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May was a big month for Interact and the development of best practice in the UK data centre sector. The Data Centre Alliance launched its inaugural Sustainability Best Practice whitepaper, which was written with contributions from Interact Managing Director Rich Kenny. The company also presented alo...

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...

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...

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...

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...