Monthly Archives: June 2014

ETSI releases standard for datacentre energy efficiency

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has recently published the DCEM (Data Centre Energy Management) indicator standard, to measure energy efficiency and compare energy management efficiency in data centres. This indicator, the DCEM Global KPI, has been developed by ETSI’s OEU (Operational Energy … Continue reading

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CaixaBank and Oracle unveil Spanish Barcelona Big Data centre

CaixaBank, the Spanish financial services provider alongside US tech major, Oracle have set up the “Big Data Centre of Excellence” in Barcelona. CaixaBank and Oracle first announced the launch of their Big Data technology project late last year, the initial phase of … Continue reading

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Facebook opens up on datacentre switch

Social media giant, Facebook has built a switch to link servers inside its datacentres, and wants to make the platform available to others. Jay Parikh, the company’s vice president of infrastructure engineering. Announced the switch – which has been codenamed … Continue reading

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Linz AG Telekom opens new datacentre

The Austrian business communications service provider, Linz AG Telekom has opened its new €6million datacentre facility. The company commissioned the facility in Linz is response to global data volume is growing steadily which it believes is leading to more and more companies … Continue reading

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Global Cloud Xchange announces new subsea cable plan

Global Cloud Xchange has announced its latest investment into the Asia Pacific region.  The new ICX cable infrastructure is part of the company’s strategy to provide a direct subsea route to bridge an important gap in the emerging markets corridor, specifically … Continue reading

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Aussie datacentre market booming

New research suggest that datacentre services market in Australia saw 17% growth in revenues  to AU$698 million in 2013 on that seen in 2012. Revenue from colocation services increased by almost 17% during 2013 and accounted for about 69%of total … Continue reading

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CH2M HILL to lead Sinnovate project in Saudi Arabia

Saudia has selected the global full service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm.  CH2MOlayan, a partnership of CH2M HILL of Denver, Colorado and the Olayan Group of Saudi Arabia to lead development of the Sinnovate Smart Technology Hub (Sinnovate) in King … Continue reading

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Santander launches Brazilian datacentre

The Brazilian arm of Santander Bank has opened its first datacentre in South America in the city of Campinas, located around 100 kilometres from Sao Paulo. The bank has invested some R$1.1 billion (around US$500 million) in the facility which is one … Continue reading

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Tenzing announces expansion to Europe

Tenzing Managed IT Services, an ecommerce managed hosting specialist has announced its expansion to Europe where it has begun hosting customers in London. Tenzing offers services specifically tailored to deliver optimal performance, reliability and security for leading ecommerce platforms including Magento, … Continue reading

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Volta announces C4L PoP in London

Volta, developer and operator of central London’s newest purpose-designed, carrier-neutral datacentre, has announced that C4L, a datacentre colocation and connectivity solutions provider, established a Point of Presence at Volta’s Great Sutton Street facility, bringing their own fibre into the facility to expand … Continue reading

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