Operations and maintenance
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Mitsubishi buys into Europe’s cooling service gap
Mitsubishi Electric has acquired two Dutch HVAC groups, adding local installation and maintenance capacity to its European data centre cooling operation.
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Data centres urged to manage voltage risk
Data centres face escalating voltage risks. Dr Vincent Thornley, managing director of Fundamentals at EA Technology, argues operators should consider in-house voltage control as grid conditions become more volatile.
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Heathrow retrofit lifts power headroom
Redcentric has completed a major UPS upgrade at its Heathrow data centre, protecting 7MW of critical load and enabling future scaling to 10.5MW.
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Security by design moves to the fence line
The Security Industry Association has published 12 data centre security principles covering design, access, operations, and resilience as facilities face rising critical infrastructure scrutiny.
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Sovereign cloud finds a Geneva anchor
nLighten and Arqit have tested a model that anchors data and cryptographic controls in a Geneva data centre while workloads use public cloud resources.
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Valencia’s regional cloud layer gets denser
Nunsys Cloud has expanded its Paterna Technology Park data centre with 150 racks and capacity for up to 5,000 servers after a seven-month renovation.
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Cloud giants enter the UK resilience net
Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Oracle have been designated Critical Third Parties for the UK financial sector.
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Frankfurt 4 gets harder to tailgate
NTT’s Frankfurt 4 campus has added mantrap portals to reduce unauthorised entry risk.
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Fastmail plants its EU copy in Amsterdam
Fastmail will let European customers keep their primary email data copy in the EU from August.
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Paris and Milan get a cleaner fibre path
euNetworks has launched a 1,057km Alpine route linking two major European data centre markets.