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Vertiv opens factory in Croatia to support growing demand for integrated modular solutions
“ We hear a lot about IT trends and the upcoming advances in technologies such as 5G , IoT and AI , but less about the innovative physical infrastructure that ’ s behind it ,” said Giordano Albertazzi , President for Vertiv in Europe , Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ). “ We are seeing strong growth in the adoption of prefabricated modular solutions to support these new technologies , and as market-leaders we are investing both in capacity and innovation to continue to meet our customers ’ needs and stay ahead of the curve . This new site ultimately means supporting the plans and enabling the success of our EMEA and global customers and is reflective of our continued investment in the markets in which we operate .”
Vertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions , has announced the opening of a new factory in Rugvica , Croatia , to support its Integrated Modular Solutions ( IMS ) business in EMEA . Compared to the previous factory , the site offers 130 % more indoor space and 60 % more outdoor space and can easily be expanded to seize the opportunities of the rapidly growing prefabricated modular data centres ( PFM ) market . The factory also includes a number of innovations for the construction of PFM modules as well as thermal management air handling units .
“ The Rugvica factory boasts all the latest technologies , production processes , tools and testing labs ,” said Viktor Petik , VP for Vertiv ’ s IMS business in EMEA .
“ The facility is designed to provide a complete range of prefabricated modular solutions , from cable landing stations powering the Internet and connecting geographies , to bespoke data centre building blocks . The new factory testifies our commitment towards innovation and growth and I am proud to say that we ’ ve created about 150 jobs in the last year , many being engineering or skilled professionals from this region .”
Technical University of Denmark uses TigerGraph to help find more effective childhood cancer treatments
TigerGraph , provider of a leading graph analytics platform , has announced that the Technical University of Denmark ( DTU ), a leading university in the areas of technical and natural sciences , is using TigerGraph ’ s advanced graph analytics with Machine Learning and AI techniques to improve the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia .
Researchers at DTU are part of a major project across Denmark and Sweden to map genetic material for everyone with childhood cancer . As part of a larger collaboration through the EU-funded iCOPE ( Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration ), the process starts with patient blood tests that through Whole Genome Sequencing ( WGS ) paired with RNA-seq expression data are used to find aberrant expression patterns correlated or possibly caused by enhancer mutations . The longterm goal of iCOPE is to improve diagnostics , treatment , cure rates and the overall life situation of children with cancer .
This process generates enormous amounts of data that , using TigerGraph , will be linked together with various other data points about the patient ’ s life , illness and treatment in order to understand to a much greater extent why children get cancer , provide earlier diagnosis and far more effective treatment .
As Jesper Vang , PhD Student , Department of Health Technology , Cancer Systems Biology at DTU , said : “ In our testing , TigerGraph was the only solution offering the highest performance with the ability to scale to the levels we will eventually need ”.
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