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Data Centre Maintenance / Management stories - Page 3

A data centre cannot run effectively without being properly maintained and managed. Poor maintenance can often lead to catastrophic data loss and physical damage. Data centre maintenance and management is undertaken by data center operators as a key responsibility. It involves ongoing inspection, cleaning, analysis, repairs and recovery of all electrical hardware and components.

​​Regular data centre maintenance is a crucial part of a data centre's operations. It's essential for improving data centre design and making sure clients are kept happy and satisfied with their storage and data options.
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ESP acquires BraveGen in bid for energy efficiency

Tue, 10th May 2022
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New Zealand company ESP has acquired BraveGen, to create what it says is the country's largest energy efficiency and sustainability solutions business.
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Edge computing major enabler of a digital-first paradigm

Wed, 4th May 2022
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Edge computing and edge deployments are crucial to digital-first operations, according to a new whitepaper from Schneider Electric.
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Edge computing critical enabler of digital-first connected operations

Thu, 21st Apr 2022
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Edge computing is a critical enabler of a transition to digital-first connected operations, according to a new report from Schneider Electric.
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Data centres are beginning to support the electric grid and help boost global renewable energy

Tue, 8th Feb 2022
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Data centers will use uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to support the electric grid and renewable energy, says Omdia.
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Australian energy suppliers actively using digital transformation to reach Net Zero goals

Thu, 3rd Feb 2022
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Australian energy suppliers are leading the way in digital transformation to achieve their Net Zero goals, a survey has found.
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Schneider Electric becomes Pacific distributor for AVEVA industrial automation products

Fri, 21st Jan 2022
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AVEVA's VP Pacific markets, Damien McDade, says the company wants to help organisations embrace digital transformation.
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Contact & Simply Energy to provide renewable power generation for Clyde data centre

Wed, 1st Sep 2021
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Simply Energy will provide 10 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy for the NZ data centre through 'demand flexibility' technology.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres plans for net carbon neutrality by 2030

Wed, 31st Mar 2021
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The company admits it's an ambitious goal, but it's a necessary goal that recognises the efforts needed to address climate change.
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University commits 10 years to uncovering 'data centre of the future'

Thu, 4th Feb 2021
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Researchers say about 1% of the world's energy is used to power data centres - but that number will climb to as much as 8% by 2030.
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Euro data center & cloud providers commit to climate neutrality by 2030

Wed, 27th Jan 2021
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The initiative is called the Climate Neutral Data Centre pact and is entirely self-regulated by its signatories.
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Hyperscalers & colocation fuel data center power market growth

Fri, 15th Jan 2021
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The data center power market could be worth up to US$15 billion by 2026, driven by a boom in the creation of hyperscale data centers.
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Data center power market set to reach US$15 billion by 2026

Wed, 30th Dec 2020
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The Global Market Insights report finds that the widespread adoption of IoT and cloud computing technologies among enterprises is propelling the market growth.
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How can active front end drives reduce operating and capital costs for data centres?

Thu, 3rd Dec 2020
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Data centers can achieve energy savings of 20 to 60% by using variable speed drives, but they can also cause energy losses due to harmonics.
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Panduit joins ETIM International to standardise product management

Mon, 30th Nov 2020
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Panduit states that its move to the ETIM data model is supported in data centers, enterprise, and industrial product groups.
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Claroty finds four vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric OT device

Thu, 19th Nov 2020
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Unmitigated vulnerabilities could give an attacker access to the device, enabling the attacker to break encryption, modify code, and run certain commands.
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'Freezing' winter could thwart data center construction plans, warns Aggreko

Tue, 3rd Nov 2020
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A freezing winter ahead could pose major setbacks for data center construction projects already delayed by COVID-19 this year.
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Schneider Electric expands EcoStruxure IT capabilities

Mon, 12th Oct 2020
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Schneider Electric enhances its EcoStruxure platform with AI-supported UPS battery health assessment and other features.
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HPE, Schneider Electric & StorMagic launch 'Edge in a Box' micro data centre

Tue, 29th Sep 2020
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Edge in a Box includes two HPE ProLiant servers, Schneider Electric's 6U Wall Mount Ecostruxure Data Center, and StorMagic SvSAN software.
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Google commits to 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030

Wed, 16th Sep 2020
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Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pinchai says the world must act now if it has any hope avoiding the worst climate change effects.
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Microsoft's underwater data center comes up for air

Tue, 15th Sep 2020
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The data center housed 864 servers and cooling system infrastructure in a watertight steel tube that was approximately the size of a shipping container.