Dublin’s Web Summit October 2011

Dublin’s Web Summit October 2011

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Congratulations to Enterprise Ireland

It was great to be back in Dublin recently to attend the Dublin Web Summit and in particular the “Beyond the Cloud” data centre stream organised by Enterprise Ireland.  Hats off to Enterrpise Ireland

Data Centre Industry Leadership Panel adamant industry still supply constrained

Data Centre Industry Leadership Panel adamant industry still supply constrained

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Colo-X attended the 7th Data Centre’s Europe conference last week (5/6th May) and the highlight for us had to be the fascinating leadership panel.  On the panel were representatives of Telecity, Equinix, Interxion and Global Switch, the four la

What are the implications of the recent acquisition of Blue Square Data by Lumison?

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Lumison’s acquisition strategy begins with their recent purchase of Blue Square Data in a further consolidation of the regional UK colocation market
The combined group will have some 50,000 sq ft of net tech capability of which 90% will be

New Bracknell Data Centre announced – a new wholesale operator

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Interesting news story yesterday to see Hermes Real Estate Investment Management (a pension fund) and the relatively unknown GCE Data Centres have acquired a 3.2 acre site at 43 Western Road, Bracknell to develop a 60,000 sq ft data centre facilit

UK power capacity – excess supply, not constraints?

UK power capacity – excess supply, not constraints?

Friday, October 14th, 2011

I was intrigued to read in yesterday’s (13th October) Time’s stock market report that City analysts are suggesting UK electricity stocks are now a “sell” due to excess supply, which of course flies in the face of one of the perceived “data centre

Manchester expansion for Icecolo

Manchester expansion for Icecolo

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Good to hear of the expansion plans from M247, or Icecolo as they like to be known.   This Manchester based colocation and hosting provider really surprised me when I visited them in 2010 with their dual use of both a free air/adiabatic cooling