iomart to generate 250,000kWH of solar energy for Maidenhead DC

27 August 2024

iomart has installed 560 solar panels at its flagship data centre in Maidenhead to reduce carbon emissions and enhance energy efficiency across its UK operations.

The solar panels are expected to generate around 250,000kWh of energy annually, offsetting around 96,061kg of CO2 emissions annually. The 2,800sqm Maidenhead facility is the largest data centre in iomart’s portfolio, which includes 13 data centres across the UK. It also serves as iomart’s main self-managed infrastructure hub, powering over 12,000 servers.

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UK misses £57.2 billion annually due to skills shortage

27 August 2024

A chronic data skills shortage has developed across the UK, costing the country £57.2 billion every year, according to new data from Multiverse Skills.

It found that workers, on average, spend 14.3 hours each week on data tasks including data entry, analysis and report generation, taking them away from high value tasks.

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Leicestershire’s GigaHubs project connects 43 public sector sites

27 August 2024

Leicestershire County Council’s (LCC) recently completed £1.5 million GigaHubs project has now connected 43 public sector sites (schools, libraries etc.) to a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network, which forms part of the UK Government’s wider £5 billion Project Gigabit programme.

“This is a real feather in our cap and great news for our rural areas. I’m delighted we’re one of the first counties to complete the roll out, which means more children can benefit from cutting-edge digital resources, creates new opportunities to bring communities together and encourages commercial suppliers to bring the fastest speeds to more places,” said Councillor Pam Posnett.

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Cloud Industry Forum: ESG gaining traction

23 August 2024

According to research conducted by the Cloud Industry Forum, 86% of businesses report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability is important to their organisation when deciding which cloud vendor to work with, with almost half (44%) considering it extremely important; up from 30% in 2023, indicating that despite media reports of ESG being put on the backburner by many companies, they remain committed to continued sustainability efforts.

The data from this year’s report indicates that organisations value ESG highly, with 40% of respondents reporting that IT sustainability is an important project for their organisation. This ranks equally with other areas of business such as security and cloud migration, and is second only to artificial intelligence (42%).

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