Data Centre outages are costing more, with power failure the number one culprit Findings from Uptime Institute’s 2022 Global Datacentre Survey highlight the fact that downtime in the data center industry is becoming increasingly expensive, with the main cause...
Articles in the UK national press this week alluded to the possibility of winter power cuts as a direct response to the UK’s mounting energy crisis. Reports state that, under the government’s latest “reasonable worst case scenario” plan, businesses and households...
Crestchic Loadbanks, a global manufacturer of power testing equipment, marked the official opening of its new factory in early July. As well as significantly increasing manufacturing capacity and creating new jobs, the new factory will allow the company to meet the...
Load bank testing: With an ever-expanding remit of applications, containerised, or mobile, data centers are rapidly becoming the go to solution for meeting today’s dynamic, high volume data processing and communications demands. But is the temporary nature of these...
When installing a new backup generator or uninterrupted power supply (UPS), many businesses still wrongly believe that factory performance testing before the equipment is shipped is enough to ensure reliable operation once installed. Here, we explore why this is not...
