Monthly Archives: November 2013

Rack Centre’s Tier III Lagos datacentre goes live

Rack Centre, part of the Jagal Group, has gone live with the first phase of its Tier III datacentre in Nigeria offering around 3,000 rack spaces and 6mVA of power. Rack Centre is the first Tier III designed, neutral colocation datacentre … Continue reading

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NGD expands with hall eleven at Newport Wales data centre facility

NGD has announced the completion and immediate availability of a further data hall at its NGD Europe tier 3+ carrier-neutral mega-datacentre in South Wales. This is NGD’s eleventh data hall to be built within the giant 750,000 sq ft facility … Continue reading

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Syntigo secures HP Belgian datacentre contract

IT and telecoms services provider, Syntigo has signed a contract for colocation services with Hewlett Packard in Belgium. The contact which will run for a five year term, will be based at Syntigo’s datacentre in Muizen, a village close to Mechelen where six aisles … Continue reading

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17pc of Ireland’s electricity supply came from renewables in 2012

Ireland is progressing towards its target of 40pc renewable electricity by 2020, a new report by electric power transmission operator EirGrid claims. In 2012, renewables met 17pc of the island’s electricity demand. (Image: Minister for Communications, Energy and National Resources … Continue reading

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US Data Centers Go Green With Irish Innovation

Hanley Energy, a data center power and energy management company from Co. Meath, Ireland with newly opened offices in Austin, Texas and LA, is proud to announce that it has won a top global cleantech award for a control solution that has begun to … Continue reading

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Google to open Taiwan datacentre shortly

Reports are emerging that search giant, Google is set to shortly open a new datacentre in Taiwan. According to a report from ZDNet, the tech giant has begun recruiting for a number of positions at the facility through LinkedIn. Two years ago, … Continue reading

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Savvis gets ready for China expansion

International datacentre provider, Savvis, intends to develop a series of strategic partnerships in mainland China in the coming months to expand its business in that country. Image: (Jeffrey Von Deylen (left), pictured with Gery Messer, hopes to sign up potential partners … Continue reading

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HP reports fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 results

The American multinational information technology company HP has announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2013. Fourth quarter GAAP diluted net earnings per share was US$0.73, up from a GAAP diluted net loss per share … Continue reading

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Green Mountain data centres to invest NOK600 million

The Norwegian datacentre company Green Mountain Data Centre has started construction of a new datacentre in Rjukan in the county of Telemark which is planned to open next year. The new facility will add to the company’s existing datacentre – a converted … Continue reading

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Citadel100 Joins the METRO2C Alliance – One of Ireland’s leading data centres signs up to strategic telecoms alliance

The METRO2C Alliance, a collaboration of Europe’s leading connectivity providers, data centre operators and Internet Exchanges founded by Sea Fibre Networks, today revealed Citadel100 as a member. This Dublin based data centre adds 65,000ft2 of colocation space to the METRO2C Alliance supporting … Continue reading

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