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Great to be back in person! DCW London, March 2022

Blog | March 22, 2022

Data Centre World London relaunched with a bang this March. Most of the Interact team were delighted to be able to attend in person. Our Head of Sustainability, Astrid and myself were invited on three panels between us. The discussions covered key components of strategy in the sector: legislation, i...

Great to be back in person! DCW London, March 2022

Carbon and more than carbon – a training course for SMEs

Blog | Feb. 18, 2022

Rich Kenny and I have been helping deliver free of charge training sessions with Interreg NW funded research project Circular Economy in the Data Centre Industry (CEDaCI) recently. Charged with delivery of the product life extension section of the sessions, we have also learned a lot about lifecycle...

Carbon and more than carbon – a training course for SMEs

How energy price hikes affect Interact customers

Blog | Nov. 17, 2021

November 2021 saw news of the first UK data centre passing rises in energy costs on to its customers. M247, an IT and hosting firm, announced a 161% increase in its colocation, networking and cloud services provision at its Manchester site. This was a fraction of the 550% rise in energy prices in th...

How energy price hikes affect Interact customers

Server Efficiency Start-Up, Interact, Picks up Multiple Major Awards

Press Release | Oct. 6, 2021

Sustainable start-up’s pioneering technology impresses international judging panels Yorkshire-based start-up, Interact, has been recognised at several national and international awards. The start-up – a sister company of global sustainable IT specialist, Techbuyer – conducts com...

Server Efficiency Start-Up, Interact, Picks up Multiple Major Awards

Is Carbon Core Business?

Blog | Sept. 6, 2021

Green Finance is a growth area at the moment. A recent Global Compact conference devoted an entire section to this, as did the Business Green Net Zero Festival this September, which I was fortunate enough to attend. These were no tree-hugging events. Speakers at the Net Zero Festival were from Mi...

Is Carbon Core Business?