Cutting UPS carbon emissions in the healthcare sector

Posted on 26th March 2020

Maximising UPS efficiency can contribute significantly to this drive, as healthcare facilities typically have large populations of UPS power supplies of varying sizes distributed throughout their sites. In this article,...

Achieving robust, efficient power protection for pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications

Posted on 18th March 2020

To stay ahead in today’s competitive marketplace, pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities have to be agile; they must exploit constantly evolving technologies, achieve ever-shorter times to production, and deploy techniques such...

Choosing the right UPS battery technology

Posted on 16th November 2018

There is no single ‘best’ UPS battery technology; each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it is up to each data centre operator to choose the one that...

Efficient power protection for large-scale data centre operations

Posted on 28th August 2018

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...

Environmental negligence in data centre operations

Posted on 28th June 2018

Data centre solutions have a self-evident obligation to provide their users with a reliable data processing resource as contractually agreed. However, according to a Data Centre News[i] article, these users’...

Ensuring UPS Installation Success

Posted on 29th May 2018

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,...

Emergency Lighting UPS Power Supply – ‘The Right Tool for the Job’

Posted on 28th November 2016

How many times did your Dad tell you ‘always use the right tool for the job’. It’s an old adage, but it applies equally to recommendations for emergency lighting UPS...

Choosing UPS Power Supplies In-line with Today’s Data Centre Design Trends

Posted on 14th November 2016

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...

Emergency backup power supply for lifts and smoke extraction systems

Posted on 9th November 2016

At KUP we spend much of our time working with data centre operations and other ICT equipment power protection applications. However, we’re also involved in many other areas where uninterruptible...

Containerised data centre solutions

Posted on 25th July 2016

We’re all aware of our dependence on technology, as exemplified by smartphones, automated booking systems, satnav and much else besides. However, the depth of this dependence and the scale in...

Director’s Blog: The four main components of a modern online UPS system

Posted on 13th August 2015

OK, so we’ve looked at what an uninterruptible power supply is, what it does, and some of the different forms an uninterruptible power supply system can take. Before we move...

Director’s Blog: 10 Ways to eliminate the causes of unplanned downtime in your data centre operations

Posted on 21st July 2015

Downtime during data centre operations is a nightmare. But I don’t have to tell you that… We’ve all seen it first-hand. And the costs are exorbitant. Not only are there...

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