Data Centres

Data Centres

Water keeps data centres cool. It can also destroy them from the inside

Biofilm, scaling, and corrosion are three interconnected problems that data centre operators must actively manage.

Data Centres

Why Singapore is building data centres on a petrochemical island

Jurong Island's pivot from fossil fuels to renewables could reshape the country's data centre future.

Data Centres

Drone disruptions hit AWS in the Middle East again

AWS in Bahrain disrupted for the second time in a month.

Data Centres

Reading between the lines of the Singtel outage

Singtel shared few details. But clues point to a cooling-related failure.

Data Centres

Thailand's data centre boom may be moving slower than the headlines suggest

Record deals are being signed, but the pace of development tells a more nuanced story.

Data Centres

What I saw at ZDATA's 300MW data centre campus in Johor

Reclaimed water, chiller-free phases, and a GreenRE Platinum rating.

Data Centres

Johor's data centre surge and what residents are saying

Noise, dust, and heavy vehicles. The top complaints point to construction, not operations.

Data Centres

Can data centres be hardened against drone attacks?

Military drones, consumer drones, and a Pandora's box the industry now has to confront.

Data Centres

Bridge Data Centres explores putting hydrogen generators on barges

Bridge Data Centres signs an MOU to explore the use of offshore hydrogen generators for land-based data centres.

Data Centres

How vulnerable are data centres to physical attacks?

Three facilities struck so far. The cost of a kamikaze drone is less than 1% of a rack of GPUs.

Data Centres

AWS data centre in UAE on fire from drone. How are data centre fires fought?

Data centres fight fires very differently from other buildings.

Data Centres

Why data centres are so easy to misunderstand

Big money, competing agendas, and rapid change make the sector harder to read than most realise.