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Aug 08

How Data Centres are taking on the Green Challenge

By Cross-Guard | Company
Data Centres are relatively new entrants and are continuing to expand and improve their use of renewable energy. Experts around the world have agreed that today's data centre industry is...
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Jul 27

Improving data centre operations with AI and Machine Learning

By Cross-Guard | Company
Data centres are under pressure. Growth of the Internet of Things, the rise of remote working, 5G rollouts, the demand for high-performance streaming services — these are just a few...
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Jul 19

Fire Safety Training

By Cross-Guard | Uncategorized
Recently all our staff have undertaken Fire Safety Training to understand the procedures in case of an emergency. Our Health and Safety advisor provided all the team with relevant training...
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Jul 18

Our business trip to Oman

By Cross-Guard | Company | Secure Cages & Enclosures
Global Data Centre Provider Cross-Guard prides itself on being the global data centre provider of choice. We have recently completed a project in Oman to maintain our goal of global...
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May 19

Data centre construction: what lies ahead?

By Cross-Guard | Cold Aisle Containment | Company | Hot Aisle Containment
From April 2021 to April 2022, internet users worldwide increased by almost 200 million. That brings the global number of internet users to around 5 billion — nearly two-thirds of...
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Apr 27

A sustainable future for data centres

By Cross-Guard | Company
In 2020 electricity consumption by global data centres was 200–250 TWh according to the International Energy Agency. That’s around 1% of global electricity consumption, which is roughly the same amount...
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Mar 24

Microsoft data centres help heat homes

By Cross-Guard | Company
When it comes to sustainability, Microsoft is taking it to a new level with its 2 newest planned data centres in Helsinki, Finland. Excess heat generated by these data centres...
FemTech
Mar 08

The future is FemTech

By Cross-Guard | Company
Forget FinTech, FemTech is on the rise. Estimated to be worth $60 billion by 2027, FemTech — a term coined only 6 years ago by FemTech entrepreneur Ida Tin —...
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Feb 23

Do you know your data centre tiers?

By Cross-Guard | Company
When it comes to assessing the power, cooling and resiliency of the data centre dealing with your applications and systems, it helps to know about the tier classification system. Two...
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Jan 26

Cross-Guard to exhibit at Data Centre World 2022

By Cross-Guard | Company | Uncategorized
That's right, we'll be back again for the annual event at ExCel London, taking place on March 2-3, and we're delighted that Data Centre World will be running as usual...
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Jan 21

Personal development within Cross-Guard

By Cross-Guard | Company
Here at Cross-Guard, we prioritise the maintenance and growth of our employees potential and take many steps to help them achieve their goals. The presence of a highly qualified team...
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Jan 10

Meta expands with the biggest data centre in the Netherlands

By Cross-Guard | Company
Meta, better known by its former name of Facebook, received approval last month to build the biggest data centre in the Netherlands, adding to their existing 15 data centres worldwide. ...