Data Centre World
Data Centre World is the world’s largest and most influential gathering of data centre expertise for data centre professionals and the data centre industry. We will be exhibiting on 12-13...
Sharing the load: How UPS systems use multiple technologies to deliver best in class efficiency
Data centre operators, like any other business, are under continuous pressure to improve their energy efficiency. This is partly due to rising fuel costs, but also because shareholders, business partners...
Choosing the right UPS generator
This post looks at why your uninterruptible power supply may need a backup generator, and how to set up a matched UPS-generator pair. Online uninterruptible power supplies ensure power quality...
Efficient power protection for large-scale data centre operations
Large-scale data centre operations are now being built. One of the largest, the QTS Atlanta-Metro Data Center has over 970,000 sq ft of total space, complete with its own on-site...
Ensuring UPS Installation Success
If you’re seeking to procure a new UPS power supply for your data centre operations, it’s natural to focus on its functional attributes, including UPS capacity, battery autonomy, availability, efficiency,...
Taking Charge
Alan Luscombe of Kohler Uninterruptible Power (KUP) compares the attributes of valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery teachnologies. Data centre UPSs provide battery back-up to sensitive ICT...
KUP Milestone: 20 Years of UPS Sales and Service
Hook, Hampshire, December 14, 2017: This December marks the 20th anniversary of Kohler Uninterruptible Power Limited (KUP), a Kohler company – one of the UK’s largest UPS sales and service companies....
Uninterruptible Power Supply technologies – current trends and future projections
UPSs use many technologies to fulfil their role, and are subject to a wide range of industry trends. Here, Alan Luscombe, director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power Ltd., a Kohler company,...
Is it time to consider Lithium-ion batteries?
Data centres and other installations needing power protection have traditionally favoured lead-acid batteries for UPS backup power, and the technology remains dominant today. Yet lithium-ion batteries have been commercially available...
The Internet of Things, data centres, and UPSs
The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining traction at an accelerating pace; Gartner[i] has predicted 26 billion connected devices by 2020, while others are calling even higher numbers. Since the...
Choosing UPS Power Supplies In-line with Today’s Data Centre Design Trends
While UPS power supplies have been an integral part of data centre operations for many years, expectations of their performance have increased steadily – and current trends in data centre...
How your UPS installation can benefit your DCIM strategy
Data centre infrastructure management, or DCIM, is growing in popularity as a logical way to manage data centre operations, offering improved energy efficiency, power availability and other benefits. In this...