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i 3 Solutions Group appointed as Principal Consultants to lead Kao Data in Slough

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Solutions Group , a leading global consulting engineering firm i 3 specialising in data centres and

mission critical facilities , has announced the company has been appointed Principal Consultant by Kao Data , specialist developers of high-performance
data centres for enterprise , cloud , HPC and AI , to lead design engineering work at its 16 MW , carrier-neutral data centre in Slough , West London .
“ We ’ re naturally delighted to have been appointed for this project by Kao
Data – a company which , like i 3 , takes very seriously the need for greater sustainability throughout the data centre life cycle ,” said Ed Ansett , Founder and Chairman of i 3 Solutions Group . “ This can be seen in both the cooling design and the use of HVO to fuel stand-by power generation at the Harlow Campus . We believe that our shared values will make this a successful partnership .”
“ As a developer and operator of highperformance data centres for advanced computing , from inception Kao Data has set out to provide customers with hyperscale-inspired digital infrastructure ,” added Gérard Thibault , Chief Technical Officer at Kao Data . “ Working with i 3 Solutions Group is a meeting of like minds ; our values – as well as our design and engineering ethos – are all well aligned . We look forward to working together to scale our sustainable infrastructure platform to serve cloud , enterprise and intensive computing requirements .”

Hyve colocates at Telehouse to meet increased demand for sustainable IT infrastructure

lobal colocation provider , Telehouse International Corporation of Europe , has announced that Hyve , a

G leading cloud provider , has chosen Telehouse as one of its colocation partners to help meet growing sustainability demands . With rich connectivity delivered through a fully secure , energy-efficient and power redundant data centre , Hyve can now realise its ambitions of providing customers with long-term sustainable solutions and easily scale for future growth . choice for us , offering not only a secure and sustainable location to house our infrastructure , but the flexibility and scalability we need to support our future growth .”

IT and cloud providers are under increasing pressure from organisations to improve sustainability , driven by the outcomes of COP26 and new sustainability disclosure requirements ( SDRs ) introduced in 2021 . By housing IT infrastructure to Telehouse ’ s London Dockland ’ s data centre campus , Hyve aims to improve the sustainability of its mission critical cloud , managed security and dedicated hosting services , while still delivering the fast , reliable and flexible service customers expect .
“ Climate change is transforming the way we all use energy and customers are rightly demanding greater action from their cloud hosting providers on sustainability issues ,” said James Annetts , Infrastructure Manager at Hyve . “ We have ambitious environmental goals and will only work with data centre providers who actively strive to make sustainability a central part of their business operations . Telehouse was the perfect
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