The technologies are up to 30% more energy efficient than conventional cooling systems NTT is committed to making the data center space green, and its latest initiative towards the cause is its breakthrough deployments of Liquid Immersion Cooling (LIC) and Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technologies. The company recently marked its first-such deployment and APAC’s largest, at its Navi Mumbai Data Center. The one-of-its-kind facility is part of its Mahape campus, has a capacity of 4.8 MW spread over 13,740 square feet area built. The campus is planned with the capacity for up to 4 data ce ..read more

CtrlS is on an expansion spree to set up a series of Edge datacenters in India. The company currently operates such facilities in Lucknow and Patna. The plan is to set up over 20 Edge datacenters across Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities of India in addition to other potential markets in the coming years. Each Edge facility will offer upto 5 MW of capacity. Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, said, “Edge datacenters are the future. We are going to be present in every key city in India in a phased manner. Having started our Edge datacenter operations in Lucknow and Patna, we are active ..read more

Setting up DC Parks in Mumbai and Hyderabad, and a DC campus in Chennai, India      CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia’s Largest Rated-4 Datacenter provider, is looking to triple its number of datacenters from eight to about 25 by 2024-25. CtrlS is in the process of expanding its footprint by an additional 5 million sq ft from the current 1.2 million sq ft space. As part of its expansion, the company’s 2 million sq ft Hyperscale Datacenter Park in Navi Mumbai is under construction, while another 2 million sq ft Hyperscale Datacenter Park in Hyderabad is ready for constru ..read more

Sees strong potential to expand operations to key markets in Southeast Asia & Middle East          CtrlS Datacenters is expanding its presence beyond India and is planning to foray into several potential markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to build a connected future that will benefit enterprise customers and hyperscalers around the world. The company is actively exploring opportunities in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam to help its major technology customers scale with ease and create synergies and effic ..read more

As the globe spins into an era where massive digitalization is a welcome reality, it has called for setting up of massive hyperscale data centers and the epicentre of activities is becoming APAC region. PDG’s strategy is definitely well thought out. “By default, we have a lot of specifications in our data center that easily works for our customers.” Vipin Shirsat, General Manager, India, Princeton Digital Group (PDG) In the language of the CEO of Princeton Digital Group (PDG), Rangu Salgame, APAC is going to see a revolution of Data Centers for three simple reasons. For example, acceleration ..read more

Vertiv has published three new white papers on critical data center infrastructure topics. The papers cover prefabricated modular design innovation, non-raised floor cooling strategies, and the potential for fuel cells as an alternative to traditional diesel generators. Global data center operators must balance growth and the need to add capacity quickly with the corresponding increases in energy and water consumption as they build out increasingly complex, hybrid networks leveraging enterprise, cloud, and edge applications to meet skyrocketing consumer demand. The new Vertiv white papers addr ..read more

 Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced new application, analytics, and developer services for HPE GreenLake, edge-to-cloud platform, that enable organizations to drive a data-first modernization strategy for production workloads across hybrid cloud environments. Updates include: HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise now offers expanded container deployment options for Kubernetes with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native toolchains to support customer’s DevOps and continuous integration and ..read more

First Colocation Data Center Operator to Commit to More Efficient Temperature and Humidity Standards Equinix announced its commitment to reducing its overall power use by increasing operating temperature ranges within its data centers – the first such commitment by an operator of colocation data centers. Starting immediately, Equinix will begin to define a multi-year global roadmap for thermal operations within its data centers aimed at achieving significantly more efficient cooling and decreased carbon impacts, all while continuing to deliver the premium operating environment Equinix is known ..read more

Vertiv has released its Guide to Data Center Sustainability, an online resource for data center owners and operators seeking to reduce the environmental impact of their facilities. According to a report by the International Energy Agency, data centers account for about 1% of global electricity demand. The report notes that the industry was able to limit the impact of capacity growth on total energy consumption prior to 2020 by improving operating efficiency. However, in 2020, global internet traffic surged by more than 40%, and Market Intelligence projec ..read more

Data centers will experience increased regulation and third-party oversight in 2023 as the world continues to grapple with the industry’s rising energy and water consumption against the backdrop of ongoing climate change. The intensified focus on the overall environmental and community impact of the data center is one of five industry trends for 2023 identified by the global data center experts at Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions. The advances in chip design and manufacturing that limited server power consumption t ..read more