This month ’ s cover story sees Mike Powell , Data Centre Manager at the University of Southampton discuss how Vertiv offered an easily deployable , enterpriseclass solution which met the institution ’ s requirements , meaning it is now able to benefit from a higher performance and more reliable IT infrastructure . This can be found on page 47 .

‘ Data Centre Predictions ’ on page 17 comes from Craig Blankers , Regional Director , WSP in Africa , who addresses whether it ’ s possible to build net zero data centres across the continent as pressure to reduce carbon emissions around the world mounts .

A hot topic across the data centre industry is the widening skills gap and this month , we asked the experts how data centre providers are offering a solution to the problem . Spokespeople include Rhonda Ascierto , Vice President , Research , Uptime Institute ;

Sarah Parks , Director of Marketing and Communications , CNet Training ; and Leon O ’ Neill – Membership Manager DCA & Founder of Digital ABODES . This can be found on page 29 .

‘ Expert Opinion ’ on page 40 comes from Billy Durie , Global Sector Head for Data Centres at Aggreko , who explores the importance of incorporating decentralised energy solutions on site in order to combat grid strain .

Another hot topic currently is data centre power and in this month ’ s edition , Ed Ansett , Chairman and Founder , i ₃ Solutions Group , discusses the sustainability benefits of Demand Response ( DR ) and how it provides data centre technical leaders with a method to generate additional revenue from their operations .

To round off , we ‘ Deep Dive ’ with Stuart Crump , Director of Sales , Iceotope , who tells us how he landed in his role and how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office . Find this on page 66 .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any upcoming editions , please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . com

Alix Pressley Managing Editor www . intelligentdatacentres . com

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