Data centres
Global Data Centre Spending Tops a Cool £125 Billion
Global data centre spending on hardware and software climbed to over $150 billion (£125 billion) in 2019, according to the…
A National Asset: Why Data (Sovereignty) is Vital for UK Citizens
Despite tight budgets and limited resources, great strides have been made in digitising many of the UK’s public services, writes…
Frankfurt is Europe’s New Data Centre Capital (with Little Sign of Hyperscale Self-Builds)
Frankfurt is Europe's new data centre king: topping rankings for co-location facility take-up for the first time, as measured by…
EU Data Centre Market Set to Smash Records: Growth “Creating Challenges” Warns CBRE
The European data centre market is on track to report 200MW (megawatts) of take-up in 2019 – the highest recorded…
Equinix Teams Up with Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund to Launch New Hyperscale Line
American data centre provider Equinix has sold its London (LD10) and Paris (PA8) data centres to a new joint venture…
Google Doubles Down on Dutch Data Centres: Invests Fresh €1 Billion
Google is investing a further €1 billion in the Netherlands, building a new data centre in Agriport and expanding its Eemshaven…
Cloud “Arms Race” Driving Surge in European Data Centre Investment
An "arms race" to provide data centre capacity to hyperscale cloud providers is continuing, with companies like AWS and Azure…
A £208 Million London Data Centre Opens its Doors
San Francisco-headquartered data centre giant Digital Realty has opened its twelfth London data centre, following a £208 million investment in its…
Western Digital Unveils OpenFlex Architecture and Product Line
Western Digital has launched its OpenFlex architecture and product line for “high-scale private and public cloud” data centres. The American…
On Premises Data Centres are Making a Comeback
Has cloud killed off the on premises data centre yet? Not at all: the practice of businesses operating their own…