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Digital Realty recognised for Green Innovation at the 24th Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards
NEWS igital Realty has announced that its water-saving initiative for cooling towers at its SIN10 facility
D has won the inaugural ‘ Green Innovations : Water Solutions ’ award at the Singapore Environment Council ’ s 24th Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards ( SEAA ). The award recognises businesses , groups and individuals that have taken significant steps to drive innovation , reduce their environmental impact and enhance the environment , society and economy in Singapore . by 90 %, while Water Usage Efficiency ( WUE ) has improved by 15 %, beating the Singapore Public Utilities Board ’ s industry benchmark of 2.6 Cu . m / MWh for data centres by 30 %.
As a result of the significant sustainability gains from this project , Digital Realty is evaluating the implementation of the solution across its global portfolio of 300 + data centres where applicable , to achieve similar resource efficiencies .
The first-of-its-kind in Singapore ’ s data centre industry , the water-saving solution utilises DeCaIon ( DCI ) electrolysis to eliminate the use of chemicals to treat blow-down water discharge – water that is drained from cooling equipment to remove mineral build-up – from the cooling towers in its chiller systems . This allowed Digital Realty to triple the number of times the same pool of water can be used at its SIN10 cooling towers , resulting in 1.24 million litres of water saved monthly . Monthly blow-down water discharge at SIN10 has reduced
ExodusClouds partners with Epsilon to provide global on-demand connectivity across enterprise verticals
xodusClouds , a global pioneer in cloud connectivity , has partnered with Epsilon Telecommunications , a
E global interconnectivity provider , to boost its global connectivity offering for enterprises across multiple industry verticals . ExodusClouds will serve enterprise customers across the telecommunications , finance , healthcare , education and manufacturing sectors with a white-labelled version of Epsilon ’ s Network-as-a-Service ( NaaS ) platform , Infiny .
ExodusClouds is using Infiny to connect enterprise customers to Epsilon ’ s ecosystem of 300 + data centres and 600 + leading cloud , Internet Exchange ( IX ), network and technology partners . The company is also utilising Epsilon ’ s global last mile capabilities to level up its own solutions including Software- Defined Wide-Area Networking ( SD-WAN ). With Epsilon , ExodusClouds is helping its enterprise customers to grow beyond its existing markets of Turkey , the Middle East and Africa , with truly global reach .
“ Our partnership is an opportunity to help more enterprises experience the power and simplicity of Infiny . Both of our companies share an aligned objective to provide nextgeneration software-defined solutions focused on automation and cloud ,” said Victoria Kalocsai , Alliances Manager at Epsilon Telecommunications .
“ ExodusClouds ’ footprint covers Turkey , the Middle East and Africa , which will be supported by Epsilon ’ s infrastructure across Europe , APAC and the US . This collaboration will provide both Epsilon and ExodusClouds ’ customers with topquality network solutions across the globe .”
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