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Datacentre Strategics Conference - Seoul 24 July - Call for Speakers‏

Owing to late cancellations by independent speakers there are two speaking slots available. If you wish to be an expert speaker, or sit on one of the discussion panels, please e-mail stephen.woollard@psholdings.com.
Thank you.

Added by Stephen Woollard on June 30, 2009 at 10:26 — No Comments

Fire Suppression inside the Enclosure

I've added some pictures and a power point on how you raise your fire protection level to inside the cabinet or enclosure level. Anything that is mission-critical, such as processes, equipment, remote locations, that is inside a cabinet or enclosure can now have automatic fire detection and suppression inside of it. No power required, can be interfaced with existing equipment, alarm systems and auxiliary controls, and it is very cost-effective!

Todd Lindstrom

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Added by Todd Lindstrom on June 29, 2009 at 22:45 — No Comments

Critical Site Technician Training Needed

The Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) is developing a Critical Facilities Council with intentions to develop training and certification programs directed toward critical facilities and data center infrastructure technicians. We feel there are sufficient programs with DCJ, AFCOM, IFMA, Uptime and others that do well at educating and equipping designers and site managers but those programs may be too material oriented for the technician level. We want to develop basic training for… Continue

Added by Kenneth A. Agee on June 27, 2009 at 16:29 — No Comments

6 Important Questions To Answer When Considering A Generator For Your Data Center

Knowing when to install a generator into your data center is an important question IT Managers must ask prior to actually building their data center.

With careful planning there are strategies you can implement during the design phase of your data center build that can minimize downtime and effectively deal with unforeseen power outages.

Your data center is the lifeblood of your company. In fact, as we move forward in time, it is my contention that each computer in the… Continue

Added by Michael G Perry on May 9, 2009 at 0:16 — 2 Comments

Citadel100 are attending the Data Centres Europe Conference on April 22nd and 23rd

http://www.datacentres.com/dce/

Added by Michael Meaney on April 16, 2009 at 11:33 — No Comments

Power Efficiency Gains by Deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution in North American Data Centers

New Server Technology White Paper - Power Efficiency Gains by Deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution in North American Data Centers

New White Paper - Efficiency Gains by deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution

As Power densities within the Data Center cabinet continue to rise the industry is experiencinc a rising demand for 415 V products in North America. While 415 V was traditionally once only considered an international solution higher power demands and density are requiring… Continue

Added by Fred W Sutherland on April 15, 2009 at 21:00 — No Comments

The Data Center Professionals Network achieves 500 members!

Business Network for the Data Center Industry…

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Added by DCPNet Admin on April 13, 2009 at 23:18 — 1 Comment

Microsoft Chooses Rittal Liquid Cooling & Enclosure Solutions for Enterprise Engineering Center

http://datacenterjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2685&Itemid=44

Feel free to contact me with any questions about this type of solution, additional info can also be found at: http://www.rittal-corp.com/products/index.cfm?n1ID=5&n2ID=50

Added by Ryan Erskine on April 3, 2009 at 14:00 — No Comments

CITADEL100 announce that they have signed a €6M+Deal with Airtricity to supply Green Electricity to its Next Generation Datacentre

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group , and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, today announced that they have signed a €6M+Deal with Airtricity to supply Green Electricity to its Next Generation Datacentre.

Airtricity, Ireland’s leading renewable energy company, has signed the new contract with CITADEL100 worth in excess of €6 million. Under… Continue

Added by Michael Meaney on March 19, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments

CITADEL100 announced that they have retained the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a second consecutive year

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group , and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, today announced that they have retained the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a second consecutive year. This provides independent validation that CITADEL100’s Quality Management System meets the… Continue

Added by Michael Meaney on March 13, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments