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NEWS IN BRIEF
Jeff Martin Joins the Excel USA Team
Excel Networking Solutions has announced that Jeff Martin has
joined the USA Excel team in the position of Business Development
Manager. Jeff has a wealth of knowledge and experience having
worked for Anixter since 2004 where he held various sales, strategic
marketing and management roles.
Jeff will be working for and alongside Paul Mills, the Director of
Sales for the North America region, and will work closely with the
Sonepar Operating companies including Codale, Cooper Electric,
Friedman Electric, OneSource Distribution, Viking Electric and World
Electric who currently sell and stock the Excel system in the USA.
Paul Mills commented, “I am delighted to welcome Jeff on
board, his knowledge and experience will be pivotal in helping
Excel to secure more market share in the USA. Jeff’s role will
see him working with specifiers including end users, consultants
and contractors to get Excel specified on projects and raise the
awareness across the USA as well as supporting the Sonepar
OpCos.”
Speaking of the role, Jeff commented, “I am looking forward
to facing the challenges of this role with Excel Networking. I am
confident that I can use my experience in the industry to promote
the Excel product range throughout the USA to support and help to
build a pipeline of projects.” n
Aqua Group wins data
centre accolade
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Hampshire-based engineering company, The Aqua
Group, has been recognised at the 2019 Data Centre
Solutions Awards for their commitment to energy
efficient data centre design.
The DCS Awards, now in their 9th year, recognise
providers, product designers, suppliers and
manufacturers working within the data centre arena.
Entries are validated by a specialist panel and then
a short list is put to a vote. The ceremony was held
at the Leonardo Royal St Paul’s Hotel and featured
entertainment from stand-up comedian Zoe Lyons.
Aqua won the ‘Data Centre Energy Efficiency Project
of the Year’ category, for a project undertaken for
their client 4D. 4D is a UK-based colocation provider,
providing ultra-fast connectivity and business-focused
cloud services around the world. When 4D took on
a legacy data centre facility at Gatwick, Aqua was
selected to upgrade the chiller-based cooling system.
The project had energy efficiency at its heart, and
Aqua improved the energy saving of the cooling
system by 90%, deploying a bespoke cooling
solution based on a “chiller-less” design. Cooling
tower technology was used alongside pumps, heat
exchangers, dosing equipment, filtration, inverters and
remote monitoring. n
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