise, Virginia, announced a strategic partnership with Megaport that will provide Mineral Gap customers with powerful, all-in-one global cloud connectivity while maximizing their security, control, and reducing cloud on-ramp costs.Read full information on external site

The network is down! Panic sets in. People stare around in shock. Commerce grinds to a halt. Connectivity is a necessity of modern life; the support system of the digital age. Yet monolithic network operating systems are brittle “blobs” prone to break at the slightest touch. The Uptime Institute LLC “2019 Data Center Survey” lists network system failure as the second most-common cause of data center outages between 2016 and 2018.Read full information on external site

eStruxture Data Centers, a leading Canadian provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data center solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire from Shaw Communications Inc. the assets of Shaw's Calgary-1 data center.Read full information on external site

With every swipe of a bank card, tap onto the tube or post on Facebook, a data centre is hard at work behind the scenes, embedded in everyday transactions.Read full information on external site

Ms Owusu-Ekuful has oversight for the government’s infrastructure programme for the ICT Sector along with the development of a robust framework to support the digitisation of the economy and the scaling up of e-government services with a national broadband and total connectivity for the unserved and underserved.Read full information on external site

The 65,000 square foot (6,000 sq m) data center can support power densities up to 30kW per cabinet. The first phase of the facility was commissioned in August 2015 and awarded Uptime Institute Tier III Design and Construction certifications.Read full information on external site

eStruxture Data Centers has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Shaw’s Calgary-1 data centre. The company has already acquired all the contractual relationships residing in the facility as well as the existing operational and sales teams.Read full information on external site

eStruxture Data Centers, a leading Canadian provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data-centre solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire from Shaw Communications Inc. the assets of Shaw's Calgary-1 data centre. eStruxture acquired all contractual relationships residing in the facility, and the existing operational and sales teams.Read full information on external site

eStruxture Data Centers Inc., a portfolio company of Fengate Real Asset Investments, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Canderel Holdings, has acquired from Shaw Communications Inc. the assets of Shaw’s Calgary-1 data center. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Read full information on external site

In line with almost everyone’s analysis, Uptime's research into where enterprises are putting their workloads has found a very strong move of workloads to the public cloud, much of which then ends up in running, wholly or in part, in colocation data centers.Read full information on external site

Canadian carrier and cloud-neutral data center services provider eStruxture Data Centers says it has agreed to buy Shaw Communications Inc.’s Calgary-1 data center. The agreement covers all contractual relationships and the existing operational and sales teams. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Read full information on external site

And GRC says the need for its cooling kit in that market is clear, as Indian data center operators are often faced with challenges related to the availability of space and power, as well as the reliability of IT equipment in hot and humid environments.Read full information on external site

ABB has been selected by leading data center start-up, DODID, to deliver a comprehensive electrification and automation package for its flagship data center, which has 20 percent reduced cost of ownership.Read full information on external site

ABB has been selected by leading data center start-up, DODID, to deliver a comprehensive electrification and automation package for its flagship data center, which has 20 percent reduced cost of ownership.Read full information on external site

British Airways has confirmed the IT systems failure that caused it to cancel hundreds of flights on 7 August 2019 is now resolved, but is warning passengers to expect knock-on travel disruption as a result. The airline is yet to disclose the exact nature of the problems, which are known to have affected the IT systems governing its check-in and flight departure procedures.Read full information on external site

The 'Summer Scan' series provides data centre community professionals with a summer-weight way of scanning the ideas shaping the industry. Each Summer Scan session contains a video - of a panel debate, a breakout session or one of the Academic Congress presentations delivered by a world-leading expert - that was originally presented at the Great Canadian Data Centre Symposium (GCDCS19) on June 19th-20th at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario.Read full information on external site

Datacentres are without doubt the beating heart of our increasingly digital economy. For proof of that, one only has to look at the havoc and disruption caused when an outage results in a datacentre falling offline – even if it is only for a relatively short amount of time.Read full information on external site

Through the framework, the tech firm will enable public sector organisations – including local authorities, education providers, the NHS and emergency services, and the third sector – access to a range of cloud services delivered via DataVita’s purpose-built, Uptime Institute Tier III certified data centre, which is powered by 100% green energy.Read full information on external site

Uninterruptible power supplies need a stored energy reserve if they are to keep critical loads running during a power outage. Traditionally this has been a set of lead acid batteries and over the years there have been several attempts to replace these including DC flywheels and super capacitors.Read full information on external site

ABB has been selected by leading data centre start-up, DODID, to deliver a comprehensive electrification and automation package for its flagship data centre, which has 20% reduced cost of ownership.Read full information on external site

2019 has seen temperatures soar across Europe and set new records for extreme heat. In the UK, temperatures peaked at 38.7C as the country’s warmest ever day was officially recorded, whereas in central Europe, cities such as Paris and Madrid have experienced extreme temperatures of over 40C this summer.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute’s Annual outage analysis, published early this year, called attention to the persistent problem of IT service and data center outages. Coupled with our annual survey data on outages, the analysis explains, to a degree, why investments to date have not greatly reduced the outage problem — at least from an end-to-end service view.Read full information on external site

Regular software updates make both financial and operational sense. Organizations are more productive thanks to the systems' improved reliability. Neglecting to regularly update data center software can cost companies time, money and business performance.Read full information on external site

The premature end to a weather pattern that suppresses the formation of hurricanes has prompted the nation’s top weather agency to dramatically boost the chances of major, deadly storms during the remainder of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Despite the gloomy forecast from the NOAA, Mississippi-based C Spire says it is ready, thanks to bolstered network resources and staff, to rapidly respond to emergencies and widespread natural disasters if they occur.Read full information on external site

“We believe that we have a lot of scale within our team to do more in terms of growing out our existing footprint and adding additional facilities,” eStruxture president and chief executive officer Todd Coleman told RENX.Read full information on external site

Kao Data has excelled at the Datacloud Global Awards, winning the ‘Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility’ category, against entries from around the world. This is a major achievement for Kao Data and demonstrates its commitment to principles of responsible business capability, customer service and, crucially, its environmental sustainability.Read full information on external site

With decades of strong growth behind it and no slowdown in sight, the data center sector is struggling with staff shortages. According to Uptime Institute’s 2019 global survey of more than 1,000 IT and data center managers, and what we hear anecdotally, the situation seems to be worsening.Read full information on external site

Data Exchange Networks (DXN) has unveiled its $7.5-million Sydney data centre six months later than its planned launch date. The data centre operator officially opened the 1.0MW data centre on 16 August and handed it over to operations team to kick-start usage.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute espouses its tiering structure to describe a data centre’s physical resilience; however, this is a rather narrow scope when considering ‘availability’. Building a resilient, highly-available data centre is only the initial, embryonic phase of its lifetime. For the following 15-20 years, how one operates and maintains a data centre is far more important than how it was built (that said, it does need to be built right in order to be operated to its maximum potential).Read full information on external site

Colocation provider Data Exchange Network (DXN) revealed that its Sydney data centre has completed its initial construction phase, following months of delays.Read full information on external site

NextDC today launched a new micro data center in the Perth central business district (CBD), located adjacent to the planned P2 Perth hyperscale facility which was announced earlier last year. Billed as NextDC’s first edge data center, the P2 microsite is a prefabricated, standalone site within the compound where P2 is being built to offer host interconnection services "while the main hyperscale is constructed".Read full information on external site

Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre) is now officially Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant. Africa Data Centres Nairobi is reportedly the first carrier-neutral data centre to be certified PCI DSS in Nairobi, and together with Uptime Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification, is an industry-first edge in East Africa.Read full information on external site

The American, Ohio-based, provider of equipment and services for datacenters, Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs.Read full information on external site

The business leadership team of Vertiv has visited 21st Century Technologies Limited to explore possible partnership for roll out of Data Centre in Nigeria. Vertiv is the global leader in designing, building and servicing critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers and communication networks.Read full information on external site

The Internet of Things (IoT) is continuing to grow and change the way enterprises operate. With 5G technology also on the horizon, IT specialists must build reliable and robust data centers. Which technologies will help them achieve these objectives? And what are the best practices for implementing the necessary technologies? At the 2019 Data Center Solution Day in Warsaw, Poland on June 11, 2019, Delta offered insights and answers.Read full information on external site

Better management strategies and better process configuration could go a long way towards preventing unplanned downtime in data centres, according to the Ninth Annual Uptime Institute Data Centre Survey. Power loss is still causing significant problems within the industry, according to more than 1600 operators and IT practitioners surveyed. Of those, 60% believe management strategies and process configuration could have prevented power loss and outages.Read full information on external site

Better management strategies and better process configuration could go a long way towards preventing unplanned downtime in data centres, according to the Ninth Annual Uptime Institute Data Centre Survey. Power loss is still causing significant problems within the industry, according to more than 1600 operators and IT practitioners surveyed. Of those, 60% believe management strategies and process configuration could have prevented power loss and outages.Read full information on external site

Those questions have always been central to the cloud conversation for enterprise IT operations. For some cloud prospects, last week’s cluster of outages for major Internet brands may raise fresh questions about the reliability of online service delivery.Read full information on external site

Delta center needs to constantly eveolve due to the IoT, the finest solution has been provided at the Delta Data Center Solution Day (DDCS) in Poland. The 5G Technology is in daily discussions for the entreprises, therefore the IT specialist needs to construct reliable and robust data centers.Read full information on external site

Pi Datacenters, a data centre and enterprise cloud organisation, is setting up Pi-Kochi, Kerala’s first Uptime Institute Tier-4 certified data centre, in Infopark. This will be the company’s second facility in India, with the company’s flagship data centre and Asia’s largest Uptime Institute Tier-4 certified facility based in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.Read full information on external site

For the last few years, businesses have been seriously reconsidering their IT infrastructure to stay competitive. They have started to look into the pros and cons of keeping their computing resources on-premises or moving the functions to cloud services.Read full information on external site

Vertiv, provider of equipment and services for data centers and 21st Century Technologies Limited, a multidisciplinary telecommunications service provider are exploring possible partnership opportunities to roll out more data centers in Nigeria, BusinessDay learnt.For the last few years, businesses have been seriously reconsidering their IT infrastructure to stay competitive. They have started to look into the pros and cons of keeping their computing resources on-premises or moving the functions to cloud services.Read full information on external site

Pi Datacentres, a data centre and enterprise cloud organization is setting up Kerala’s first Uptime Institute tier-4 certified data centre in Infopark – Pi-Kochi. This will be the company’s second such facility coming up in India after the flagship data centre at Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.Read full information on external site

Leonardo, through its subsidiary Vitrociset, has been awarded the tender called by the Italian Government Printing Office and Mint for the supply and commissioning of a Green Data Center (GDC) solution for around EUR 11 million. The contract confirms the Group's ability to develop innovative solutions for the security of critical infrastructures.Read full information on external site

According to the survey results, other factors contributing to skill shortages include a lack of hybrid IT skills; a lack of new skills (like managing SLAs for off-premises workloads); a lack of software skills with adoption of software-defined technologies; and fewer young men and women entering the field.Read full information on external site

An Ohio-based data centre equipment and services provider, Vertiv is exploring partnership with Nigeria’s technology company, 21st Century Technologies, to help build critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers and communication networks in Nigeria.Read full information on external site

An Ohio-based data centre equipment and services provider, Vertiv is exploring partnership with Nigeria’s technology company, 21st Century Technologies, to help build critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers and communication networks in Nigeria.Read full information on external site

The graphics Godzilla has expanded its DGX-Ready programme, signing up colocation providers across the US, Europe and Asia that are able to power and cool the specialised hardware. These include Cyxtera, Data Dock, Equinix, Fujitsu, Interxion, NTT Comms, NTT Data, IDC Frontier, Vantage and Verne Global.Read full information on external site

Data centre and digital transformation experts and practitioners gathered at The McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton on June 20th for a day of thought-provoking panels, discussions and networking.Read full information on external site

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, received the M&O (Management and Operation) Data Center Certification by Uptime Institute – the IT industry’s most trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design, build and operation of data centers, making it the first telecom operator in Kuwait and the third in the region to receive this prestigious certification.Read full information on external site

The management of Vertiv, a service provider for data centres, is considering a partnership with 21st Century Technologies Limited for the rollout of data centres in Nigeria. A statement issued by the firm said this was the crux of the discussion when Vertiv team paid a visit to 21st CTL in Lagos recently.Read full information on external site

Zain Kuwait said it has received Management and Operation (M&O) Data Centre Certification by Uptime Institute. It said it is the first telecom operator in Kuwait and the third in the region to receive this certification from the advisory organisation. The achievement will improve Zain's positioning in the enterprise segment by proving that its data centre, it added.Read full information on external site

Water supply isn’t a front-of-mind issue for many Chesterfield County residents these days, with lakes and ponds filled to the brim and the Richmond region in the middle of one of its wettest weather cycles in recorded history.Read full information on external site

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, received the M&O (Management and Operation) Data Center Certification by Uptime Institute – the IT industry’s most trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design, build and operation of data centers, making it the first telecom operator in Kuwait and the third in the region to receive this prestigious certification.Read full information on external site

Natural disasters represent a pressing issue for data centers, in particular when it comes to problems of data security and overall uptime – and with climate change creating more extreme weather events, problems are likely to arise even more often.Read full information on external site

Are data centre owners who have invested in UPS and backup power systems, whilst not regularly testing them, simply invested in potential failure? Paul Brickman, sales and marketing director at Crestchic gives us his insight.Read full information on external site

Base is located in the middle of xinjiangkaramay city, near Karamay City People's Government and the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, around the base will become Karamay important administrative office center with public cultural and sports center, it is an important node in the city functions.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyperdensity 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4 Data Centres.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyperdensity 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4 Data Centres.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group recently announced that they have forayed into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture Yotta Infrastructure. As per the announcement, it will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall design, build and operate large-scale hyperdensity Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres.Read full information on external site

The Hiranandani Group enters into Data Centre Parks with its new business venture Yotta Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4 Data Centres at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Zain, a leading digital service provider in Kuwait, has received the M&O Data Center Certification from the Uptime Institute. The certification is a trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design, build and operation of data centres and Zain has become the first telecom operator in Kuwait to receive it.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres. The first phase of operation shall commence at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres. The first phase of operation shall commence at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres. The first phase of operation shall commence at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres. The first phase of operation shall commence at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group forays into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture ‘YOTTA’ Infrastructure. It will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall Design, Build & Operate large-scale hyper density 11 Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres. The first phase of operation shall commence at Hiranandani projects in Mumbai, Panvel and Chennai.Read full information on external site

Resellers are often speaking with a team of top mechanical, electrical and system engineers and project managers who work on data center projects. From pre-deployment data center site surveys through deployment services and customizable support options, you’re challenged with knowing exactly what customers need.Read full information on external site

The Hiranandani Group, which owns over 1800 acres of land across India and is a leading construction company, is now making a foray into Data Centre Parks, and their new business venture is called Yotta Infrastructure. Yotta comes from the term ‘Yottabytes’ which is the highest unit of storage in the series of pico, giga, mega, and kilobytes.Read full information on external site

Hiranandani Group recently announced that they have forayed into Data Centre Parks with their new business venture Yotta Infrastructure. As per the announcement, it will be a managed Data Centre Service provider that shall design, build and operate large-scale hyperdensity Uptime Institute Certified Tier 4* Data Centres.Read full information on external site

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in data centers to drive up efficiencies and drive down risks and costs. But it also creates new types of risks. Some of these risks are not clear-cut. Take, for example, new AI-driven cloud services, such as data center management as a service (DMaaS), that pool anonymized data from hundreds or thousands of other customers’ data centers.Read full information on external site

Each Summer Scan session combines a quick-reference slide deck with a video of a presentation delivered by a world-leading expert at the Great Canadian Data Centre Symposium (GCDCS19), which was held on June 19th-20th at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario. Note: we will link each session as it is added to the website. Please bookmark this page and check back often!Read full information on external site

Commissioning is important for any building, but it's critical for a data center and requires more steps than an office building. Data center commissioning ensures everything runs correctly but also asks if the infrastructure will stay online when something goes wrong.Read full information on external site

Compass Datacenters has acquired Montreal-based wholesale colocation provider Root Data Center, following additional funding from its current investors. After acquiring Root’s data centers, Compass will operate 375MW of capacity across its current campuses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Read full information on external site

In May of this year, the Uptime Institute unveiled its Outage Severity Rating (OSR) system, which according to the organization, aims “to help the digital infrastructure and data center community better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident affects the business.”Read full information on external site

The business leadership team of Vertiv, the global leader in designing, building and servicing critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers and communication networks recently visited 21st Century Technologies Limited to explore possible partnership for roll out of Data Centre in Nigeria.Read full information on external site

Imagine having a miniature army of seasoned technicians watching over your data center infrastructure. These technicians are so experienced that they know when a piece of equipment is going to fault just by how it smells or sounds and can speed-dial you before an outage occurs.Read full information on external site

21st Century Technologies Limited, Nigeria’s ICT powerhouse has obtained a Tier IV certification from Uptime Institute, the first time for any telecommunications company in Africa.Read full information on external site

As artificial intelligence boosts demand for more powerful hardware, are data centers turning to liquid cooling to support more high-density server racks? The picture is mixed, as end users report a gradual increase in rack density, and there have been some large new installations for technical computing applications.Read full information on external site

The sector is facing a staffing crisis, said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, which just released its annual data-center survey. “We all know that the data-center skills shortage is real. I think what we’re seeing in this data is that it’s getting a little worse,” Lawrence said.Read full information on external site

Telecommunication operators or telcos across the region have seen their profits boom as both mobile penetration and demand for connectivity increase.Read full information on external site

The sector is facing a staffing crisis, said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, which just released its annual data-center survey. “We all know that that the data-center skills shortage is real. I think what we’re seeing in this data is that it’s getting a little worse,” Lawrence said.Read full information on external site

The sector is facing a staffing crisis, said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, which just released its annual data-center survey. “We all know that that the data-center skills shortage is real. I think what we’re seeing in this data is that it’s getting a little worse,” Lawrence said.Read full information on external site

The sector is facing a staffing crisis, said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, which just released its annual data-center survey. “We all know that the data-center skills shortage is real. I think what we’re seeing in this data is that it’s getting a little worse,” Lawrence said.Read full information on external site

Medallion, AIG, Etix Everywhere, and Ngoya are set to start the first tier 4 designed certified data centre in West Africa, with commercial services scheduled to begin from July in Ghana, MSN News reported. The centre will receive a tier certification from the Uptime Institute.Read full information on external site

As more companies become dependent on the cloud and online markets, the risk and cost is rising. That the primary causes are eminently preventable hardware failures and human error, suggests that the fixes involve managers re-thinking resource allocation and cost-benefit investment decisions.Read full information on external site

Alice and LHCb — will install 10 of Automation’s SAFE Prefabricated Datacenter Modules to extend their datacenters. The modules are located on top of the experiments, allowing for significant savings on data transfer costs.Read full information on external site

As data center density reaches about 20 kilowatts per rack and higher, the viability of ambient or free air data center cooling systems becomes questionable. Costs rise, and at a certain point, organizations simply cannot build systems capable of cooling the ultradense racks efficiently enough.Read full information on external site

The sector is facing a staffing crisis, said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, which just released its annual data-center survey. “We all know that that the data-center skills shortage is real.Read full information on external site

The “industrial Internet of Things” and the capabilities it’s expected to enable, such as smart factories and “digital twins” of complex physical machinery, promise more efficient manufacturing than ever achieved through automation and machine learning – the so-called fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0 for short.Read full information on external site

Everbridge, Inc. (EVBG), the global leader in critical event management and enterprise safety software applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, today announced the appointment of David Meredith as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Everbridge Board of Directors, effective July 15, 2019.Read full information on external site

Per le aziende è sempre più difficile trovare personale per progettare, costruire e gestire data center. Il settore sta affrontando una crisi di personale, secondo la fotografia scattata dell’Uptime Institute nel suo report annuale sui data center, recentemente pubblicato.Read full information on external site

Digital Realty has opened KIX11, the second data center on its campus in Osaka, anchored by a multi-megawatt, multi-year agreement with a global cloud service provider. KIX11 will be connected via dark fiber to subsequent phases of the Digital Osaka Connected Campus, a planned giant facility with a total IT load capacity of more than 100 megawatts, currently under development.Read full information on external site

Through the smart use of automation and a focus on people, organizations can begin to address the skills shortage and drive their businesses into the future.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has published the results of its 2019 Data Center Industry Survey, one of the most highly anticipated publications in the sector every year. Major themes and findings in the 2019 survey results, as listed in the Executive Summary, include:Read full information on external site

Des logiciels tournent sur 15 milliards de terminaux et périphériques à travers le monde. Ce sont eux qui en commandent les besoins en énergie.Read full information on external site

Byblos Bank announced during a press conference at its headquarters in Ashrafieh the inauguration of its new data center, the only Uptime Institute Tier III certified constructed facility in Lebanon.Read full information on external site

Byblos Bank announced during a press conference at its headquarters in Ashrafieh the inauguration of its new data center, the only Uptime Institute Tier III certified constructed facility in Lebanon.Read full information on external site

Byblos Bank announced during a press conference at its headquarters in Ashrafieh the inauguration of its new data center, the only Uptime Institute Tier III certified constructed facility in Lebanon.Read full information on external site

Whether you’re using your own tools or someone else’s, cloud service downtime can be nerve-wracking, especially if the software is mission-critical. Here are some things to keep in mind ahead of time.Read full information on external site

Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services which operates under the TIGO brand in Latin America, announced today it is partnering with world-class vendor Schneider Electric for infrastructure monitoring of its datacenters. During its annual datacenter workshop taking place this week in Panama, the leading convergent operator was also joined by DatacenterDynamics with the CEEDA program, and Uptime Institute, from whom it received multiple certifications and awards.Read full information on external site

Completion of Macquarie Telecom’s $80-million new data centre Intellicentre 3 East (IC3) has been postponed for the second half of calendar 2020. The publicly-listed company intended to have the first data hall of the 13,400-square metre site ready by the end of this year but claimed the project was held up by planning and approval delays.Read full information on external site

Capping months of research that involved extensive outreach to more than 150 suppliers and hundreds of Canadian data centre professionals, InsightaaS and McMaster University's Computing Infrastructure Research Centre (CIRC) presented the inaugural Canadian Data Centre Excellence Awards (CDCXA) at a gala dinner at the McMaster Innovation Centre.Read full information on external site

Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services which operates under the TIGO brand in Latin America, announced today it is partnering with world-class vendor Schneider Electric for infrastructure monitoring of its datacenters. During its annual datacenter workshop taking place this week in Panama, the leading convergent operator was also joined by DatacenterDynamics with the CEEDA program, and Uptime Institute, from whom it received multiple certifications and awards.Read full information on external site

Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services which operates under the TIGO brand in Latin America, announced today it is partnering with world-class vendor Schneider Electric for infrastructure monitoring of its datacenters. During its annual datacenter workshop taking place this week in Panama, the leading convergent operator was also joined by DatacenterDynamics with the CEEDA program, and Uptime Institute, from whom it received multiple certifications and awards.Read full information on external site

Over 700 data center and cloud professionals will converge on the Hotel Mulia in Jakarta on June 19th for the seventh annual DCD>Jakarta conference.Read full information on external site

Cloud and edge computing have emerged in response to the demands of the IoT and 5G networks. The Data Center Solution Day in Warsaw is part of a global event series addressing these challenges.Over 700 data center and cloud professionals will converge on the Hotel Mulia in Jakarta on June 19th for the seventh annual DCD>Jakarta conference.Read full information on external site

Well into the cloud era, a significant number of enterprises still have trepidations about moving mission-critical applications and services to the public cloud, preferring to forgo cloud migration risks by keeping apps ensconced within their own data centers.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has added two seminars — “Critical Facility Management” and “Data Center Cost Management” — to its data center training calendar seminars being held September 9-10 in New York. The programs are designed to be intensive one-day and in-person courses focusing on in-depth reviews on topics key to the professional growth and development of industry professionals.Read full information on external site

The Tier certification from the Uptime Institute guarantees to customers an infrastructure, a capacity, and processes in place to provide a truly maximum level of availability.Read full information on external site

Sunday’s major outage for the Google Cloud Platform disrupted YouTube and Gmail, as well as popular hosted services that rely on Google’s infrastructure, including Snapchat, Shopify and Pokemon Go. Read full information on external site

Enterprise privately-owned data centers form the core of IT infrastructure, but they are getting overcrowded and could soon be looking at major efficiency issues. Read full information on external site

A joint venture involving Medallion Communications Limited, Etix Everywhere, Ngoya and Africa Investment Group (AIG) is expected to deliver the first West Africa’s carrier and vendor neutral Tier IV data centre in Accra, Ghana. The multi-tenant data center (MTDC) with Tier certification from the Uptime Institute will guarantee customers access to robust infrastructure, capacity, and processes to provide optimum services in Ghana and across the region.Read full information on external site

Medallion, AIG, Etix Everywhere, and Ngoya is set to commence First Tier 4 designed certified data Centre in West Africa, with commercial services billed to start from July 2019 in Ghana. Etix Accra #1, will be the first operational Tier IV certified data center in West Africa.Read full information on external site

Notable technology investor Elad Gil recently observed that online markets are about ten times larger than they used to be ten to fifteen years ago. For companies this is mostly good news; you gain more customers and revenue than was even conceivable a decade ago.Read full information on external site

21st Century Technologies Limited, Nigeria’s ICT powerhouse has obtained a Tier IV certification from Uptime Institute, the first time for any telecommunications company in Africa. Also by the certification, 21st Century Technologies has become the most certified ICT firm in the country.Read full information on external site

It’s been almost a year since Gartner VP David Cappuccio authored a blog post titled The Data Center is Dead. “By 2025, 80 per cent of enterprises will have shut down their traditional data center, versus 10 percent today,” Cappuccio predicted in that piece.Read full information on external site

Power usage effectiveness has long been used as a benchmark for data center efficiency, but it is seldom looked at as a tool to unlock stranded information technology capacity and to create a new source of revenue.Read full information on external site

Following in the footsteps of VIRTUS’ LONDON1, LONDON2 and LONDON4 facilities, LONDON5 has also attained UKAS accredited ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has announced the launch of its new Outage Severity Rating (OSR), which aims to help organizations better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident affects the business. With OSR, organizations can view their own outages in terms of business impacts, rather than referencing outages based upon the number of physical infrastructure components that were involved.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute has announced its new Outage Severity Rating (OSR) to help the digital infrastructure and data center community better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident affects the business.Read full information on external site

Sterling and Wilson, India’s leading Data Center EPC company, announces its partnership with Uptime Institute, the IT industry’s most trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design, build and operation of Data Centers.Read full information on external site

South African Internet Service Provider (ISP) Cool Ideas has signed an agreement with Angola Cables to colocate at the company’s data centre in Fortaleza, Brazil.Read full information on external site

Mumbai, May 16 Tata Sky and Amazon Thursday announced a tie up through which the DTH platform's users will be able to access over the top (OTT) players' content on their television sets.Read full information on external site

The global Uptime Institute announced from its Seattle headquarters a new Outage Severity Rating (OSR) lexicon to help the digital infrastructure and data center community better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident afects business.Read full information on external site

Data center EPCNSE -3.35 % company Sterling and Wilson said that it was partnering with Uptime Institute for data center certification in India. Sterling and Wilson, a Shapoorji Pallonji company, provides turnkey data center services from designing, building, procurement and construction, and now will be able to undertake certification of data centers as well in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh.Read full information on external site

Tata Sky and Amazon Thursday announced a tie up through which the DTH platform's users will be able to access over the top (OTT) players' content on their television sets. Tata Sky customers will have to pay Rs 249 a month to access content from OTT players like Hotstar, Eros Now, Hungama Play and Sun NXT, a statement said.Read full information on external site

There are a few aspects to Rack Centre's competitive advantage. Carrier or Network neutrality and comprehensive interconnectivity; Rack Centre is the leading network-neutral data centre in West Africa.Read full information on external site

A reliable infrastructure network, high internet penetration rates and connectivity along with comparatively lower power costs are making Russia a go-to location for data centres.Read full information on external site

Global communications and IT services provider CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) expanded its data center infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro to accommodate broad regional demand from customers for colocation, hosting, cloud computing, security, collaboration and communications services.Read full information on external site

Sterling and Wilson has partnered with Uptime Institute to facilitate certification of Data Centers in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Now with this partnership, all Uptime Institute services will be performed directly by Uptime Institute, said the company.Read full information on external site

Deep down, everyone knows that the five nines (as we see in 99.999 percent uptime promises everywhere) is merely a concept for reliability. The ‘five nines’ mean that there is only a 0.001 percent probability of failure in an interval of time. From a time perspective, it means that a given service will never be down for more than 0.001 percent of the time, which translates to just five minutes per year.Read full information on external site

When we first set off on our journey in 2010 to be Australia's leading Data Centre as-a-Service provider, we knew that providing our customers with 100% uptime was non-negotiable. We made it our brand promise guarantee, and with our brand and customer critical infrastructure at stake, it's something we don't take lightly.Read full information on external site

Delivering uptime has always been the prime directive for data centers. The industry was created to ensure that mission-critical applications never go offline. That goal has typically been achieved through layers of redundant electrical infrastructure, including uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and emergency backup generators.Read full information on external site

In a recent research report, Uptime Institute concluded that downtime in data centers is common and may even be increasing, despite many advances and much effort and investment. Unfortunately, management often attributes failures of complex systems like data centers to human error on the part of operators in the field, when the reverse is often true: management shortcomings are usually the root cause.Read full information on external site

In a recent research report, Uptime Institute concluded that downtime in data centers is common and may even be increasing, despite many advances and much effort and investment. Unfortunately, management often attributes failures of complex systems like data centers to human error on the part of operators in the field, when the reverse is often true: management shortcomings are usually the root cause.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has released the findings of its ninth annual Global Data Center Survey, which describes an increasingly complex data center market as it continues to adapt to change.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute today announced the key findings of its ninth annual Global Data Center Survey, the largest and most comprehensive in the data center sector. Findings show that the sector has become exceptionally complex as it continues to adapt to change.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has released the findings of its ninth annual Global Data Center Survey, which describes an increasingly complex data center market as it continues to adapt to change. This year’s survey gained insights from 1100 IT managers, data center owners and operators, suppliers, designers and consultants across 50 countries, who outlined new demanding business requirements and challenges.Read full information on external site

Outages this year alone has come close to 2018 findings, with just over a third of respondents having business impacts associated with some type of infrastructure outage in the past year.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute has published the key findings of its ninth annual Global Data Center Survey, the largest and most comprehensive in the data center sector. Findings show that the sector has become exceptionally complex as it continues to adapt to change. Demanding business requirements strain the ability of traditional mechanical and electrical systems to keep pace. Meanwhile, new challenges have arisen, including those associated with orchestrating hybrid architectures, staffing and skills alignment, workload placement decision making processes, and the desire to leverage innovative technologies without increasing risk.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute has announced the key findings of its ninth annual Global Data Center Survey, the largest and most comprehensive in the data center sector. Findings show that the sector has become exceptionally complex as it continues to adapt to change.Read full information on external site

Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) net profit soared to RM308.3 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 (Q1 2019) from RM157.2 million posted a year ago. Revenue, however, was down 2.4 per cent to RM2.78 billion from RM2.85 billion previously, due to a decline in voice, Internet and multimedia services, as well as non-telecommunication related services.Read full information on external site

Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) net profit soared to RM308.3 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 (Q1 2019) from RM157.2 million posted a year ago. Revenue, however, was down 2.4 per cent to RM2.78 billion from RM2.85 billion previously, due to a decline in voice, Internet and multimedia services, as well as non-telecommunication related services.Read full information on external site

Despite the promised simplicity provided by the cloud and other technologies, the data center sector just keeps getting more complex, according to the Uptime Institute's latest annual global data center survey.Read full information on external site

The next edition of Uptime Institute’s annual Data Center Industry Survey is due later this month, though few may be anticipating any significant change to one of its key findings from 2018: IT managers believed the vast majority of data center outages that year were preventable.Read full information on external site

Stack Infrastructure recently announced the appointment of Mike Casey as Chief Data Center Officer. Mike brings a proven track record of delivering customized data center solutions and high client satisfaction through operational excellence to STACK’s leadership team. He will lead the engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations of STACK’s vibrant and growing data center portfolio.Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute has announced its new Outage Severity Rating (OSR) to help the data centre community better understand and communicate service outages. For the past three years, Uptime Institute’s Intelligence group has been studying publicly reported outages to understand the causes and impacts of unplanned downtime. During this period, the number of public outages has steadily climbed, with 27 outages in 2016, 57 outages in 2017 and 78 in 2018.Read full information on external site

EkkoSense has announced a new appointment to its board. Data centre expert Mark Acton will be strengthening the board as a non-executive director. According to the company, Acton comes equipped with 25 years’ senior global data centre operations and consulting experience both in senior executive and non-executive roles.Read full information on external site

The line of responsibility for idle, unused servers isn't always clear, but a smart action plan can lead to significant savings. They’re sitting around doing absolutely nothing all day long, yet they could be costing your enterprise millions of dollars each year.Read full information on external site

TCC Technology (TCCtech), represented by Mr. Voradis Vinyaratn (Right), Executive Director and Acting Managing Director, has been invited to join APAC Uptime Institute Network Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to receive a letter of recognition for the Management and Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval which is a data center award presented by Mr. Philip Hu (Left), Managing Director-North Asia, Uptime Institute.Read full information on external site

A Dataprev inicia o ano de 2019 com a conquista da certificação Tier III Facility para o Data Center Distrito Federal (DCDF), selo conferido pelo Uptime Institute que assegura o atendimento a requisitos de segurança e disponibilidade da infraestrutura de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação.Read full information on external site

Sweden-based prefabricated data centre provider Flexenclosure has announced the completion of a new eCentre facility for Millicom's Tigo Business unit in Nicaragua. The plant is one of six new data centres Flexenclosure is delivering for Tigo as part of Millicom's USD 68 million investment in improving data infrastructure in the Latin American region.Read full information on external site

Data centre specialist Flexenclosure has completed construction of a new eCentre data centre for Tigo Business in Nicaragua. This is one of six new data centres Flexenclosure is delivering for Millicom’s Tigo operations, as part of Millicom’s ambitious program to improve data infrastructure across Latin America.Read full information on external site

The public cloud is dampening demand for data center capacity and leading to closures, consolidation and a big rethink on data center ownership. Right? Not quite, according to the latest Uptime Intelligence research.Read full information on external site

Flexenclosure has completed construction of a modular data center for Millicom’s Tigo operation in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. Like all of Flexenclosure's modular eCentre data centers, the building is manufactured in the company’s Swedish plant before being shipped to the final construction site. This one is intended to support the expansion of the Luxembourg-based telco in Latin America.Read full information on external site

Flexenclosure, which designs and delivers prefabricated modular data centres for colocation, cloud and communications companies, has completed construction of a new eCentre data centre for Tigo Business in Nicaragua. This is one of six new data centres Flexenclosure is delivering for Millicom’s Tigo operations.Read full information on external site

Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) enterprise and public sector business solutions arm TM One, today unveiled its new 90,000 square feet Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC). TM One chief executive officer Azizi A Hadi said the facility, which was completed in January, is now serving five customers with 30% of its capacity taken up.Read full information on external site

An increasingly data-driven society demands advanced, high-performance data center facilities. Read on to learn the biggest codes and standards challenges, emerging technologies and upcoming trends affecting data centers.Read full information on external site

T5 Data Centers, an industry leader in building and operating secure and customizable computing environments, and QuadReal Property Group, a global real estate investment, operating and development company, have agreed to launch a platform to develop, acquire and operate data centers focused on meeting the complex requirements and escalating demands of enterprise and hyperscale users.Read full information on external site

TM One, the data center arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, have opened a 90,000 square foot data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The company’s general manager for data centers previously set the opening for Q3 of 2018, no reason was given for the delay.Read full information on external site

TM ONE, the enterprise and public sector business solutions arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), unveiled its state-of-the-art Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC) to members of the media during a tour of the KVDC recently. Located in Cyberjaya, Selangor, the KVDC completes TM ONE’s Twin Core Data Centre after the launch of the Iskandar Puteri Core Data Centre (IPDC) in Nusajaya Technological Park in Iskandar Puteri, Johor in November 2017.Read full information on external site

Telekom Malaysia's arm TM One opened its new 90,000 square feet Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC) located in Cyberjaya. Completed in January, the data centre is now serving five customers, with 30 percent of its capacity occupied.Read full information on external site

As organizations undergo digital transformation to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their IT environments, cloud migration is often a high priority. Yet migrating workloads and applications can often be a challenging process. To help organizations efficiently make the move, here is a five-step cloud migration checklist gleaned from industry best practices.Read full information on external site

At the DCD>Energy Smart conference, experts from across the value chain look at the opportunities to strengthen the smart energy nexus and drive forward smart energy initiatives with deeper collaboration.Read full information on external site

Data centers, whether they are multi-story hyperscale facilities in excess of 10 MW or small facilities designed to reduce latency at the edge of the network, require a means to reject the heat generated by the servers. The methods for achieving this are changing along with the industry as the demand for efficiency and sustainability continues to increase.Read full information on external site

Companies are moving to incorporate the cloud into their computing infrastructure at a phenomenal rate. This is, without question, a very positive move. It permits companies to scale processing resources up and down in response to changing demands, giving companies the operational equivalent of unlimited resources while paying only for the resources that are actually used.Read full information on external site

Somewhere in Cyberjaya sits the newly-unveiled Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC). It hardly stands out – the point, as we’re told, is for it to remain fairly obscure, as part of security – but it’s certainly no slouch of a building.Read full information on external site

TM ONE, the enterprise and public sector business solutions arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), today officially unveiled its latest data centre – Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC) in a tour session specially for members of the media. The KVDC, located at the global technology hub of Cyberjaya, completes TM ONE’s Twin Core Data Centre after the launch of the Iskandar Puteri Core Data Centre (IPDC) in Nusajaya, Technology Park, Iskandar Puteri, Johor back in November 2017.Read full information on external site

Companies are moving to incorporate the cloud into their computing infrastructure at a phenomenal rate. This is, without question, a very positive move. It permits companies to scale processing resources up and down in response to changing demands, giving companies the operational equivalent of unlimited resources while paying only for the resources that are actually used.Read full information on external site

Data centers serve as the foundation for the modern enterprise. They power the IT systems that run complex businesses, including servers, backup systems, telecommunications equipment, and numerous other technology components. More than 8.5 million data centers exist worldwide, and the figure in the U.S. now tops 3 million.Read full information on external site

RF Code, a leading provider of real-time physical asset management and environmental monitoring solutions for data centers, today announced successful deployment of real-time environmental monitoring solutions for DataVita, the UKs only Uptime Institute-certified Tier 3 data center north of London.Read full information on external site

RF Code, a leading provider of real-time physical asset management and environmental monitoring solutions for data centers, today announced successful deployment of real-time environmental monitoring solutions for DataVita, the UKs only Uptime Institute-certified Tier 3 data center north of London.Read full information on external site

The increased procurement of renewable energy sources for data centers operations, the rise in data center automation, and the emergence of Lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells are expected to drive the Europe data center construction market. Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, Telia Sonera, Telenor, and Tele2 TDC Group along with government agencies are investing a high capital in improving internet connectivity in Western Europe and the Nordic region.Read full information on external site

At a recent industry event in Mumbai, the global CEO of a big tech company took a quick poll among an audience of CEOs, CIOs, and CTOs. “How many of you have more than three clouds?” she asked. A few hands went up in the room. “5, 10, 15…,” she asked again, slowly. And some more hands went up in the room.Read full information on external site

2018 was a bustling year for the IT industry. We were tasked with accommodating rising amounts of complex data, higher workload requirements, malicious cyber-attacks and more -- all while maintaining day-to-day business operations.Read full information on external site

It is a very strategic core-infrastructure for the economy. Why? The world is now a data economy and we live in a global ecosystem. However, if there is lack of quality infrastructure to provide the hosting of data, it underpins everything that is done.Read full information on external site

Every year as part of the DCD Awards, we celebrate the individual achievements of exceptional data center managers, people who go above and beyond the call of duty, who sacrifice their time, effort and emotional well-being on the altar of uptime.Read full information on external site

The digital age heralds' significant technology and business opportunities, but with that comes unprecedented competition and rising customer expectations and the critical need for something businesses wouldn't have dreamed of 10 years ago - immediacy!Read full information on external site

Datacenter People Group, the number one recruitment firm to the Datacenter and Cloud sector worldwide, announces the appointment of Bruce Taylor to the board of their U.S. subsidiary Datacenter People LLC. Datacenter People was founded in 2010, and with offices in London, Singapore, Dublin and Tampa, is now one of the leading firms in the search and recruitment of datacenter talent worldwide.Read full information on external site

CBRE Data Centre Solutions and Uptime Institute have formed a strategic partnership to enable CBRE to offer its clients the Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval, the industry’s only operations focused data centre risk assessment solution, as part of CBRE’s Critical Environment Risk Management (CERM) programme.Read full information on external site

The government has launched an investigation that will seek to find out the energy footprint of the cloud services they use, Computer Weekly has learned.Read full information on external site

T5FM, a division of T5 Data Centers, providers of secure, customizable, hyperscale enterprise computing environments, also substantially expanded its staff to meet the needs of new customers, which include Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies.Read full information on external site

The US government is terrible at managing data centres: five years after the Federal Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) mandated the closure or consolidation of thousands of inefficient server farms, the federal agencies are nowhere close to meeting its goals.Read full information on external site

Tencent Thailand and True Internet Data Center (True IDC) have collaborated to launch the first in-country interactive and AI-enabled cloud platform in Thailand.Read full information on external site

Data centers are the glue that holds the internet and the World Wide Web together. We take the huge server racks that hold the cloud and the internet together for granted, but without data centers, all of the services that we use on a daily basis just couldn’t function.Read full information on external site

The data center industry continues to grow and change at a significant pace. Large build-outs are causing strain on the supply chain, we are seeing continuation of skill shortages and hiring issues, and there are innovations in power, networking and resiliency with hybrid infrastructures that also cause challenges.Read full information on external site

Is your IT infrastructure as agile as your business needs it to be? Are you spending too much time reacting to problems rather than focusing on the future?Read full information on external site

In the quest to put the customer first – the hallmark of hospitality – many hotel chains have begun to reevaluate their approach to IT. The advancement of cloud services, the Internet of Things (IoT) and enhanced mobile connectivity have created new possibilities for improving the guest experience, and many are seeking to capitalize on these innovations.Read full information on external site

DP Facilities, Inc., owner and operator of Mineral Gap, the 65,000-square-foot, Tier III Uptime Institute data center located in Wise, Virginia, announced today that it has hired industry veteran Jhoan Checo as its new Senior Vice President of Sales.Read full information on external site

As climate change gathers pace, extreme weather events are on the rise, and so are sea levels. Critical infrastructure, including data centers and submarine cable landing stations, are expected to work reliably, yet they are at risk of water ingress and flooding.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute, a global authority known for its comprehensive set of datacenter standards, has helped bring resiliency, reliability, and trust to digital foundations for more than 20 years. Members of Uptime Institute Network enjoy access to an ever-growing pool of datacenter best practices, benchmarking, analytics, case studies, and rigorous training curricula. Moving forward, the organization is focusing on helping businesses assess and report hybrid resiliency in anticipation of future industry needs.Read full information on external site

CBRE Data Centre Solutions, the world’s leading integrated data centre operations service provider, and Uptime Institute, the global data centre authority, today announced a strategic partnership to enable CBRE to offer its clients the Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval, the industry’s only operations focused data centre risk assessment solution, as part of CBRE’s Critical Environment Risk Management (CERMTM) programme.Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, celebrated the launch of its Uptime Institute Certified Tier III Data Centre at a Gala Dinner held on March 20 at Wyndham Grand Hotel, Manama.Read full information on external site

The company celebrated the launch of its Uptime Institute Certified Tier III Data Centre at a gala dinner held on March 20 at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Manama.Read full information on external site

Millicom announced today the launch of its latest datacenter in Nicaragua, which brings the total number of Millicom datacenters throughout the region to 10. By the end of 2019, Millicom will have built and deployed six state-of-the-art Tier III datacenters, expanding their reach from Colombia, Paraguay, and Bolivia to include Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.Read full information on external site

Millicom announced today the launch of its latest datacenter in Nicaragua, which brings the total number of Millicom datacenters throughout the region to 10. By the end of 2019, Millicom will have built and deployed six state-of-the-art Tier III datacenters, expanding their reach from Colombia, Paraguay, and Bolivia to include Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.Read full information on external site

An indigenous cloud computing company, Comercio Cloud Computing Limited, has been announced the winner of Huawei EBG: Cloud Solutions Partner of the year award at Huawei Nigeria Eco-Connect 2019.Read full information on external site

Millicom announced today the launch of its latest datacenter in Nicaragua, which brings the total number of Millicom datacenters throughout the region to 10. By the end of 2019, Millicom will have built and deployed six state-of-the-art Tier III datacenters, expanding their reach from Colombia, Paraguay, and Bolivia to include Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, celebrated the launch of its Uptime Institute Certified Tier III Data Centre at a Gala Dinner held on March 20 at Wyndham Grand Hotel, Manama.Read full information on external site

Millicom announced today the launch of its latest datacenter in Nicaragua, which brings the total number of Millicom datacenters throughout the region to 10. By the end of 2019, Millicom will have built and deployed six state-of-the-art Tier III datacenters, expanding their reach from Colombia, Paraguay, and Bolivia to include Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.Read full information on external site

The new data centre brings the total number of data centre facilities it owns in Latin America to 10. Telecommunications company Millicom has announced the opening of its new data centre in Nicaragua, in Central America.Read full information on external site

Ayotunde Coker is the managing director of Rack Centre a data centre operator. He spoke to Chike Onwuegbuchi on the importance of data centre infrastructure to a developing economy such as Nigeria.Read full information on external site

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) happens when one electromagnetic field interferes with another, causing distortion of both fields. Think of the static you hear from a radio when switching between frequencies. EMI can create hazards in critical applications – it’s why, when flying, all electronic devices must be turned off during take-off and landing.Read full information on external site

Bahrain digital solutions provider Batelco has announced the launch of its Uptime Institute Certified Tier III Data Centre in the Kingdom of Bahrain.Read full information on external site

Millicom has launched its latest data center in Nicaragua, which brings the company’s total number of data centers throughout the region to 10. By the end of 2019, Millicom will have built and deployed six state-of-the-art Tier III data centers, expanding its reach from Colombia, Paraguay, and Bolivia to include Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute’s Tier Classification System for data centers has reached the two-decade mark. Since its creation in the mid-1990s, Tiers has evolved from a shared industry terminology into the global standard for third-party validation of data center critical infrastructure.Read full information on external site

Sabre Corp.'s outage this week was long enough to delay check-ins and extend airport lines. The airline reservation system outage affected multiple airlines and hubs, but the firm hasn't explained its cause or length.Read full information on external site

As anyone who attends industry events knows, a really powerful conference agenda takes time to come together. This year’s DCD>Energy Smart is no exception, building on the success of last year’s event to see 450+ regional and international data center professionals converge on Stockholm at the Münchenbryggeriet conference center on April 2nd (with a short pre-conference agenda April 1st) to discuss the future of the sector.Read full information on external site

The Nigerian Multi-Tenant Data Center (NMTDC) market and in deed Sub-Saharan Africa, has entered a new phase of growth. The market has seen deeper adoption in core markets, and a broader, more distributed data center service penetration beyond the core.Read full information on external site

In an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times, Dimitrios Kokosioulis, Deputy CEO, Group Head of Operations & IT at the National Bank of Kuwait, outlined how the bank’s IT played a key role in achieving its strategic objectives both in Kuwait and abroad. He also spoke in depth about NBK’s digital transformation strategy and its latest technological services such as Mobile Banking launched to improve and enrich customer’s experience.Read full information on external site

Diesel Electric Services hosted an Accredited Tier Designers (ATDs) training course recently. The course provides instruction to engineers, design professionals, design-build teams, project managers and project owners on the practical application of Tiers, including common issues and misconceptions. Energize spoke to Isaac Borras Alcaraz, the course leader who was visiting South Africa from the Uptime Institute in Dubai.Read full information on external site

The data center industry can only reach its renewable commitments if it moves away from buying existing energy credits and into PPAs.Read full information on external site

Did you know that AT&T has more than 30 full-time staffers in the United States and the United Kingdom alone — in charge of a fleet of close to 300 self-contained trailers — that can be deployed to respond to man-made and "naturally caused" disasters?Read full information on external site

Investment into data centers is not showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon, as more and more entities are attracted to the asset class, both from the domestic and the foreign side of capital. The result is unprecedented demand for data center space from investors or companies that wish to establish their own disaster recovery facilities, among a myriad of other players.Read full information on external site

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading carrier neutral data centre operator, today announces its latest site acquisition in Osaka, Japan. The Osaka site will house Colt DCS' first hyperscale data centre in the region with the development of the 50MW hyperscale facility expected to commence later this year.Read full information on external site

Here are my top picks from next week's conference agenda. Over 1,900 people are already registered for our East Coast Enterprise data center show.Read full information on external site

Comercio Cloud Computing Limited, Nigeria’s premier indigenous cloud computing company, has been announced the winner of Huawei EBG: Cloud Solutions Partner of the Year Award on 20th March at Huawei Nigeria Eco-Connect 2019.Read full information on external site

There is no one-size-fits-all data center business. What your company does will ultimately depend on what the business opportunities are in your location, and in your market sector - and this may create data center providers that are very different to each other.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) on Monday said its IDC-4 data centre in Navi Mumbai has received Tier III certification from Uptime Institute. The certification is an endorsement of RCom’s capabilities for optimised, dependable and secure service delivery in the data centre domain, the company said in a statement.Read full information on external site

For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the globe and then sharing them with researchers, technology developers and businesses. Their abstracts represent the bulk of humanity's chemical discoveries.Read full information on external site

As the mission critical world faces a growing labor shortage, the industry is working to create new pipelines for skilled workers. Data center expertise is a relatively new specialty that’s not on the curriculum at most major universities, so the data center sector is focusing on retraining employees from other fields.Read full information on external site

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

Growth in the data centre sector has been mind blowing. Ninety percent of all the data in the world today has been created in the last two years. Our personal and business lives are now more reliant than ever on timely and accurate data processing. And as machine-to-machine communication and the Industrial Internet of Things become more popular, our reliance on data centres is set for more exponential growth.Read full information on external site

The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement. "We are delighted to receive this certification from Uptime Institute Professional Services, the most respected industry standard for such assessment and recognition," said Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at RCom and Chairman and CEO at Global Cloud Xchange.Read full information on external site

The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement. "We are delighted to receive this certification from Uptime Institute Professional Services, the most respected industry standard for such assessment and recognition," said Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at RCom and Chairman and CEO at Global Cloud Xchange.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday said its "IDC-4 Data Centre" in Navi Mumbai has received Tier-III certification from Uptime Institute. The rating was approved after an extensive "risk and capacity assessment" for IT service delivery locations across hybrid infrastructures worldwide, RCom said in a statement.Read full information on external site

With their new P2 20MW hyperscale data centre scheduled for completion in 2020, NEXTDC couldn’t leave the Western Australian market waiting 18 months for critical cloud and connectivity services.Read full information on external site

When you think of March, you think of St. Patrick's Day. And what color immediately comes to mind? Green. But today, the color green has taken on a brand new significance as the symbol of the booming green energy movement. That has become a vital component of Europe's economy-including the nation where St. Patrick's Day originated. As the preeminent data center provider in Europe, Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is leading the charge in both efficient energy practices and the use of renewable energy, showing that being green is a crucial way to win customers in Europe.Read full information on external site

Before there was Google, Amazon or even an internet, there was big data in what may seem an unlikely place: a chemical research clearinghouse in the heart of the American Midwest. For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the globe and then sharing them with researchers, technology developers and businesses. Their abstracts represent the bulk of humanity's chemical discoveries.Read full information on external site

Before there was Google, Amazon or even an internet, there was big data in what may seem an unlikely place: a chemical research clearinghouse in the heart of the American Midwest. For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the globe and then sharing them with researchers, technology developers and businesses. Their abstracts represent the bulk of humanity's chemical discoveries.Read full information on external site

Over the last several decades, the adoption of automated healthcare systems has dramatically accelerated in healthcare organizations, especially in the hospital campus environment.Read full information on external site

Computer systems at three of the world's largest technology companies went offline temporarily this week, thanks to an unusual and apparently coincidental series of glitches at Facebook Inc., Google and Apple Inc.Read full information on external site

Computer systems at three of the world's largest technology companies went offline temporarily this week, thanks to an unusual and apparently coincidental series of glitches at Facebook Inc., Google and Apple Inc.Read full information on external site

The company’s main data centre is based in the city of Baku, with the ministry stating that Facebook, Google, Amazon, Yahoo and other companies had expressed interest in hosting equipment in the facility back in 2016.Read full information on external site

Computer systems at Facebook, Google and Apple went offline temporarily when all three companies experienced a coincidental array of tech glitches. Facebook experienced a daylong outage that the company blamed on a server configuration error. The outage affected the Facebook app, photo-sharing app Instagram and WhatsApp messaging service. At Alphabet’s Google, services such as Gmail experienced a series of problems that reportedly resulted from engineers tweaking an internal storage service. In addition, some Apple iCloud services were affected for more than four hours yesterday.Read full information on external site

Today, data is the heart of businesses, whether a company’s core objective is Datacentre design, management or operations, compliance to standards play an important and silent role in the daily routine of such organisations.Read full information on external site

A recent Uptime Institute survey found global data center outages have increased 6 percentage points since last year,(1) and power failures appear to be the primary culprit.(2) Another industry study revealed the cost per outage rose nearly 50% from 2010 to 2016.(3) Silent Partner Group of Companies (SPGC) and its associates—premier providers of hyper-efficiency data centers and collocated power plants—propose that off-the-grid (OTG), hybrid energy sources offer an effective solution to the outages that continue to plague data-center operators and customers.Read full information on external site

Before there was Google, Amazon or even an internet, there was big data in what may seem an unlikely place: a chemical research clearinghouse in the heart of the American Midwest. For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the globe and then sharing them with researchers, technology developers and businesses.Read full information on external site

The Online Tech data center in Las Vegas resides in a complex managed by Switch and provides unparalleled uptime, availability and direct access to the largest West Coast fiber concentration point.Read full information on external site

Russian data centre Xelent, based in the city of St Petersburg, has received the Tier 3 certificate from the Uptime Institute. According to data from the company, less than 30 data centres in Russia hold the Tier 3 certification and less than a half of these are commercial data centres.Read full information on external site