Data Center Design Reports

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of scrapping NHS England on the health service's long road to digital modernisation. We look at real-life examples of how digital twins are helping to improve manufacturing and urban infrastructure. And we analyse the options for datacentre expansion. Read the issue now.

Posted: 24 Mar 2025 | Published: 25 Mar 2025

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer's guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And Sir Martin Sorrell talks about the risks and opportunities of AI. Read the issue now.

Posted: 14 Mar 2025 | Published: 18 Mar 2025

EBOOK: Tomorrow's data centers will be judged by their ability to enable AI and reduce power consumption. Whatever your superpower, Dell PowerEdge servers powered by the latest generation AMD EPYC™ processors are designed to unleash your business' inner hero. Download the eBook to learn more.

Posted: 27 Feb 2025 | Published: 25 Feb 2025

EBOOK: Tomorrow’s data centers will be judged by their ability to enable AI and reduce power consumption. Whatever your superpower, Dell PowerEdge servers powered by the latest generation AMD EPYC™ processors are designed to unleash your business’ inner hero. Download the eBook to learn more.

Posted: 25 Feb 2025 | Published: 25 Feb 2025

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine how Labour's version of austerity will affect the government's desire for digital transformation. We find out how the use of AI in the workplace is negatively affecting low-income workers. And an SAP customer explains how it plans to keep running after the end of support for ECC. Read the issue now.

Posted: 07 Oct 2024 | Published: 08 Oct 2024

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, medtech startups are showing how AI can offer dramatic advances in cancer care – we talk to one such firm to find out more. Every CIO is used to delivering rapid response times for users, but not many target latency of eight nanoseconds – we find out how it's done. Read the issue now.

Posted: 30 Sep 2024 | Published: 01 Oct 2024

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, the UK government has finally classified datacentres as critical national infrastructure – what took it so long? We assess the impact of the EU's new energy efficiency rules on datacentre operators. And we discuss the power of information and diversity with the chief data officer at L&G. Read the issue now.

Posted: 23 Sep 2024 | Published: 24 Sep 2024

EZINE: When the war between Hamas and Israel began, cyber security professionals and major government and private organisations braced for an inevitable accompanying online war. In this issue of CW EMEA, we outline cyber war, patterns of threat activity, and find out what security teams can do to protect their organisations. Read the issue now.

Posted: 22 Nov 2023 | Published: 07 Dec 2023

EZINE: Sustainability targets are becoming more pertinent than ever. In this handbook, focused on datacentres in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how firms are approaching the topic, why STT GDC is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines, OVHCloud's India project and the impact of generative AI.

Posted: 13 Sep 2023 | Published: 13 Sep 2023

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both spoke at London Tech Week to present their visions of an AI future for the UK – we compare their plans. We talk to the CTO of chip giant AMD about making tech more energy efficient. And we look at optimising networks for hybrid working. Read the issue now.

Posted: 27 Jun 2023 | Published: 27 Jun 2023

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, the Post Office IT scandal highlighted the problem with computer evidence – we examine the need for legal reform. We assess the nuclear option for sustainable datacentre power. And we find out how IT experts can improve their soft skills and boost their career prospects as a result. Read the issue now.

Posted: 30 May 2022 | Published: 31 May 2022

EBOOK: Edge datacentres seem set for a post-pandemic resurgence. In this 17-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at what makes them such an appealing option, the role infrastructure as code has to play and what's driving company adoption.

Posted: 12 May 2022 | Published: 12 May 2022

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, the results of our annual salary survey show pay returning to pre-pandemic levels and work-life balance a growing consideration. As sustainability becomes a critical issue, we look at how datacentres can meet emissions targets. And we find out how IT leaders can help protect children online. Read the issue now.

Posted: 22 Apr 2022 | Published: 26 Apr 2022

EBOOK: The 2021 datacentre news cycle has been dominated by stories about how demand for hyperscale datacentre capacity is continuing to boom, while market watchers grow increasingly concerned about how all this growth is affecting the environment. With this in mind, here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2021.

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 | Published: 25 Jan 2022

EZINE: In this issue, discover how to best fend off the ever-increasing threat of ransomware, learn what the next stage of the data warehouse could be, and find out what leading channel experts believe awaits the industry in the year ahead

Posted: 06 Jan 2022 | Published: 07 Jan 2022

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the RSPCA about how its cloud-first strategy helped to save animals throughout the pandemic. Data warehouses have been part of the IT landscape for 30 years – but are they now old technology, and what's next? And we assess how Brexit has affected risk and resilience in the datacentre. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 | Published: 09 Nov 2021

EGUIDE: There is a growing need for datacentres to adapt to modern demands. In this 19-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the new ideas coming from IT leaders looking to revamp datacentres, the importance of water usage in sustainability plans and the role uninterruptible power supplies have to play in decarbonisation.

Posted: 02 Nov 2021 | Published: 02 Nov 2021

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we reveal the 50 women chosen as the most influential in UK technology for 2021, and talk to the 10th winner of our annual list – Poppy Gustafsson, CEO of Darktrace. Also, our latest buyer's guide looks at digital customer experience technologies. Read the issue now.

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 | Published: 05 Oct 2021

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

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, a year after lockdown began, we look at employers' changing attitudes to returning to the workplace. We find out how the software developer community has coped during the Covid-19 pandemic. And we examine the cyber security concerns prompted by latest social media craze, Clubhouse. Read the issue now.

Posted: 15 Mar 2021 | Published: 09 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