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...
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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...

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...

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...

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...
