CHRIS RASON
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Ensuring sustainability and resilience in Europe ’ s data centres Navigating the capacity limitations in Europe ’ s energy landscape is at the top of many data centre operators ’ agendas . For Chris Rason , Managing Director of Energy Solutions Europe at Aggreko , the need to make sure that concrete plans are in place has never been more pressing , especially while uncertainty still persists about meeting growing capacity demand while managing costs , resilience and the need to be more sustainable .
“ We are only going to see the need for new data centres increase . But , with regulations becoming tighter , including the need for data centres to report to the European Union about energy and water
CHRIS RASON
TITLE : MANAGING DIRECTOR – ENERGY SOLUTIONS EUROPE
COMPANY : AGGREKO INDUSTRY : UTILITIES LOCATION : ENGLAND
Chris has spent 14 years at Aggreko , finding solutions for customers with a mindset to disrupt the rental market in offering CHP , gas generation and energy storage .
“ I would advise data centre stakeholders to engage with an energy solutions partner like Aggreko to accelerate their transition to greener operations with minimal disruption ”
CHRIS RASON MANAGING DIRECTOR – ENERGY SOLUTIONS EUROPE , AGGREKO
use , how this expansion will unfold is up for debate ,” Chris shared . “ Yet what isn ’ t up for debate are the ongoing capacity issues in Europe and how they may hamper facility uptime .”
According to the Uptime Institute ’ s Annual Outage Analysis 2024 , power was the leading cause of impactful incidents or outages among its respondents .
Chris argues that this must be planned around if uptime is to be safeguarded in a sustainable , efficient and costeffective manner .
“ Indeed , the costs of outages are high . 54 % of respondents to the Uptime Institute ’ s 2023 annual outage survey said their most recent significant , serious or severe outage cost more than US $ 100,000 , with a further 16 % saying that their most recent outage cost more than US $ 1m ,” Chris explains . “ One way
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