Operations and maintenance
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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.
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AWS and HRUC open a technician pipeline
HRUC and Amazon have launched Level 4 data centre operations and engineering programmes to support the UK technician pipeline.
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Microsoft’s carbon bill follows AI build-out
Microsoft’s latest sustainability reporting shows how AI and cloud infrastructure growth is complicating carbon, water, and renewable energy claims.
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Siemens puts fuel cells in the power stack
Siemens and FuelCell Energy are exploring fuel cell-based distributed power systems for data centres and other large energy users.
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Meppen hardens local government IT
Landkreis Emsland has started work on a municipal data centre in Meppen, designed around KRITIS resilience requirements.
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HD Hyundai books the power-room queue
HD Hyundai Electric will supply power distribution and power equipment for North American data centres through 2028.
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Britain sketches a cyber shield for machines
The NCSC is developing Cyber Shield, a national-scale AI defence blueprint for faster cyber-risk discovery and mitigation.
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RED changes gear as AI loads rise
RED Engineering Design has appointed Mark Smith as CEO as mission-critical design work becomes more demanding.