industry news
DigiPlex cuts 25% from
customers’ electricity
bills in Norway
DigiPlex is the first data centre operator to be approved for the new
Norwegian tax relief scheme that reduces electricity fees by 97%.
DigiPlex is passing the entire benefit on to its customers, who can
look forward to a 25% decrease in their electricity bill.
Electricity makes up a big part of the total data centre cost for
businesses and organisations. The new tax relief will improve the
competitiveness of modern data centre companies in Norway, both
nationally and internationally. As the tax relief is only applicable
to commercial data centres, it will also stimulate Norwegian
companies and organisations to modernise their data storage and
move from power hungry in-house arrangements to more energy
efficient external solutions.
The new measure from the Norwegian government is also good
news for the climate. Worldwide, data centres account for 2% of all
CO2 emissions, a percentage which is rapidly increasing. However,
DigiPlex’s centres in Norway exclusively use renewable energy,
drawn from Norwegian hydropower.
DigiPlex hopes to set the standard within the data centre
industry and its innovative and sustainable centres are now
receiving international recognition.
For further information visit: www.digiplex.com
Dartmouth College
Selects Planon’s IWMS for
optimisation of Facilities
Operations
Planon has announced that Dartmouth College has
selected Planon’s Integrated Workplace Management
System (IWMS) for optimisation of facilities operations.
The Planon solution will help the maintenance
operations, property, and space teams to effectively and
efficiently manage the Ivy League facilities throughout
the entire facilities lifecycle.
After conducting a thorough evaluation of relevant
IWMS vendors, Planon Universe was selected based on
very specific criteria. The objective in the first phases
of implementation is to successfully identify and
implement this robust IWMS to facilitate real estate
optimisation, maintenance operations, time keeping, and
mobile technology for the labour crews. The goal is to do
so in a way that would minimise administrative workload
while maximising cross communication and data mining.
While beginning with the real estate application, the
value of the IWMS solution will be that Dartmouth can
also implement modules for maintenance optimisation,
space planning and management, as well as inventory
management utilising Planon’s best practice. One of
the reasons Planon was selected over other vendors
was due to Planon’s embedded best practices in the
design of the software based on over 2,000 successful
implementations around the world.
For further information visit: www.planonsoftware.com
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