DATA CENTRE ENERGY CONSUMPTION J
immy Chang, VP of ATEN’s Green Energy Business Unit, has described how he thinks data centres will change between now and 2050. He is part of ATEN’s team working towards achieving a new level of energy intelligence in large scale computing. He commented, “The data centres of the future will set
new benchmarks in artificial intelligence. Software, operated through just one user interface, will control the physical environment within buildings that house the date centres - as well as the plug in and play hardware and virtual IT infrastructure within them. “This new generation of software will balance
everything, including energy supply and demand. It’ll merge the functionality of today’s IT infrastructure software with advanced levels of intelligent automation throughout every inch of each data centre. “Data flow between the energy and IT
infrastructure will be two-way. The energy flowing between our National Grid and what is likely to be a self powered grid will be bidirectional too, and both grids will have
facilities to build up surplus energy stores. Nothing will be wasted. “Facilities and data centre technology management
will become one role and unite in a single software user interface. This software defined interface will link users with each individual physical device. “Just as information mobility became reality with the advent of smartphones, tablets, laptops and now entertainment systems, energy mobility will become ‘the norm’ - powering everything from electronic vehicles and household appliances through to data centres and manufacturing tooling. “Global energy consumption is set to treble by
2050, which will further impact the energy shortfalls already being experienced in some of the developed world’s technology hotspots, which include London and Milton Keynes. Coupling this with various environmental threats, including CO2 pollution, makes alarming reading, and so it is essential to develop and adopt technology to revolutionise energy efficiency curves.”
www.aten.co.uk
SUPPORTING FUTURE GROWTH PLANS
A new £8m purpose built National Distribution Centre has been opened by Finning in Cannock, Staffordshire. The new warehouse facility houses all of the
dealership’s engines plus 60,000 different product lines, all of which are available for next day delivery. In addition the company has worked with its transport and logistics provider to replace eight of their existing trailers with new higher spec vehicles. Neil Dickinson, Finning’s UK and Ireland MD, said,
“With over 800 service engineers in the field, it is vital that we have the best logistics in place to help them support our customers. Rapid growth over the last few years means that we had almost reached capacity with our existing warehouse facilities. “When you consider our ambitious growth plans over the next few years, it became very clear that we needed
to invest in our logistics in order to maintain and further improve the levels of service.” The new centre was opened by Dickinson on 24th October.
www.finning.co.uk
NEW SKILLS
PARTNERSHIP A new, not for profit partnership has been formed to help shape the skills agenda in the electrotechnical industry. The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) has been created by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), the Joint Industry Board (JIB), JTL, National Electrotechnical Training (NET), SummitSkills and Unite the Union. It will act as the voice for
employers and industry on skills issues, and will lead on the setting of standards, lobbying and government relations work, and the promotion of careers. Speaking on behalf of TESP, Alex
Meikle, from the ECA, said, “TESP has been formed to shape and develop the skills agenda in our industry. Given the focus of government on encouraging young people to take up apprenticeships, that is our priority, but by bringing together the various organisations which have all contributed to the skilled heritage of our industry, we intend to ensure that the demand for skilled electricians are addressed in a coherent way. “More and more we are seeing
the development of new technology, low energy solutions and products, all of which require skilled people with continuously evolving skillsets. TESP supports our industry’s efforts to recruit, train and develop these individuals and ensure we have a workforce that can meet the demand for our industry’s skills.”
www.eca.co.uk
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