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HOW DO YOU OPTIMISE THE OPERATING COSTS OF A DATA CENTRE ? Jon Healy , Operations Director at Keysource Ltd , explains how to get the most out of data centre operating costs

TERACO ANNOUNCES ACCESS TO ORACLE CLOUD VIA FASTCONNECT : African colocation data centre provider Teraco is offering access to connectivity through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ( OCI ) FastConnect platform

BUILD AND ENGINEERING COMPANIES : We ’ re taking a look at 10 of the best and biggest European design , build and engineering companies who operate in the data centre industry

� NIGERIAN DATA CENTRE INDUSTRY With the number of internet users in Nigeria estimated at 100 million in 2021 , and recent investment by overseas firms like Equinix , Lagos ’ data centre market ( along with Nigera at large ) is set to boom .

� NORTHC Dutch data centre operator NorthC has installed green hydrogen fuel cells at its facility in Groningen , in the north of the Netherlands , reportedly making it the first European data centre to use green hydrogen for its UPS .

� GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN Despite robust demand for new data centres , worsening supply chain headwinds could bite the industry even harder this year , increasing construction costs and hampering development .

� QTS REALTY TRUST A string of vocal protests over the construction of an 800 + acre campus ( part of a much larger , 2,000 + acre rezoning project that ’ s also been widely condemned by locals ) in Northern Virginia is continuing to create friction for the firm .

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