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Scotland’s Biggest Data Centre Will Be The UK’s First On Fully Renewable Power
The Queensway plant in Glenrothes hopes to serve government IT using 9MW of biomass-powered electricity
Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Bubbles Up
The boiling coolant in SGI's ICE X supercomputer is a sign to Peter Judge that liquid cooling is still evolving
HP Launches Faster Test As Moonshot Servers Take Off
HP has some customers for its Moonshot servers, but a new express test of the system could persuade more users on board
Microsoft Makes Business Case For Kinect v2
Microsoft's upgraded Kinect sensor technology has applications in health IT and business computing, according to the company
Greenpeace Slams ‘Dirty’ Amazon Web Services, Twitter
Leading tech firms praised by Greenpeace for their renewable energy drive, with the exception of AWS and Twitter
Intel And Co Create 100G CLR4 Alliance For Data Centres
Intel and Arista join forces to develop the specs for 100 Gbps networking in data centres
SAP Data Centres To Run On 100 Percent Renewable Power
New approach signals SAP efforts to move towards a green cloud
AMD To Combine Data Centres In Massive Consolidation Scheme
AMD is to scrap all but two of its data centres, as it looks to showcase its own power-efficient technology
Liquid Cooling Gets Inside Chips
Researchers at Lausanne's EPFL institute explain how chips can be made more efficient by running liquids through them in tiny channels
Everbridge Buys UK Comms Provider Vocal
Unified communications specialist Everbridge has added business continuity offerings to its lineup with the Vocal acquisition
Facebook And Ikea Fans Make Flatpack Data Centres
Ikea inspired Facebook's next data centre in Sweden, but Peter Judge says these are not the first flatpack racks
Intel Touts 800Gbps Optical Cables For Data Centres
Intel to release new networking technology that will transfer data at speeds of up 800Gbps in each direction
Delphix Launches Modernisation Engine For Data Centre Upgrades
The new tool creates a virtual copy of all applications, databases and files
Sony Joins Forces With Panasonic On Archival Optical Discs
Sony and Panasonic are to work together on next-generation optical discs, including systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc
CommScope Modular Data Centre Aims To Reduce Up-Front Costs
CommScope argues its offering offers more flexibility and energy-efficiency than those of competitors
Facebook To Build Second European Data Centre In Sweden
The new ‘Rapid Deployment Data Centre’ design will be assembled on-site like Ikea furniture
Will Data Centres Take Part In Demand Reduction?
British energy policy is moving towards demand reduction. Peter Judge thinks there may be a way for data centres to take part
Chip Makers Build SDN Into Microprocessors
Semiconductor companies including Freescale and Broadcom are supporting software-defined networking efforts with chip-level technogies
Salesforce To Open Its First UK Data Centre In August
The Salesforce servers will be located in the unofficial data centre capital of the UK - Slough
IDC: 10GbE Demand Driving Ethernet Growth
Cisco, HP, Juniper and others are seeing strong growth as organisations push 10GbE and 40GbE into the data centre
Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure To Japan
Microsoft opens two data centres in Japan as it delivers on Azure promise for the land of the Rising Sun
IT Life: The Joy Of Networking
LDEX CTO Simon Chamberlain loves networking, Cisco and sat nav but hates hackers
Rackspace Starts Work On New UK Data Centre
Rackspace's 130,000 sq. foot, ultra-sustainable data centre will be the centrepiece of 15 acre campus in Crawley
Ericsson Joins Forces With Ciena On SDN
Ericsson and Ciena are to pool their development and marketing efforts around the development of flexible networking technology
Samsung Commits To IBM’s OpenPower Foundation
The OpenPower Foundation gains a big name backer as Samsung signs up to IBM's data centre server venture
Schneider Electric PowerChute Offers Extended Power Failure Protection
Schneider Electric's PowerChute platform allows users to migrate data to an unaffected area in the event of an extended power failure
EU Carbon Trading Chokes On Data Centre Diesels
Data centres burn almost no diesel, but the EU's carbon trading scheme is taxing them by mistake, says Peter Judge
Symantec NetBackup Upgraded To Tackle VM Sprawl
Symantec upgrades its NetBackup data protection package to tackle the data centre issue of "virtual machine sprawl"
Microsoft Reveals Data Centre Secrets And Joins Open Compute Project
Facebook's Open Compute Project can share Azure, Bing and Office365 data centre designs now Microsoft has signed up