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The Data Centre Skills Shortage

Mark Acton — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:41:35 +0000

As demand for digital infrastructure increases, the data centre industry faces a growing challenge: a persistent shortage of skilled professionals. Without a concerted effort to bridge the data centre skills gap, the industry may struggle to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for digital services at the current rate of expansion. In this blog post, […]

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From niche to mainstream: can direct liquid cooling make the jump?

James Wilman — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Liquid cooling may have historically been reserved for R&D supercomputers or mainframes yet increasing demands, workloads and the rise of machine learning are forcing data centre managers to rethink the technology. An announcement from Google earlier this year raised the question once again of when will direct liquid cooling become more prominent in the data […]

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Maggots and data centres – what’s the connection?

James Wilman — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:00:00 +0000

Grub’s up for circular economy data centres Usually the worlds of modern data centres and maggots do not collide. One involves ultra-secure, clean high-tech facilities with state-of-the-art technology. The other, waste eating grubs that have a similar reputation to cockroaches and are normally associated with rotting food. Yet, as part of the recent pursuit for […]

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Data centres and the grid part 2: Active energy players

James Wilman — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:24:11 +0000

The second part of this two-part report examines how data centres are becoming active participants in energy grids from demand-response to on-site generation and micro-grids. In part one of this report series we examined some of the macro-trends that are affecting the design and operation of energy grids. These range from the impact of renewables, […]

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Data centres and the grid part 1: volatility and innovation

James Wilman — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:24:11 +0000

The first part of this report series looks at how energy grids are evolving and the opportunities and challenges these changes present for data centre operators. Data centre operators have historically had a close but cautious relationship with utilities and the energy grids they provide and maintain. Most large facilities depend on grid power for […]

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Technology, Fitness, Spartans and Data: Part Two

James Wilman — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:23:48 +0000

In part one I talked about my current shape and the challenges that I face in the coming months. So let’s look at the technologies that I have been using in my everyday training regime and the data they produce as I prepare myself to get in shape for the Spartan Sprint, Spartan Super and […]

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Technology, Fitness, Spartans and Data: Part One

James Wilman — Thu, 05 May 2016 23:00:00 +0000

In this blog series I am going to explore the various technologies that have crept into my everyday training regime, the data they produce and where that data goes as I prepare myself to get in shape for the Spartan Sprint, Spartan Super and The Grim Original. I will be completing all of these events […]

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Making Waves with Cooling Solutions

James Wilman — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:23:26 +0000

There’s always a sense of irony when data centre cooling methods become a hot topic. The eruption of data we generate on a daily basis demands processing power of seismic proportions. Of course, with this comes the troublesome task of keeping the data centre within the correct environmental conditions. Most of the heat in a […]

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100% Free Cooling @ 35°C Ambient for UK Based MSP

James Wilman — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:26:17 +0000

The innovative, class leading data centre design with power and cooling system that pushes the limits of performance and ensures 100% compressor free cooling all year within a legacy building envelope and constrained environment. THE BRIEF To design, to RIBA stage 3, an energy efficient data centre cooling system, that was completely compressor free, and […]

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Future-tech wins University of Sussex data centre design and build contract

James Wilman — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:26:35 +0000

The University of Sussex, based near Brighton, has awarded a data centre design and build contract for their new high density data centre to Future-tech, the Berkshire based data centre specialists. The lead data centre Consultant on the project said, “We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract. I personally enjoy working with […]

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