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When the Heat Is On: How Rising Ambient Temperatures Threaten IT Performance — and What to Do About It

Summer heatwaves are no longer rare events. Across the UK and Europe, each year seems to bring a new round of record-breaking temperatures, longer heat spells, and increasingly frequent amber and red weather warnings. For most people, that means reaching for a fan or staying indoors during the hottest part of the day. For IT infrastructure, it means something far more serious: a growing risk of throttled performance, unplanned downtime, and permanent hardware damage.
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Maxi-Cool Products and Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency in data cooling is crucial. IT managers require efficient solutions for data centres and micro data centres to help them cool sophisticated servers and achieve net-zero targets. Maxi-Cool has offered energy-efficient cooling solutions for server racks for over a decade. As the focus on energy efficiency intensifies, it's an ideal time to showcase our products and innovations.
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Data as an asset and IT infrastructure

Safe Data – Data as an asset and IT infrastructure

Micro data centres enable the storage of data on-premises, are close to the source of use and generation and can offer many advantages in an attempt to protect data from external threats. Housing data locally in business provides complete control over the hardware and the data, allowing absolute control over any compliance imperatives. On-premise data storage is suitable for companies with highly sensitive or classified data, as well as those in highly regulated industries. The installation of a micro data centre can also support those businesses who pursue a 'best of both worlds' hybrid IT strategy, which involves storing mission-critical data on-site and using the cloud for the rest. Properly cooled micro data centres are the difference between the function and non-function of in-house data storage, and micro data centres with powerful cooling are an essential part of any IT infrastructure. Maxi-Cool micro data centres are ideal for on-premises data storage.
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