Data Center Construction Reports

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, our latest buyer's guide assesses the challenges for cryptography in the emerging era of quantum computing. Google Cloud experts explain how the internet giant is preparing its datacentres for a world of AI. And we examine the privacy, compliance and backup issues from generative AI. Read the issue now.

Posted: 22 Sep 2023 | Published: 26 Sep 2023

EZINE: Microsoft has given details of cyber attacks on Ukrainian civilian communications, nuclear safety authorities, and the exploitation of the destruction of Mariupol in a phishing campaign.

Posted: 27 May 2022 | Published: 09 Jun 2022

EZINE: Meta's plan for a hyperscale datacentre in the Netherlands which was to serve the metaverse world has been halted following a campaign by environmentalists and the Dutch parliament's call for the government to do everything in its power to stop the facility being built. Read about it in this issue of CW Benelux.

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 | Published: 12 May 2022

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about his plans to support innovation and growth in the UK tech sector. Composable IT is the latest trend in building software to support business change. And Halfords built its own service management software – and now is selling it to other retailers. Read the issue now.

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 | Published: 28 Sep 2021

AUDIO FILE: In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly discuss the 2021 A-level and GCSE computing results, what algorithms are and are not good for, and the water consumption habits of datacentres, and their environmental impact.

Posted: 19 Aug 2021 | Published: 19 Aug 2021

EGUIDE: The need for energy efficiency, resiliency and security have, for many years, been the driving forces behind the way that operators have approached building their datacentres. In this e-guide, we take a look at how the need for energy efficiency and sustainability is altering the way operators approach their datacentre builds and designs.

Posted: 20 Jul 2021 | Published: 20 Jul 2021

EZINE: The construction of datacentres in the Netherlands' Amsterdam region has accelerated at such a pace that their demands for electricity are causing concern, prompting city authorities and datacentre operator to open a dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion.

Posted: 26 May 2021 | Published: 10 Jun 2021

EGUIDE: In this e-guide: Simplifying the deployment and management of datacentre hardware systems is one of the main draws of converged and hyper-converged infrastructure setups for enterprises.

Posted: 26 Mar 2021 | Published: 26 Mar 2021

EGUIDE: Colocation is an increasingly appealing option for data storage. In this 17-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the constraints of migration, environmental considerations and datacentre opportunities in Africa.

Posted: 15 Mar 2021 | Published: 15 Mar 2021

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, after hackers threatened to release data from a US law firm's celebrity clients, will people finally take cyber security seriously? Designing software for older users makes systems better for all – we examine how. And the IT chief at TSB explains how the bank recovered from its 2018 IT disaster. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 26 May 2020

EGUIDE: The demand from the hyperscale cloud and internet companies for colocation capacity continued to cast a long shadow over the datacentre sector in 2019, and served to ensure a number of the trends that have influenced the news cycle in previous years continued to play out. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2019.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 28 Jan 2020

EGUIDE: The Netherlands is usually seen as a forward-thinking nation when it comes to developing and adopting the latest IT, but it seems its government is not doing particularly well in this respect. Here are Computer Weekly's top enterprise IT in the Benelux region stories of 2019.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 03 Jan 2020

EGUIDE: The Nordic region punches above its weight in IT terms, with a rich tech ecosystem that ranges from clusters of tech startups creating the latest apps to large in-house IT teams transforming traditional industries. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2019.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Dec 2019

EGUIDE: The Nordic region has space, access to renewable energy, a cool climate and a well-educated workforce. All these things make it a great place to build a datacentre. Read in this e-guide how the Nordic region is leading the datacentre revolution.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

EGUIDE: The Netherlands is a fast growing datacentre location, as you can also read in this e-guide, and these constructions are taking up a lot of space and putting pressure on the local electricity grid. Read more about this and more in this e-guide.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

EZINE: The Netherlands has for years attracted datacentre investment and has seen major construction projects. Amsterdam alone has 33 datacentres within a radius of 20km. So when the local authority in Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer called an immediate halt to datacentre construction, it was a shock.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Sep 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide we reveal why Dutch authorities temporarily halt datacentre construction, how Luxembourg attracts the growing IT companies. Also, read on for details of blockchain confusion in the Netherlands as well as how a local academic is unmasking cybercriminals.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 30 Jul 2019

EGUIDE: In this issue we take a look at how three banks in Finland are working together so they can free up resources that will help them keep pace with the tech changes in the industry. Also in this issue we look closely at the cloud first policy at shipping giant Maersk.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 30 Jul 2019

EGUIDE: T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom, claims to have completed the world's largest datacentre rationalisation project, which has seen the number of facilities it operates drop from 89 to 13.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 21 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the latest thinking and trends around datacentre design, while shining a light on the differing approaches organisations take to ensure their server farms remain up and running, and can withstand all the compute demands expected of them.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: There is nothing like a datacentre outage to highlight just how reliant the digital economy is on these facilities, with the 2018 news cycle dominated by tales of server rooms going awry and causing mass disruption to end users across the globe. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jan 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide we delve into the world of containers. We discover why many enterprises appear to be intent on using the technology to support the remodelling of their legacy applications in microservices. Also, we take a look at why interest in containers has risen thanks to enterprises moving from hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 08 May 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we've pulled together some of the latest thinking on good datacentre management practice, while shining a light on the tools and technologies that are on the market (or in the pipeline) that can help enterprises run their facilities with greater ease and agility.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Nov 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a closer look at some high-profile datacentre outages of recent times and assess the toll they took on the companies involved, and look into what providers and consumers can do to protect themselves from downtime.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Sep 2017

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look into Apple's controversial plans to build a huge datacentre in a small town in the west of Ireland, and the local arguments it has caused. We find out how the Met Office is managing its vast quantities of weather data. And we examine Google plans to bring AI to the recruitment market. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Aug 2017