Uptime Institute in the News

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

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

Today, ABB celebrated the opening of NGN’s Star of Bosphorus data center in Istanbul, Turkey, the nation’s first carrier neutral commercial data center to be certified as a Tier III facility by the Uptime Institute. ABB furnished the power feeding and distribution structure for the colocation center, which will house wide-ranging IT hardware for multiple customers.Read full information on external site

Data Exchange Network has received approval from the Sydney Olympic Park Authority to begin to build its Sydney data centre. The modular data centre operator and builder listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in April 2018 had to delay the constructions of the facility due to the delay in development approvals, which came more than two weeks later than expected.Read full information on external site

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said its efforts to deepen local contents in ICT are yielding positive results with 95 per cent of government data now being hosted locally. With this, the agency is urging the private sector to follow suit.Read full information on external site

The data centre footprint in Singapore now stands at 400 megawatts, having grown substantially over the last few years to become a hub of activity from both local and global players. The phenomenal growth in Data Centre operations here had its roots in the early 2000s when Singapore began building its telecommunication infrastructure to support the dot.com wave. Back then, data storage capacity was put in place to support the growing volume of e-mail communications.Read full information on external site

The data centre footprint in Singapore now stands at 400 megawatts, having grown substantially over the last few years to become a hub of activity from both local and global players.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

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.Read full information on external site

Pi Datacenters, Asia’s largest Uptime Institute tier-4 certified data centre, is based in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. Taking the humble credit for introducing mega data centres in India, Pi is focused on delivering futuristic data center and cloud solutions of global standards.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.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.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.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.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.Read full information on external site

Mineral Gap Data Centers’ proposed solar energy farm in Wise, Virginia, has been named one of the 10 economic development projects selected for grant approval from the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Pilot program administered by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and funded by the Federal Power Plus Pilot Program.Read full information on external site

Batelco, a leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, announced it has achieved Tier III Certification of Design and Construction from Uptime Institute, for its RJR Data Centre. The milestone marks Batelco as the Kingdom’s first commercial data centre receiving both Design and Construction recognition.Read full information on external site

The studies method used to estimate and forecast the modular statistics center marketplace started with capturing facts the important thing supplier’s revenues via a secondary studies using resources, along with Uptime Institute (US) and Institute of electrical and electronic Engineers (IEEE) (US).Read full information on external site

Engr. Ike Nnamani, managing director, Medallion Communications, a data centre operator in the country has attributed the emergence of his company’s data centre as the most connected data centre in the country to the democratization policy being implemented at its data centres.Read full information on external site

Engr. Ike Nnamani, managing director, Medallion Communications, a data centre operator in the country has attributed the emergence of his company's data centre as the most connected data centre in the country to the democratization policy being implemented at its data centres.Read full information on external site

Engr. Ike Nnamani, managing director, Medallion Communications, a data centre operator in the country has attributed the emergence of his company's data centre as the most connected data centre in the country to the democratization policy being implemented at its data centres.Read full information on external site

After a decade of delivering “forever on” data center services, T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing secure, customizable, hyperscale and enterprise computing environments, has just completed its best year in 2018.Read full information on external site

Khazna Data Center (Khazna), the only dedicated commercial wholesale data center provider in the UAE, has announced it has received the Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) from Uptime Institute for its data centers expansion project in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.Read full information on external site

Khazna Data Center (Khazna), the only dedicated commercial wholesale data center provider in the UAE, has announced it has received the Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) from Uptime Institute for its data centers expansion project in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Read full information on external site

We are seeing great improvement in terms of adoption; we are seeing a lot of people appreciating the need for it as well as improvement of uptake of local data centre services compared to what it was in the past.Read full information on external site

Data center, cloud and managed IT services provider BMIT has announced it is building a new data center. A “one-stop technological solution to its customers”, BMIT has headquarters in Qormi, Malta and was established in 2003. Read full information on external site

The start of a new year brings a good deal of reflection on the previous year and a raft of future trend predictions. Read full information on external site

As a “Futurist” and innovator, I spend a lot of my time researching and chatting about past, current, and future technology trends, while trying to figure out where our industry possibly needs to head for the services of the future. Read full information on external site

After a decade of delivering “forever on” data center services, T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing secure, customizable, hyperscale and enterprise computing environments, has just completed its best year in 2018. Read full information on external site

Smart Energy is getting a lot of airplay in the data center world at present. New or planned products that fall under this broad banner include energy-as-a-service uninterruptible power supplies, as well as software-defined power systems, and adaptable redundant systems that enable operators to raise or reduce their level of redundancy according to business needs. Read full information on external site

Sweden-based prefabricated data centre provider Flexenclosure has received a new order to build a data centre for an unnamed customer in El Salvador.Smart Energy is getting a lot of airplay in the data center world at present. New or planned products that fall under this broad banner include energy-as-a-service uninterruptible power supplies, as well as software-defined power systems, and adaptable redundant systems that enable operators to raise or reduce their level of redundancy according to business needs. Read full information on external site

An old creativity adage among artists is “just make a decision, stupid.” That’s good advice. Spend too much time thinking about what you should do and you’ll never do it.As a “Futurist” and innovator, I spend a lot of my time researching and chatting about past, current, and future technology trends, while trying to figure out where our industry possibly needs to head for the services of the future. Read full information on external site

To be effective, edge computing needs to be close to where the data stream originates and is applied. Often, that means edge facilities will be located in places that are inhospitable to IT equipment. Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced that it has achieved Tier III Certification of Design and Construction from the Uptime Institute, for its RJR Data Centre. Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced that it has achieved Tier III Certification of Design and Construction from Uptime Institute, for its RJR Data Centre. Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced that it has achieved Tier III Certification of Design and Construction from Uptime Institute, for its RJR Data Centre. Read full information on external site

After a decade of delivering "forever on" data center services, T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing secure, customizable, hyperscale and enterprise computing environments, has just completed its best year in 2018. Read full information on external site

Prefabricated data centre specialist Flexenclosure is further expanding its footprint in Latin America with a new eCentre data centre order in El Salvador. Read full information on external site

This will be Flexenclosure’s tenth data centre in the region, following recent projects in Paraguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Nicaragua and Honduras.Read full information on external site

If there’s one constant in the lodging industry, it’s that changing technology trends impact the way hotels do business. Hotels need to keep up to stay competitive.Read full information on external site

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced that it has achieved Tier III Certification of Design and Construction from Uptime Institute, for its RJR Data Centre.Read full information on external site

Prefabricated data centre manufacturers Flexenclosure has announced it is further expanding its footprint in Latin America with a new eCentre data centre in El Salvador.Read full information on external site

This certification is recognition of Batelco’s continuous efforts to provide the best services with the highest degree of excellence in order to achieve the company’s strategic vision, as well as its commitment to applying the latest systems to raise efficiency and quality in performance.Read full information on external site

The continued growth of the global data center market is being driven by ongoing demand for cloud and Internet services.Read full information on external site

Batelco has announced that it has achieved Tier III Certification for design and construction from Uptime Institute for its RJR Data Centre. It said this is Bahrain's first commercial data centre to receive both design and construction recognition.Read full information on external site

Malta's largest data center operator, Bimit, is building a $11.2 million facility in Żejtun, just a few kilometers south-east of Valetta. Read full information on external site

In the quest to improve patient care, healthcare organizations are rethinking their approach to IT, and the result has been a slow shift in how these facilities manage their overall infrastructure. Read full information on external site

The latest investment by the company follows its move in 2015 to build a €3m facility to help meet the demands of its gaming and enterprise clients on the island. Read full information on external site

Data-centre-as-a-service provider NEXTDC has formed a partnership with prefabricated data centre specialist Flexenclosure. Read full information on external site

Sweden-based prefabricated data centre specialist Flexenclosure has delivered its flagship eCentre data centre solution to Australian data centre operator NextDC. Read full information on external site

Iseek has expanded the capacity of its Brisbane data centres with a new 6MW facility being built in its Eagle Farm campus, in Queensland. Read full information on external site

Iseek, a service provider to the enterprise & government sectors today announced it is expanding its Eagle Farm data centre campus located in Brisbane, Queensland. Read full information on external site

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading carrier neutral data centre operator, today announces the appointment of Sujeet Deshpande as Country Head in India. Read full information on external site

Australian colocation provider iseek is expanding its data center campus in Brisbane with a new 6MW facility. The expansion marks the company's third data center in Brisbane, and its second on the same campus. Read full information on external site

Removing data bottlenecks led to the development of edge computing infrastructure, which processes data closer to where it will be used rather than sending it to a large remote data center. Read full information on external site

With a thriving digital economy that at least one study says will dominate Southeast Asia by 2025, Indonesia is a land of opportunities. Its middle class has also burgeoned, making the country an even more attractive destination for businesses, says Nick Parfitt, senior global analyst at DCD.Read full information on external site

Bank committed to best practices in mission critical operations for largest customer base in Saudi Arabia.  Read full information on external site

BMIT, Malta's largest data centre, cloud and managed services provider, has announced the building of its newest data centre in Malta, further reinforcing their status as the leading multi-site data centre on the island.  Read full information on external site

NextDC's M1 data center achieved the excellent environmental rating using energy saving design elements.  Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute.  Read full information on external site

British Airways confirms its legal proceedings against CBRE have now concluded, on a non-admission of liability basis. Read full information on external site

Prefabricated data centre specialist Flexenclosure has delivered its flagship eCentre data centre solution to NEXTDC Ltd, Australia’s leading independent data centre as-a-service provider. Read full information on external site

BMIT, Malta’s largest data centre, cloud and managed IT services provider, has announced the building of its newest data centre in Malta, further reinforcing its status as a leading multi-site data centre on the island. Read full information on external site

The largest Islamic bank in the world has been certified by Uptime Institute for its facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. Read full information on external site

This is the first time that a Tier III facility has been built in the region to support a submarine cable and its backhaul, thereby reducing points of failure and to ensure sustained uptime availability. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables' landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil, has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognises the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

In a statement Angola Cables explained that construction of the landing station started in early 2017, and the infrastructure has been built to accommodate Monet, the international subsea telecommunication cable system which connects Boca Raton in Florida in the USA to Fortaleza and Santos in Brazil. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognises the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognises the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of  December 2018. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables, a multinational telecommunication company, has seen its landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil receive Tier III Certification. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. Read full information on external site

The certification recognizes the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables‘ landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil, has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognises the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables‘ landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil, has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognises the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency. Read full information on external site

Construction of Data Exchange Network’s (DXN) $7.5 million data colocation centre has been delayed by at least six months. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute. The certification recognizes the operational efficiency of the infrastructure and facilities constructed as of December 2018. Read full information on external site

Angola Cables’ cable landing station in Fortaleza, Brazil has been awarded Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute.  Read full information on external site

Critical infrastructure is normally inflexible. Andy Lawrence finds out if data center power really can be delivered as a flexible service. Read full information on external site

Flexential, a leading provider of high power density data center solutions, has announced an initiative with NVIDIA to bring NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center colocation services to customers. Flexential’s secure and highly available colocation services will house the high-density infrastructure required for artificial intelligence, deep and machine learning. Read full information on external site

NVIDIA has announced the launch of its new data centre programme called ‘DGX-Ready’ with its sole aim being to make the deployment of AI data centres less complex. Read full information on external site

Flexential, a leading provider of high power density data center solutions, announced an initiative with NVIDIA to bring NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center colocation services to customers. Flexential’s secure and highly available colocation services will house the high-density infrastructure required for artificial intelligence, deep and machine learning. Read full information on external site

Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces that its Phoenix and Salt Lake City data centers have been awarded the Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval from Uptime Institute. Read full information on external site

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

Vantage Data Centers completed its previously announced acquisition of Canadian-based 4Degrees Colocation from Videotron for approximately US$200 million (C$259 million). Read full information on external site

The startup comes out of stealth with two products and funding by Foxconn and others. Read full information on external site

Moroccan telecommunications provider inwi has opened a 1,000 square meter (10,764 sq ft) data center in Rabat Technopolis park. Read full information on external site

Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces that its Phoenix and Salt Lake City data centers have been awarded the Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval from Uptime Institute. Read full information on external site

Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces that its Phoenix and Salt Lake City data centers have been awarded the Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval from Uptime Institute. Read full information on external site

Data centre builds will increasingly comprise standardised, modular building blocks configured to address special power and thermal requirements. Read full information on external site

Vistara partners provides growth funding for one of the early success stories in the emerging niche market. Read full information on external site

The data centre IT skills shortage is spilling over from the data centre to the management and administration of branch office infrastructure. Read full information on external site

India’s largest data center service provider today announced that it is now one of the only SAP Certified Providers of Cloud Hosting Services in India. Read full information on external site

Datacentre think tank Uptime Institute claims government concerns about the tightening hold the hyperscalers have on society and the economy will lead to greater measures to improve the sustainability of their operations in 2019. Read full information on external site

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has partnered with business and IT consultancy Waterstons to embark on a four year transformational programme that will futureproof its IT systems whilst providing resilient online services for its tenants. Read full information on external site

Waterstons will design and implement a private cloud solution model, providing ELHA with the flexibility to scale ICT infrastructures. Read full information on external site

The Quebec data center scene continues to see a lot of action. With abundant, renewable and inexpensive power, Montreal has become one of the most attractive data center locations in North America. Read full information on external site

Most downtime incidents in the past year resulted from known causes and were preventable via robust design and processes. Read full information on external site

Standards are typically best practices that have been formally agreed upon within an industry that provide customers a level of assurance that, the product they are purchasing meets a prescribed level of measurement for performance, safe operations, etc.  Read full information on external site

Vantage Data Centers has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian-based 4Degrees Colocation from Videotron for approximately $200 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Read full information on external site

Engineers must consider many factors when designing power and electrical systems for data centers. Read full information on external site

With increasing economic and technological transformation in recent times, data has become the foremost essential in developing any business. Cashing on the growing need to store data, Bangladesh is witnessing a boom in data centre business in order to boost the country's data storage capacity. Read full information on external site

Currently, many organizations use AI systems to provide predictions and recommendations which are then synthesized and processed by humans; over time, AI systems will and should be given ever more direct control; it is this boundary that will need to be managed carefully. Read full information on external site

In space exploration, it’s easy to answer the ‘why’ question as mountaineer George Mallory once did about climbing Everest: ‘Because it’s there.’ At first, practical applications emerging from astronauts’ missions were almost a side benefit to the sheer knowledge. Read full information on external site

Reserve Communications and Computer Corporation, also known as “RTC”, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTC Holdings, L.L.C., one of Louisiana’s leading telecommunications companies, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EATELCORP, L.L.C. (together with its subsidiaries, “EATEL”), a premier provider of telecommunications, internet, video, security, and data center services in Louisiana. Read full information on external site

Infibeam Avenues Limited (the "Company") has received the Tier III Design Certification from Uptime Institute for its Data Center at GIFT City, Gandhinagar. Read full information on external site

BTC will soon launch a next generation modular data centre solution that is expected to enhance digital transformation. The facility certified by the global data centre standard bearer – Uptime Institute- is a first for the Botswana market. Read full information on external site

Californian firm Nautilus has filed a proposal to moor a floating data centre at Ted Russell Dock in Ireland, with the relevant port authority, the Shannon Foynes Port Company, eager to see the proposal through.  Read full information on external site

In a recent survey by Uptime Institute, one of the key findings showed that data center IT skill shortages will intensify as most operators continue to struggle with staffing issues. Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric’s cloud-based data center infrastructure management software provides physical device visibility and makes proactive recommendations. Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric has continued to roll out EcoStruxure IT Expert, a cloud-based Data Centre Infrastructure Management solution (DCIM), and introduced its expanded power portfolio and TIER-Ready designs for the data centre industry. Read full information on external site

“Mix and match” might work for products on sale at the supermarket, but it’s not necessarily the best strategy for an IT department. Read full information on external site

Fujitsu today announced that its Malaga data centre in Perth, Australia has hit a four-star rating from National Australia Built Environment Rating System (NABERS). Read full information on external site

According to a study conducted by Uptime Institute, global data center outages have increased by 6% since 2017. Read full information on external site

Unconventional cooling methods, such as evaporative cooling and data center liquid cooling, provide alternatives to traditional computer room air conditioning systems. Read full information on external site

Able to manage 4.7GW of operational power across 36 plants, Enel Green Power’s new renewable energy control room in Chile is the largest of its kind in South America. Antonio Scala, who heads up Enel’s operations on the continent, gives Ross Davies an insight into life inside the centre. Read full information on external site

Data center outages rose to 31% this year; as of 2016, the average cost per outage soared to $740,357. Silent Partner Group of Companies™ and its associates assert that hyper-efficiency, off-the-grid (HE-OTG) data centers are the optimal solution. Read full information on external site

The Data Exchange Network Ltd (ASX: DXN), a data centre builder and operator, has product line spread across Australia for fast delivery for deployments. Read full information on external site

Australian company, Data Exchange Network Limited (ASX: DXN) has become the first modular data centre developer in the world to receive both TIER-Ready III and TIER-Ready IV design review awards to allow modular capacity to be deployed with the required levels of resiliency and combined within the same site. Read full information on external site

Becomes first global company capable of delivering blended Tier-III and Tier-IV modular capacity Read full information on external site

Becomes first global company capable of delivering blended Tier-III and Tier-IV modular capacity Read full information on external site

Datacentre think tank Uptime Institute claims government concerns about the tightening hold the hyperscalers have on society and the economy will lead to greater measures to improve the sustainability of their operations in 2019 Read full information on external site

Following months of deliberations, DCD has announced the winners of the annual DCD Awards, celebrating the industry’s best data center projects and most talented people. Read full information on external site

Uptime Institute TIER-Ready design review shortens certification time and reduce costs Read full information on external site

Finding fresh talent to operate data centers is tough enough, and the industry is growing fast Read full information on external site

This market research report on the global data center cooling market offers analysis on market size & forecast, market share, industry trends, growth drivers, and vendor analysis. Read full information on external site

We are at the beginning of a long and exciting journey, where robotics can complement humans to improve data centre operations, says Giuseppe Leto, Global Data Centre Portfolio Manager at Siemens Read full information on external site

Jos Baart, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Flexenclosure, talks to Intelligent CIO Europe to inform enterprises about how the data landscape is evolving and assures them that the future of reliable data centre construction is secure. Read full information on external site

The first Tier III facility in South-East Europe Read full information on external site

The skills gap in the IT industry has become an increasingly pressing issue across the globe. Read full information on external site

With the help of APC by Schneider Electric Elite Partner Comtec Power, IP House has deployed Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture at London’s newest colocation data centre. Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric’s cloud-based data center infrastructure management software provides physical device visibility and makes proactive recommendations. Read full information on external site

Humanity has just 12 years left to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5⁰C and prevent climate meltdown. Read full information on external site

Airline is taking legal action against the managed service provider tasked with overseeing the management of its datacentres during its outage in May 2017 Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric’s cloud-based data center infrastructure management software provides physical device visibility and makes proactive recommendations. Read full information on external site

With new data centre capacity needed at an ever-accelerating pace, rushing the delivery of a new facility significantly increases risk. Read full information on external site

Capitalizing on its strength in customization that allows organizations to fine-tune their own cloud systems and its unique business model that offers solutions and services through over 2,000 business partners, targeting enterprise markets Read full information on external site

The Uptime Institute’s new 2018 report found that 71 per cent of data centres are not prepared for the increasing incidence of superstorms, flooding, lightning, drought and wildfires. Here’s why complacency is not an option. Read full information on external site

EdgeConneX´s broad customer base of network, content and cloud service providers are looking for a better solution to support their localized and latency sensitive requirements for Central and Eastern Europe. Read full information on external site

Disaster can strike at any time. Events such as hurricanes or floods can leave businesses with outages and other power-related issues that carry significant risks. Read full information on external site

How companies old and new are integrating machine learning in data center management tools to improve data center availability. Read full information on external site

With new data centre capacity needed at an ever-accelerating pace, rushing the delivery of a new facility significantly increases risk. Read full information on external site

How companies old and new are integrating machine learning in data center management tools to improve data center availability. Read full information on external site

This is my 8th AGM and it's wonderful to look back and reflect on our journey of building NEXTDC into the extraordinary company that it is today. Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric with a focus on prefabricated modular data centre market recently expanded its portfolio of power solutions and Uptime Institute TIER-Ready reviewed designs for the growing data centre industry, especially among cloud and service providers for a faster and easier way to deploy power. Read full information on external site

Here’s how solutions already on the market today are using ML to improve data center uptime and efficiency. Read full information on external site

With new data centre capacity needed at an ever-accelerating pace, rushing the delivery of a new facility significantly increases risk. Read full information on external site

With strong growth in prefabricated modular data Centres, Schneider Electric has expanded its portfolio of EcoStruxure Ready prefabricated modular power solutions and Uptime Institute TIER-Ready reviewed reference designs. Read full information on external site

Cooling management software that uses machine learning algorithms has been around for years. Here’s how and where it’s been used. Read full information on external site

Further support for IoT monitoring and the promise of easier power deployments are part of the latest package unveiled by the vendor. Read full information on external site

In a recent survey by Uptime Institute, one of the key findings showed that data center IT skill shortages will intensify as most operators continue to struggle with staffing issues. The primary driver cited is an aging worker pool and the overwhelming male makeup of this sector. Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric announced at the DCD>London 2018 conference & exhibition this week that it has released an expanded portfolio of EcoStruxure™ Ready prefabricated modular power solutions and Uptime Institute TIER-Ready reviewed reference designs. Read full information on external site

Customers can buy a 90kW all-in-one data center ready for a Tier II badge, or 500kW modular facility with Tier III credentials Read full information on external site

Schneider Electric has announced new EcoStruxure Ready prefabricated modular power solutions and Uptime Institute TIER-Ready reviewed reference designs Read full information on external site