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Urgent requirement for £1 billion upgrade of Britain's data centres

UK data centres are facing a ‘data crunch’ unless more than £1billion is invested in this critical IT infrastructure over the next 12 months. September 22 2010 - UK data centres are facing a ‘data crunch’ unless more than £1billion is invested in this critical IT infrastructure over the next year. more...

Is your computer hosting ‘Green’ enough?

Demand grows for sustainability across the supply chain – including data centre hosts more...

Greener Data Centres - Six Easy Steps

From environmentalists to CIOs and data centre managers, the cost of power and the Carbon Reduction Commitment has put the ‘green’ data centre firmly on everyone’s agenda. more...

Parliamentary Energy Statement may ‘keep the lights on’ – but it could switch off UK Data Centres

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne’s first annual energy statement to Parliament threatens to drive many of the UK’s Data Centres off-shore to escape an energy pricing prejudice against business, says Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director of data centre company Migration Solutions. more...

Internet Use is 'Exploding'

According to the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM), Internet usage is 'exploding' with users spending 65% more time 'surfing' the Internet than they did 3 years ago. According to the survey carried out by UKOM, users spend an average of 22 hours and 15 minutes online every month. more...

Running a data centre is all about convergence ...

The role of the Dat a Centre Manager and the Facilities Manager has changed significantly over the years. Migration Solutions MD, Alex Rabbetts, takes an objective look at how the roles have converged. more...

EU Code paves way for ‘Data Centre 2.0’

Migration Solutions says next generation datacentres will be greenest yet. The agreement on a pan-European ‘green’ Code of Conduct for Data Centres now paves the way for a new generation of facilities which will raise the bar on power efficiency and use of renewable energy sources. more...

Is your Computer Room overheating?

Or more to the point, if, as expected we have a very hot summer this year, are you prepared? more...

Planning Permission for Data Centres - Easy to Categorise?

As the demand for data centres increases, many potential data centre owners or operators are finding that classifying a data centre for planning permission is no easy task. more...

Luxembourg Data Centre? Surely not!

Luxembourg is one of those little known, little thought about countries somewhere in the middle of Europe ... or so you might think. Actually, Luxembourg is a thriving country nestled between France, Germany and Belgium. more...