CENTIEL’s true modular UPS are now available in an IP54 enclosure offering a sophisticated and robust power protection solution for semi-industrial and more environmentally challenging sites.

Aaron Oddy, Sales Manager, Centiel explains:  “Centiel’s award-winning IP54 three phase, true modular, UPS CumulusPower^TM has now been installed in a large number of UK sites with harsh environments.  It means clients have all the benefits of a state-of-the-art uninterruptable power supply (UPS) integrated into a more robust chassis to offer a higher grade of protection from dust and water.”

At Data Centre World 6-7 March, Centiel will show its new, sustainable UPS StratusPower^TM in a high quality Rittal IP54 enclosure for the first time.  StratusPower^TM shares all the benefits of its three phase, true modular UPS CumulusPower^TM – including “9 nines” (99.9999999%) availability to effectively eliminate system downtime; class leading 97.6% on-line efficiency to minimise running costs; true “hot swap” modules to eliminate human error in operation – but now also includes long-life components to improve sustainability.

Aaron Oddy confirms: “StratusPower uniquely offers a 30-year design life to help data centres to achieve net-zero targets.  The system is highly efficient, scalable, and reliable, providing complete peace of mind when it comes to power availability and uptime for critical power protection.  The IP54 versions of CumulusPower and StratusPower mean the solution is also suitable for semi-industrial applications both within different areas of the data centre and other industrial sites which might include water treatment facilities, power plants or some medical plant rooms.

“Both the IP54 rated CumulusPower and StratusPower solutions benefit from integral batteries and front access to improve ease of maintenance and save space while offering a more cost-effective solution than a more traditional industrial UPS.  We are looking forward to welcoming visitors and discussing the flexibility and wider applications of our leading UPS at DCW this year on booth D725.”

Centiel now protects critical loads for data centres and comms rooms in over 100 countries across five continents.  www.centiel.co.uk

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The finished facility will support the Hartree Centre in continuing to deliver high performance computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence services, as well as paving the way to realise their ambitions for the deployment of the UK’s first exascale supercomputer alongside their already world leading research into quantum computing.

By utilising the latest in liquid cooling technology, the facility can accommodate systems with a much higher heat flux than that which traditional air cooling would be limited to, and is able to do so with greater control over the operational semiconductor temperatures, allowing both high levels of efficiency, and very high performance to be realised.

Power to the facility will be provided via a new private HV network, incorporating highly resilient standby power systems, within final supplies to the critical IT systems protected by high efficiency redundant UPS systems. To further ensure efficiency and performance can be optimised throughout the life of the facility, the state-of-the-art engineering systems have each been designed with a high degree of controllability to ensure that ongoing operation can continue to be optimised and improved by the highly qualified and experienced Client Operational Team, with support as required from Sudlows Facilities Management and Design Teams.

Zac Potts, Head of Sustainability and Innovation at Sudlows commented;

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The latest survey by Equinix, Inc. revealed that UK IT leaders have serious concerns about staff retention and recruitment.

According to the Equinix 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey, 67% of IT decision-makers in the UK view a shortage of personnel with IT skills as one of the main threats to their business, compared to 62% globally. Companies—including Equinix—are looking to widen the talent pool, bringing in more diverse candidates through alternative recruitment drives. The 2,900 survey respondents acknowledged the speed at which the tech industry is transforming has left companies struggling to find people with the right skill sets to meet present and future challenges. In addition, 61% of UK IT leaders acknowledged that the skills shortage has been exacerbated by the speed at which the tech industry is transforming.

Globally, the most common concerns identified by 44% of respondents were candidates with the wrong skill sets applying for jobs, and retention of current talent. In the UK, the results were slightly higher, with 45% of IT leaders highlighting applicants’ skill sets not matching vacancies, while 49% felt retaining talent was an increasing challenge. In addition, half of UK respondents (50%) said shifting expectations of employees towards hybrid and flexible working models had added further pressure.

Keri Gilder, CEO of Colt Technology Services, based in London, explained, “Finding the right skills is a real problem in the tech industry, especially on the software side. The reality is that with the softwarisation of services, all industries are seeking the same skills. One of the challenges here is a lack of awareness among young talent of the opportunities available within the tech sector. Connectivity providers don’t appear in many use cases—even those at university level—despite all the work being done in areas such as subsea, satellite and fibre. We have to think collaboratively around talent, and work as an industry to bring in more of the diverse skills base waiting for an opportunity.”

In response to skills shortages, many global businesses are working hard to reskill people from other areas. Indeed, 62% said they reskill workers from similar industries, while 34% are trying to bolster their workforce with recruits from unrelated sectors. It is a similar story in the UK, with 57% of businesses reskilling workers from the IT sector and related industries, while 39% seek to reskill applicants from completely different industry sectors. With recent layoffs and furlough schemes prompting workers to start looking for opportunities to level up their skills or careers, tech companies that offer training and development opportunities could be better positioned to attract talent.

The most common sources of reskilled workers globally are administration and business support (36%), finance and insurance (33%), and those returning to work after a period of absence (30%). These reskilled workers tend to help businesses bridge the tech skills gaps by working in IT technician (51%), cloud computing (36%) and data analysis roles (35%). Similarly in the UK, the IT industry is drawing talent from administration and business support (36%), finance and insurance (36%), manufacturing (32%), and people returning to work after a career break (28%).

Equinix has a collection of career transition programs under its Career Pathways portfolio. These programs are designed to expand and diversify talent pools by drawing from careers with transferable skills, such as military veterans transitioning to civilian life, and retired Olympians and Paralympians, through a partnership with Athlete Career Transition (ACT). The career transition reskilling program constitutes 40% of field operations hiring globally, sourcing workers from adjacent industries, such as airline, oil and gas, and hospitality, and reskilling them to fill data centre roles. Additional programs include the soon-to-launch Invictus, which will focus on hiring SkillBridge veterans disabled due to military service, New To Career, attracting new graduates, and refugee-targeted talent schemes. Collectively, these initiatives are targeted to bring the company more than 750 hires in 2022.

Meanwhile, businesses are also seeking to recruit through higher education and apprenticeship programs. IT leaders globally said their companies’ main ways of partnering with higher education institutions include offering student internships (42%), running collaborative training programs with higher education institutions (41%), taking part in college/university career fairs (37%) and partnering on degree apprenticeship programs (34%).

In the UK, 44% of companies are taking part in college and university careers fairs to identify new talent, while 36% are partnering with educational institutes to support relevant degree apprenticeships. Additionally, 36% outsource company training to higher education institutions, and 35% run intern summer placement schemes.

Gary Aitkenhead, senior vice president, EMEA IBX Operations at Equinix, noted, “The skills gap is present across the entire tech industry, but is particularly acute in operations roles where the rapid pace of change means the workforce needs to be constantly upskilled and expanded. At Equinix, we run comprehensive training programs to ensure our current employees have the skills they need, but it is more difficult to find new recruits with the right skill sets. Ultimately, not enough people are aware of the career opportunities within the data centre industry. To help solve this problem, Equinix is trialling a number of initiatives in EMEA, including career transition programs such as the “I am Remarkable” project in the UK that aims to help people from diverse backgrounds return to the workforce after taking a career gap.”

To further progress in this area, Equinix recently launched the Equinix Foundation, partnering with organisations to advance digital inclusion, from providing access to technology and connectivity, to developing the skills required for technology careers.

To read more about the Global Tech Trends Survey or download a copy, please visit: Equinix 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey

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As data has become central to the global economy leaders in the field will share their predictions and experiences with visitors to DataCentres Ireland 2021.

Dublin: With global data creation, processing and storage exploding, visitors to DataCentres Ireland will hear from leading industry figures on how to deal with the challenges coming down the pipe.

Attendees will learn about how the data centre sector are approaching key issues related to Energy, Sustainability, Connectivity, Regional Growth and Efficiency.

Maurice Mortell, Managing Director for Ireland at Equinix, together with other data centre operators will speak on the panel debate ‘Leadership Discussion – Delivering Climate Neutral Data’ With more than a decade of experience before joining industry leader Equinix, Mortell will bring his insights to the role for Irish data centres in the global data economy.

Click here to view the full conference programme.

Recently, data centres have been getting bad press linked to energy usage, and the impact this has on the Irish Grid. However, what is not always appreciated is that for Ireland to achieve its green energy target, data centres are an essential part of the solution.

As well as providing new privately funded generating capacity to the Ireland, data centres through the management of their operating practices, can provide flexibility to the grid and facilitate the adoption of green/renewable energy sources, whether that be wind, solar, tidal, or hydrogen to the Irish power network, thus reducing the need for high carbon emitting power stations.

In total more than 60 speakers will be present at the free to attend conference and exhibition, from industry figures to academic researchers, presenting ideas across a wide range of topics in panels, seminars and keynote addresses.

Click here to view the complete list of speakers.

The associated international exhibition features the latest in new technology, suppliers and service providers for those involved in the design, build, management and operation of data centres and other critical environments, within areas such as food production, manufacturing and healthcare, etc…

DataCentres Ireland 2021 will be held in the RDS on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday17th  November, and entry is free for registered visitors.

Click here to register for your complimentary ticket.

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts $432.14 billion will be invested in the data centre market by 2025, up from $244.74 billion in 2019, a CAGR of 9.9%. Increased investments by data center operators, increased deployment and usage of IoT and Big Data, the adoption of a hybrid model with cloud and traditional data centers, and strong growth in emerging economies will serve as key market drivers. The Asia-Pacific region will become the largest market by 2025, followed by North America and EMEA.

“The move from enterprise to cloud and colocation data centers will gain momentum because companies can reduce capital and operational costs by avoiding investments in hardware or software infrastructure and reducing maintenance and space requirements,” said Manoj Shankar, research analyst, energy & environment practice, Frost & Sullivan. “Additionally, 5G will move processing closer to the point of data collection, leading to increased deployment of micro and edge data centers and driving investments in new and next-generation data center technologies”.

Shankar added, “Onsite cloud data centers will become crucial as companies will require critical data to be kept in-house or at a nearby location, thereby lessening the security risks such as data theft. Further, given the high demand for modular data centers and competitive pressures, modular data center manufacturers need to innovate in this space and come up with advanced concepts that allow additional flexibility and modularity.”

Edge computing, 5G revolution, and the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will drive data center activity, providing tremendous opportunities to its market participants, such as:

Edge Computing: Connected devices, connected living/homes, AI, gaming and video streaming, autonomous cars, and virtual and augmented reality will propel edge data centres.

New Capabilities: As data processing takes place close to the source, the processing time reduces. This will augment technologies like autonomous vehicles, smart devices and sensors, augmented reality, etc.
Geographic Expansion and Partnerships: Market participants need to focus on high-growth, emerging markets, like India and Southeast Asia, where data creation is still in the nascent stage and data center construction in its infancy. Similarly, partnerships with colocation and cloud service providers will give equipment manufacturers access to new data center construction markets, providing them the much-needed boost.

Increased Investment by Cloud and Colocation Providers Drives the Global Data Center Market is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s Energy & Environment research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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Fortunately, various techniques are available to optimise UPS operating efficiency under all conditions, as demonstrated in modern, modular UPSs like Kohler Uninterruptible Power’s new PowerWAVE MF1500 DPA. Exceptionally resilient, flexible and scalable to 6MW, the modular new UPS offers best-in-market VFI mode energy efficiency.
When double conversion on-line UPSs first appeared in the seventies, they used transformer-based designs. However, advances in power semiconductor technology have facilitated a general industry move towards transformerless solutions. This has brought several advantages, including some related to efficiency.

Firstly, the topology is inherently more efficient. Even at optimal, near full load conditions, transformer-based designs remain well below 95 percent – and as the load reduces towards 25 percent, efficiency approaches just over 85 percent. By contrast, the PowerWAVE MF1500 DPA can achieve efficiencies up to 97.4% VFI, reducing environmental impact, optimising PUE measures and delivering significant financial savings in energy and cooling costs.

However, the benefits extend further; the considerable size and weight reductions achieved by transformerless designs mean that complete UPS solutions can be implemented as small, rack-mounting modules rather than as large, monolithic units.

This comprises the UPS supporting, say, a 500 kW load; it would use two of its 250 kW modules – or three, to provide N+1 redundancy. Then, if the load increases, incrementing the UPS’s capacity by sliding in another 250 kW module (vertical scaling) is cost-effective, easy, and can be done without even interrupting power to the load. Further capacity can be provided by horizontal scaling, i.e. adding more racks in parallel.
Note that both benefits – redundant capacity and scalability – are achieved with minimal excess capacity, space and cost, due to the modules’ granularity.
By contrast, a monolithic system typically has to be significantly oversized for future-proofing. Additionally, N+1 redundancy must be implemented using two complete systems, so neither can ever be more than 50 percent loaded even in the best case. These factors force the monolithic system to work with low loads, where efficiency drops away sharply.
Designed with a clear goal in mind, the MF1500 DPA is designed to define that reliability does not require excess, and high power can exist alongside efficient use of energy. The new system combines proven Decentralised Parallel Architecture (DPA) technology with the latest advances in components and software. This includes high performance materials for the coils core and its smart mechanical cooling design for booster and inverter sinks, reducing heat loss and extending the component lifetime.

To meet ever-increasing pressure to curb power consumption, UPS users must avail themselves of every technique to improve energy efficiency. Their best option is to choose a UPS that not only benefits from modern, modular transformerless topology, but also maintains high efficiency levels under all load conditions and has high quality energy efficient components.
To give an example of the likely cost saving, in a 1.5 MW installation, over 10 years the 0.7% extra efficiency of the MF1500 DPA versus a competitor at 96.7% can save over £150,000 in electrical and cooling costs.
A consultation with an experienced supplier like Kohler Uninterruptible Power is always recommended, as they can advise on the options and suggest optimum solutions for energy efficiency.

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Sudlows have been working with an increasing number of key clients across multiple European countries including Ireland, Germany, France and Belgium. The new Dublin office is therefore a strategic motion to ensure continued support and project delivery to our EU clients post Brexit.

Acting as a satellite office for the Manchester and London Sudlows locations, the new Dublin office will provide a European base for Sudlows to continue to deliver their full suite of professional services across European markets as ‘Sudlows Enterprise Services Europe’.

John Collins, Managing Director at Sudlows comments;
“The new Dublin office is a key addition for Sudlows. We have been working with an increasing number of major clients in Ireland and the rest of Europe over the last three years. The Dublin office joins our UAE and India locations to make the third international Sudlows office, allowing us to offer our professional and technical services across the globe.”

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Companies that overlook fundamental data centre modernisation practices of their physical IT infrastructure systems run the risk of unplanned downtime that can cause serious disruption to critical business processes. Uptime Institute found that almost one third (31%) of enterprises experienced an IT downtime incident or severe degradation of service in the past year. Unplanned downtime is also expensive. Uptime Institute highlighted that around 33% of outages reported costs over $250,000.

Neglecting to modernize the data center also means that organizations are failing to take advantage of technological advances that make data centers simpler, more efficient, easier to manage, and more cost-effective to operate. As IT demands change and infrastructure ages, the opportunity to get significant benefits from modernization exists.
As physical infrastructure systems approach end-of-life, the risk of downtime increases. The options for data center managers are either to modernize or outsource business functions to cloud or colocation service providers. There are three key domains that must be addressed when considering modernizing your data center: equipment hardware (electrical and mechanical), software management systems, and operations and maintenance programs. In this post, we will focus on uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs).

Rightsizing Your Data Center UPS
Much like replacing an old furnace in your house, upgrading your data center’s UPS(s) can provide not only increased reliability, but also increased efficiency and cost savings. Data center workloads (and therefore capacity needs) of 10 years ago are likely to be very different than today. They may have increased or decreased substantially based on a variety of factors, including mergers and acquisitions that boost the workload, virtualization technologies that reduce the physical server footprint, and cloud migration, which enables companies to consolidate their on-premise data center operations.
Organizations need to right-size their UPS(s) based on current and future capacity requirements. We developed a tool – Schneider Electric’s three phase UPS modernization OpEx calculator – to help organizations determine whether to keep an aging UPS or replace it based on their current UPS costs and their new capacity needs.
With easy-to-use dropdown menus, data center managers can plug in the name, model, and size of their existing UPS, factor in maintenance and electricity expenses, and toggle the dials to measure the savings that could be achieved over a 10-year span by moving to a smaller and/or more efficient model.
For example, a company that is shifting applications and storage to the cloud may consider downsizing their existing 240 KW UPS to a smaller, more efficient 100 KW model. The tool demonstrates how that company can save nearly $150,000 over 10 years. Below is a screenshot of the UPS OpEx calculator. If your load requirements have decreased as in this scenario, it is generally going to result in significant savings.

OpEx calculation on shifting from 240 KW to a 100 KW UPS model.
New technology in many cases simplifies operations and offers feature enhancements that should factor into the decision as well. A UPS with lithium-ion batteries (li-ion) is an example of a technology improvement compared to older UPSs with VRLA batteries. Li-ion technology provides longer battery life expectancy, which means lower maintenance and parts cost, and also a 50-80% smaller footprint, and three times less weight.
Tactical Considerations for Replacing a UPS
Once an organization has decided to replace its aging UPS with a more efficient, modern, and right-sized model, a variety of practical issues need to be taken into account so that the replacement goes smoothly.

These considerations should include selecting a replacement UPS that matches the existing infrastructure in terms of the physical footprint (it has to fit in the space available), along with ensuring it has the right input/output voltage to connect with the site’s switchgear. Also, make sure the UPS is IoT-enabled. By instrumenting the UPS with IoT sensors and connecting it to your data center management software platform, administrators can remotely monitor and manage the device. Of course, notify everyone who could be impacted and schedule the replacement during a planned maintenance window. While the work is being completed, ensure that there is a plan in place to transfer mission-critical workloads to another power source. Lastly, don’t forget to update these assets in management software and operations documentation.

Data Center Modernization Framework
We’ve got additional resources if you need more guidance on replacing your data center UPS, as well as best practices for a data center modernization strategy. For a comprehensive perspective, read our White Paper 272: A Framework for How to Modernize Data Center Facilities Infrastructure.

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Schneider Electric has enhanced its management platform EcoStruxure IT Expert with AI-supported UPS battery health assessment, an industry breakthrough of predictive capability.

In addition, to make remote management and monitoring even more accessible to all customers, Schneider Electric is announcing its APC Smart-UPS is now available with a pre-installed Network Management Card 3 (NMC3) for advanced cybersecurity. Due to the increased need for remote management in distributed edge computing or hyper-converged IT environments, Schneider Electric is also announcing the NetShelter 9000 Series Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU), which offers increased remote management reliability in a wider temperature range.

“Schneider Electric has always been on the forefront of innovation and since launching our EcoStruxure IT platform, we’ve been simplifying remote operations in the cloud and at the edge,” said Jonathan Healey, VP and General Manager, Software and Management Systems, Schneider Electric. “With these enhancements, we are driving forward the latest technology to help data centre and IT customers be more predictive and provide business continuity from anywhere, anytime.”

EcoStruxure IT is the next generation data centre management solution featuring remote management from virtually any device – phone, tablet, or home PC – at any time. It enables data centres to maintain operations and availability when minimal or no qualified staff are available on-site.

Customers couldn’t know exactly when their UPS battery would fail – until now. EcoStruxure IT Expert UPS battery health assessment provides insight into the UPS with a score card that predicts the end of life for batteries based on the specific conditions of that UPS. This breakthrough into predictive capability also generates recommended actions to improve the health score and the lifetime of the batteries, enabling OpEx savings and avoiding unplanned downtime.

When deriving insights from data, simply pouring data into an AI system doesn’t yield results because it is essential to clarify what data to analyse to solve specific problems. What makes EcoStruxure IT Expert UPS battery health assessment’s predictive capability and recommended actions possible is Schneider Electric’s data lake, which collects data from millions of connected devices. The data is normalised and leveraged to uncover valuable, actionable insights.

Find out more here

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Mark Taylor, DTGen – Project Manager in Northern England, said: “We have worked with many major household names in the food and retail sectors and continue to support these vital industries with robust, reliable technology and expertise to ensure backup power is supplied when it is needed most. A mains power failure can have catastrophic consequences in the food manufacturing industry, and our resilient solutions minimise that risk.”

DTGen delivers power solutions to customers across a broad spectrum in industries including hospitals, data centres, distribution centres, banking and utilities, and works with consultants, end users and contractors from initial design to project completion. From single turnkey solutions through to the most complex of projects, find out more about power solutions from DTGen

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Designed to help industry professionals throughout the data centre and network infrastructure sectors looking for one-to-one guidance regarding their own professional knowledge, certification and qualification progression, or next steps regarding recommended professional development activities to help boost their careers. It will also be valuable for those looking to enter the industry, to discuss and explore the best route to take.

The service is headed up by the experienced CNet technical team, Paul Gorman and Pat Drew who, between them, have over 60 years of experience within the data centre and network infrastructure sectors.

Making use of the new service is quick and easy, individuals just complete a simple online form on the CNet Training website, and a member of the team will be in touch to liaise directly with the individual to provide free advice and guidance.

The launch of the Education Advice Service will also help to tackle the industry’s on-going skills shortage by providing information on education pathways to help get people into the industry and to give industry professionals the confidence, support and information to help them excel in their career within the digital infrastructure industry.

Andrew Stevens, president and CEO, “We are excited to launch the Digital Infrastructure Education Advice service. With such a huge amount of technical expertise in-house here at CNet we wanted to provide the opportunity to share this with industry professionals to help their own knowledge and career progression as well as help those that may be considering entering the industry. Paul and Pat have so much valuable experience and knowledge that can be used to genuinely help people, so this is just a little way CNet can help give back to those in, or thinking about joining, the industry.”

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Major energy users such as supermarkets and data centres could achieve serious energy and cost savings and drive down UK peak demand if they were less fearful of failure, according to Marks & Spencer’s former energy management boss.

Mervyn Bowden, who now runs his own consultancy Intuitive Energy Solutions, said major energy users could avoid high electricity charges resulting from demand in peak periods (so-called Triad charges, retrospectively set during three peak periods over winter by National Grid) if they really wanted to.

“I think from a user perspective, not enough effort has really gone into coming up with more innovative ways of mitigating Triad charges,” said Bowden.

“There are lots of examples in things like food refrigeration in supermarket chains, where all the refrigeration could be put on defrost for significantly longer periods during the Triad period. They would save potentially 35-40% of their load during that period but they are very reticent about it because of the risk of failure of the equipment.”

Data centres

Bowden said data centres could potentially achieve greater savings – and not just during peak demand periods.

“There has been quite a significant awareness of measures in that space to increase [maximum] data centre temperatures for example, so there is not as much cooling going in. That results in significantly lower demand,” said Bowden.

But data centres have to deliver maximum reliability. Is over-cooling not just a sensible precaution?

“They do… but the issue there is that every degree you can raise the temperature has a massive energy saving impact. If you can raise the temperature of every data centre in the country from say, 19-20 °C up to 25 °C, with no great loss of response time on the kit, that would be a huge prize.”

Is that technically feasible, without increasing the risk of failure? Bowden thinks so. But theory must be proven, he said.

“There are lots of mixed messages in the space. But a lot of IT infrastructure now will happily operate at core India temperatures, 35-40 °C. Yet here we are in the UK chilling data space to low twenties [degrees centigrade] if you’re lucky, on the premise that if they get too hot [they might fail]. Well, they might not,” said Bowden. “Has anybody checked?”

It would be worth challenging assumptions and undertaking some rigorous research to prove the theory, said Bowden.

“It’s worth looking at a whole range of issues around data centres. What is in them? Does it need to be in them? Does it need to be temperature protected at all? You could well end up with a data room that is potentially half the size using potentially half the energy,” Bowden suggested.

“You’ll save in Triad periods and save in the other 22, 23 hours as well. It helps get the peak demand down even more.”

Mervyn Bowden’s comments around food refrigeration and supermarket chains in relation to Triad (paragraphs three and four) were originally published in New Power magazine.

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