{"id":34913,"date":"2019-10-30T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=34913"},"modified":"2019-11-01T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:12:20","slug":"manchester-data-centre-invests-1-5-million-into-energy-efficiencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2019\/10\/30\/manchester-data-centre-invests-1-5-million-into-energy-efficiencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester data centre invests \u00a31.5 million into energy efficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester data centre operator, TeleData UK Ltd, has invested \u00a31.5 million in a new battery storage system to enhance energy efficiencies at its facility close to Airport City in Wythenshawe.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution, which has been designed and deployed by leading smart energy solutions provider, Powerstar, will enable TeleData to store electricity from the national grid at times of low demand and discharge it during the most beneficial periods, acting as a reserve during peak tariff times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new system will also offer integrated variable voltage optimisation to deliver a stabilised voltage, thus boosting the resilience of the facility by improving the shelf life of equipment, while reducing unnecessary energy waste and optimising the incoming power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Edgley, Commercial Director for TeleData, said: \u201cIn line with Manchester\u2019s pledge to reduce CO<sub>2<\/sub> levels by 41% by 2020, it is our mission to provide a sustainable and resilient service to our customers, mitigating against future cost increases to future proof in a turbulent marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs well as enhanced resilience and\nimproved energy efficiencies, the new battery storage system will allow us to better insulate customers against future\nenergy price rises through energy optimisations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TeleData, which\nprovides colocation and cloud hosting services to businesses across the UK,\nstates that the new smart energy technologies delivered from Powerstar should\nreduce its carbon footprint by up to 10% by 2020. Combined with other energy\nefficiencies recently implemented, the figure will be close to 45% compared to\npre-2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the project, Powerstar\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Alex Mardapittas, said: \u201cWe are incredibly proud to have been chosen to deliver this project for TeleData. It demonstrates the value of implementing a complete, integrated solution, comprised of multiple technologies, to provide tangible benefits to businesses and support their core activities and energy objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUtilising our engineering expertise, we\ndelivered a bespoke solution to TeleData\u2019s site in Manchester that has been\ndeveloped specifically to the requirements and characteristics of the site,\nproviding a comprehensive solution complete with remote monitoring so TeleData\ncan view the various assets\u2019 performance and operation in real-time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powerstar is an innovative, leading-edge manufacturer\nand provider of smart energy solutions, with a range of patented technologies\nin its portfolio. Focused on offering bespoke, customer centric solutions,\nPowerstar has completed thousands of installations globally throughout its 18\nyears of trading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2007, TeleData UK\nprovides colocation, cloud hosting, workplace\nrecovery and data centre services. The firm\u2019s solutions are designed to\nenable organisations to protect their applications, data and online presence\nfrom the damaging effects of downtime, and to make the most effective and\nefficient use of technology with secure and scalable hosting platforms tailored\nto business critical needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester data centre operator, TeleData UK Ltd, has invested \u00a31.5 million in a new battery storage system to enhance energy efficiencies at its facility close to Airport City in Wythenshawe.&nbsp;&nbsp; The solution, which has been designed and deployed by leading smart energy solutions provider, Powerstar, will enable TeleData to store electricity from the national grid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":34919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,14,23],"tags":[13762,13763],"class_list":["post-34913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-centres","category-more-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-t","tag-te"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34969,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913\/revisions\/34969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}