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Astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield to headline IP EXPO Europe 2018

IP EXPO Europe, co-located at Digital Transformation Europe has announced astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield as the opening keynote for this year’s event. ...

Equinix to build new data centre in Oman

Equinix, an interconnection and data centre company, and Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel, an MSM listed company: OTEL), have entered into a joint venture to deliver data...

The three-megawatt energy storage system in Johan Cruijff ArenA is now live

The largest European energy storage system using second-life and new electric vehicle batteries in a commercial building is now live. Amsterdam Alderman Udo Kock...

NHS accidentally leaks data of 150,000 patients

A coding error in the NHS patient data management system has resulted in the data of 150,000 patients being mistreated. According...

Petter M. Tømmeraas appointed senior vice president for Basefarm’s data centre business

Basefarm, a European managed service provider, has appointed Petter M. Tømmeraas as senior vice president for Basefarm’s data centre business. After four years...

Schneider Electric appoints Marc Garner as vice president for its UK IT Division

Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Marc Garner as vice president of its IT Division for the UK. Marc is a 13-year veteran of...

NGD achieves global ISO health and safety certification

Next Generation Data (NGD), a hyperscale data centre operator, has been awarded the recently published BSI ISO 45001, the first global standard for occupational...

Data centre energy efficiency: 2018 Best Practice guidelines for the EU Code of Conduct

A new technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commision's science and knowledge service, outlines the best practices on data centre...

Increase in Nordic power prices will not deter Facebook

A surge in power prices in the Nordic countries will not deter Facebook from looking at building data centres in the region, according to...

Huawei Ethernet solution passes EANTC’s high performance data centre test

At CEBIT 2018, Huawei and the European Advanced Networking Test Centre (EANTC), an internationally recognised independent test centre, announced the Huawei AI fabric ultra-high-speed...

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