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What makes a good data centre consultant engineering firm?
Not all data centre design consultancies are created equal, here’s a list of eight reasons why.
The 2030 sustainable data centre - the journey to a carbon net zero data centre industry
Sustainability is both a journey and a destination. For data centres to become truly sustainable there are many things that must change and some things that must end. .[…]
Bringing power flexibility to Cloud-scale and wholesale data centres
How Adaptable Redundant Power (ARP) meets some of the biggest challenges faced by the hyperscale, wholesale and colocation data centre market […]
If you’ve got it, use it. Too much power capacity in data centres is going to waste
Data centers should exist to deliver IT workloads in a manner that is both capital and energy-efficient. Yet until now, power delivery has been static, inflexible and usually misaligned with IT, which has a negative impact on capital efficiency […]
Magnetic North: Scotland’s Renewable Future as a Data Centre Hub
With green credentials that include the UK’s lowest carbon energy intensity, increasing access to RERs, low-cost land and political backing, are the pieces in place for Scotland to fulfil its data centre sector potential?
Ten years of growth – ten years of change
Ten years ago when i3 Solutions Group was founded, a data centre design of 15MW – 20MW would be bracketed in the medium-to-large category. Today, thanks to the hyperscalers and large commercial data centre developers, projects ten times that size are not unusual.
If energy transition is the future – why are data centre power designs stuck in the past?
Energy transition is both a global and local phenomenon. As such it means different things to different people. For oil and gas companies it means moving away from fossil fuels. For those in the business of generating power, it means a shift to renewable energy resources (RERs).
How is the sector preparing for the prospect of planned winter power cuts?
Against a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty in the energy market, the UK datacentre market is readying itself for ‘worst case’ planned power cuts this winter. Ed Ansett, our Chairman and Founder, discusses the topic further with Caroline Donnelly, Data Centre Editor at ComputerWeekly.com.
The present and future of sustainability in Europe’s data centre market
Ed Ansett, Chairman and Founder at i3 Solutions Group sat down with Joao Marques Lima, founding editor at The Tech Capital and JSA TV contributor, to discuss how the global data centre market is adapting to new sustainability agendas.
Optimising sustainable opportunities to power data centres
Ed Ansett, founder and chairman of i3 Solutions, discusses the global and local elements of a fully sustainable grid and a role for data centres
The realities of Demand Response for Data Centres - Addressing Complexities and Challenges
i3 Solutions Group Chairman and Founder, Ed Ansett, leads a discussion at Data Centres Ireland.
Sustainable infrastructure and the future of energy storage
Ed Ansett explores sustainable infrastructure and the future of energy storage
Finding the Energy to Price Sustainability into Data Centre Location Decisions
There was never a time when considerations for a new data centre location didn’t extend beyond the availability of cheap land, abundant power and connectivity!