Glencar lands final phase of Pure DC’s £1bn Brent Cross data centre campus

Glencar has been appointed to deliver the final major construction phase of Pure Data Centres Group’s Brent Cross campus in north London, taking the scheme’s planned capacity to 90MW. The contractor will build the second phase of the LON01 campus for Pure DC, extending the… The post Glencar lands final phase of Pure DC’s £1bn Brent Cross data centre campus appeared first on Construction News.

Potential ‘symbiotic’ energy resilience relationship between data centres and airports

There is potential for symbiotic relationships between data centres and airports due to their shared need for highly resilient energy supplies, but the high demand for data centres could be a bubble, according to an airports strategy expert. The post Potential ‘symbiotic’ energy resilience relationship between data centres and airports appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

International coalition aims to set sustainable data centre development standards

The Greening AI Data Centres Coalition aims to define what 'green' means for data centres and direct capital toward facilities that reduce emissions. The post International coalition aims to set sustainable data centre development standards appeared first on Property Week.

Coalition including BRE launched to make data centres greener

Initiative aims to establish new benchmarks and standards

Building for demand: power and adaptability in data centres

As Europe’s data centre sector accelerates, discussion naturally focuses on scale. Campuses in the tens of megawatts are now routine, while projects exceeding 150MW are increasingly common. The post Building for demand: power and adaptability in data centres appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

RICS - Unreal estate: valuing property in the Metaverse, 23032023

In this RICS Modus webinar for the World Built Environment Forum (WBEF), questions are raised to the panel about the Metaverse, e.g. What is the metaverse and how would we sum it up? Where do you think real estate fits into the metaverse? What the real estate might look in one of these Metaverse worlds? Why should Real Estate professionals be interested in the Metaverse?

FT - Recycling the world’s hard drive waste, 13022023

Shredding hard drives may be a sure-fire way to prevent data leaks from discarded devices, but as the FT’s TMT correspondent Anna Gross reports, it can create significant amounts of waste and squander rare metals. Information can be deleted with wiping software, but why are companies reluctant to use it?

CBRE Market Outlook 2023 Report - UK Real Estate

CBRE's UK market outlook report for 2023 looks at key market sectors and the overall economy, and provides some key take-aways for consideration

WSJ - Tech News Briefing Podcast - The New Data Storage Tech Beyond Hard Drives 30082022

We’re storing more of our data than ever, but the hard disk drives we rely on are reaching their physical limits. Now scientists are working on methods to increase capacity and find new ways to house our data. Dr. Brian Michael Murphy of Bennington College joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how we got here and the new methods that are being tested

WSJ - Tech News Briefing PODCAST - Emerging climate technologies (Part 1 of 4) - Could Underwater Data Centers Make Cloud Computing Greener 27122022

Cloud storage centers suck up a lot of energy. But when Microsoft tried putting data centers underwater a couple of years ago, it found the strategy greatly reduced energy use and improved performance. Now a U.S. startup called Subsea Cloud is pushing forward with similar plans. How much could underwater data centers do to alleviate emissions from our cloud usage? And what are the hurdles to getting there?

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