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3 4 iomart , a leading provider of cloud hosting and managed services , has installed 560 solar panels on its flagship data centre in Maidenhead , which will contribute to the aim of self-sustaining energy during the summer to power the site .
The solar panels will generate circa 250,000kWh of energy per annum at the data centre , avoiding 96,061kg of CO 2 emissions annually .
NORTH AMERICA
The OIX Association ( OIX ), a 501 ( c ) ( 6 ) non-profit industry association and DE-CIX , one of the world ’ s leading carrier and data centre-neutral Internet Exchange ( IX ) operators , has announced the renewal of DE-CIX ’ s OIX certifications for its North American IXs located in Chicago , Dallas , New York , Phoenix and Richmond .
It is one of the longest-running OIX-certified IXs in North America .
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The 2,800 sqm data centre in Maidenhead is iomart ’ s largest site across its entire UK estate , which comprises 13 data centres . It ’ s also the cloud hosting provider ’ s main self-managed infrastructure facility , powering more than 12,000 servers .
The OIX-1 renewals highlight DE-CIX ’ s continued commitment to supporting open standards and fostering education and outreach on the importance of neutral interconnection services .
The demand for neutral IXs – those operated by a third party rather than by a data centre operator or carrier – has grown significantly in the US , with these neutral IXs now accounting for 80 % of all US IXs and 70 % of the top 50 largest IXs in the country , according to data from DE-CIX .
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