8 essential energy saving tips for data centre customers
The cost-of-energy crisis in the UK has hit every industry hard, and with a 635 % increase in UK data centre power costs, data centres are being heavily affected by this. Energy price increases...
Sustainable data centres: About our green credentials
With efforts to tackle climate change ramping up, companies are feeling increased pressure to adopt greener business processes. It’s not just customers expecting more; ESG reporting is becoming more...
Can you use a colocation data centre as your cloud provider?
There are lots of options when choosing a cloud platform. We look at some of the reasons you should consider a managed cloud provider.
How data centres can help your sustainability goals
It’s non-negotiable that customers have around-the-clock access to your services, but your IT uses a lot of energy to achieve this. Customers are factoring environmental impact into buying...
Rack sizes – how to calculate how many U you need?
Hosting your IT in a data centre using colocation services is an opportunity to upgrade resiliency and reliability, while saving you money. However, to make this saving you need to make sure...
How digital transformation and sustainability support each other
Businesses are putting a lot of pressure onto IT teams to deploy new digital technologies which can provide staff and customers with the best possible experience. At the same time, you’re...
What is 95th percentile billing for internet?
95th percentile billing is also called burstable billing, and it’s a way of calculating the cost of internet use which ignores the top 5% of internet usage peaks. It’s commonly applied to the...
Beginner’s guide to server colocation
Server colocation is the act of hosting your servers in a data centre. Your servers will be hosted securely and separately but alongside the servers of the data centre’s other customers, hence the...
The difference between colocation and a data centre
When your IT needs outgrow the capacity of your in-house server room – whether in terms of space, power, or cooling requirements – you might start searching for alternative options. If you’re...
Why data centre location is important – Cost, travel time and latency
Cost, security, reliability – there are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a managed data centre partner. You might be looking for a data centre that prioritises sustainability, one that...
The future of the data centre
Do you have an endpoint in mind for your digital transformation journey? For many businesses it’s the cloud. Moving everything to the cloud seems like the modern thing to do, right? It’s so...
High performance computing: Immersion vs rear-door cooling
High performance computing (HPC) requires sophisticated cooling technology – but what type? Conventional air-cooling solutions don’t typically have the cooling capacity to manage the temperatures...