What’s driving the colocation industry? In 2012, the colocation industry projected a 30% increase over the next five years. And why not? The industry has several things on its side – the growth of cloud, the increasing digitalisation of almost everything, the ever-decreasing cost of bandwidth, the drive to outsourcing, the need for low latency communications with guaranteed packet transit times, and the green agenda which favours specialised operators over in-house data centres to mention just a few points. As …
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Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises?
Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises? Hardly a day goes by recently where there isn’t a story in the news about rising gas and electricity prices. Focus tends to be on residential rates, but business rates are affected too - and with the added complexity of daily standing charges on top of a fixed unit rate, plus VAT at the full rate and the Climate Change Levy (CCL) - it’s no wonder that businesses like data …
London vs the rest of the country
London vs the rest of the country Data centre colocation plays a significant role when it comes to housing today’s IT operations. For many businesses, it’s an attractive alternative to investing in building and maintaining a sizable space - to house and operate power hungry servers, telecoms and network equipment. The notion of operating this equipment offsite brings with it many benefits, but the decision is not as clear cut as that. There are a number of considerations to take …
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