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NEWS IN BRIEF
Leviton becomes the first
and only company with 3rd
party standards verification
of PoE products
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DigiPlex Fetsund data
centre shortlisted for
Project of the Year Award
DigiPlex, the Nordic leader for innovative, sustainable and
secure data centres, has been shortlisted for Data Centre
Modernisation Project of the Year by DCD Awards.
The award recognises projects that deliver operational
and business outcomes by upgrading existing facilities rather
than building new ones. Although complex, DigiPlex’s entry
demonstrates that these projects can be faster to market,
cost-effective and sustainable.
Innovative thinking was key to successfully transforming
a data hall in an existing data centre in order to meet the
criteria of a large international client. Not only did this require
a doubling of power and cooling density in the data hall and
an increase in electrical resilience, but it was also completed in
under nine months with no disruption to existing tenants and
operations.
“To be shortlisted for this important award is testament
to our ingenuity, technical leadership and clear-sighted
partnership with our customers,” commented Gisle M.
Eckhoff, CEO of DigiPlex. “Perhaps, more importantly, we
have delivered on the demands of a large international client,
in a short time frame while still maintaining exceptional
operational efficiency.” n
Leviton’s 100-watt PoE products have been verified by Intertek
ETL to meet the IEC 60512-99-002 standard for support of IEEE
802.3bt Type 4 PoE (100-watt) applications. With the rise of the
Internet of Things (IoT) and digital buildings, PoE is poised for an
unprecedented expansion in the enterprise. Leviton 100-watt PoE
products are specifically designed to enable the transmission of
power and data to a wider range of remote devices which rely on
PoE, including lighting, access controls, computers, IP cameras,
information kiosks, industrial automation equipment and wireless
access points (WAPs).
Following the 2018 ratification of the IEEE 802.3bt standard,
all Atlas-X1 and eXtreme jacks, as well as select patch panels,
were tested and have now gained full third-party verification. This
makes Leviton the first and only company in the cabling industry
to date to achieve third party verification at this power level for
its PoE products.
The verified products feature Leviton’s patented PoE optimised
tine geometry to prevent arcing damage at the mating zone
between jack and plug, and Retention Force Technology (RFT)
to prevent intermittent disconnects. They also support higher
bandwidth and power while limiting the temperature rise in large
cable bundles. The verification confirms the testing that Leviton
performed and announced in 2016, in which Atlas-X1 Cat 6A
jacks successfully delivered 100-watt PoE performance.
blu-3 boosts its data centre
business with new contract
Specialist infrastructure provider, blu-3, has secured another
works package on behalf of a social media giant at its project
in Ireland. blu-3 has previously carried out a variety of utility
services and enabling packages during earlier phases of
development at the data centre. This latest contract win will
see the company complete the installation of fibre connectivity
across campus’ one and two.
Commercial Director, Richard Hope, said: “We have been
awarded this latest contract as a result of our previous work on
this data centre project, as well as various others across Europe.
We have developed a great working relationship with the client,
and this project has been a prime example of our high-quality
operations and synergistic thinking.”
The work includes the installation of fibre connectivity
throughout the whole campus at the site. The team will
deliver over 60,000 metres of PVC ducting, as well as safely
decommissioning existing landscaping structures. The data
centre will be powered solely by renewable energy and upon
completion will be one of the most advanced data centres in
the world. Work by blu-3 is expected to be completed 32 weeks
after commencement is confirmed, paving the way for the entire
facility to be completed on time. n
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