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Greater transparency and collaboration to improve data centre energy sustainability

ABM UK acquires data centre healthcare specialist, 8 Solutions

ABM’s UK business and industry group has acquired the UK's leading provider of specialist technical cleaning and data centre healthcare services, 8 Solutions.

Equinix provides 'unprecedented' visibility into distributed infrastructure

IBX SmartView™ enables real-time monitoring to proactively plan, forecast and manage services that adjust to global interconnection demands.

Installation tools

Panduit Europe has recently announced the new BlackFin Installation Tools that will replace the current hydraulic power tool line. This global expansion, with over 60 service locations in 41 countries, makes Panduit readily available worldwide.

Minkels receives FM Approval certification for Drop Away Panels

Data centre supplier Minkels, part of the publicly traded company Legrand (NYSE Euronext Paris: LR), has recently extended its data centre product portfolio with Drop Away Panels. Meanwhile, these panels have been ‘FM Approved’ (in class 4651 - Suspended Plastic Ceilings) by FM Approvals, the testing arm of international insurance carrier FM Global. Minkels is the only data centre provider in Europe that has received FM Approval in this class.

Sudlows acquires Progressive

UK’s leading technical infrastructure specialists, Sudlows has completed the acquisition of Progressive Network Solutions, a provider of technical installation services within London, the City, Home Counties, Thames Valley and the Midlands.