05 March 2019 We want to transform the way data centre equipment is refreshed by developing a set of models and a tool that would allow in depth understanding of hardware refresh cycles, environmental impact of such practices, and business case analysis. The focus will be on driving the circular economy and the green environment […]
25 February 2019 EC Lab will be presenting at Data Centre World (DCW) London conference which will take place at Excel on 12thand 13thMarch 2019. On 12thMarch 2019, Dr Bashroush (EC Lab Director) will be on an expert panel titled, “Competing with Cloud: How Data Centres can Deliver Efficiencies to Rival Public Cloud”, at 10:40am. […]
17 December 2018 An article was published in the December 2018 edition of Digitalisation World magazine titled: “2018: EU EURECA Project Achievements”. The article (by EC Lab’s Dr Haider) outlined the EURECA project key results achieved in the last three years. Additionally, it summarises some of the major impacts of the project findings attained in […]
10 December 2018 EC Lab’s EURECA project has won the ‘Industry Initiative of the Year’ category at the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) awards. EURECA beat off strong competition from US state government body Maryland Energy Administration; Host in Scotland; and Host in Ireland. Speaking after collecting the award, EC Lab’s Director Dr Bashroush said, […]
10 December 2018 The Enterprise Computing Research Lab, who played a key role in driving energy efficiency in the design and operation of data centres and computer servers, has been named on the UK Universities top 100 Best Breakthrough list. The research and advocacy of the team and Dr Rabih Bashroush, the director of the […]
07 December 2018 The Enterprise Computing Research Lab Director Dr Rabih Bashroush has been appointed as a Top-level expert by the Slovakian Research Agency, Department of Strategies, Monitoring and Communication. Dr Bashroush will help the Department of Strategies, Monitoring and Communication in reviewing research strategies in the knowledge areas of Energy and ICT as well […]
07 December 2018 Politiken, the biggest daily newspaper in Denmark, published an article in Danish titled: “Hvis Netflix var et køleskab, skulle det have energimærke D” (English translation: If Netflix was a refrigerator, it should have energy-efficient D), on 5th December 2018. The article referenced Dr Rabih Bashroush’s (EC Lab Director) work on the energy consumption […]
24 October 2018 Dr Bashroush (EC Lab Director) will be moderating an expert panel titled, “The Roadmap to a 100% Green Data Centre: Is it achievable?”, at Data Centre World (DCW) Frankfurt which will take place at Messe Frankfurt, on 7th November 2018 at 12:10pm. The panel will feature other data centre experts such as Paolo […]
22 October 2018 Datacentre Dynamics (DCD) London is the industry’s most renowned full-stack digital infrastructure conference dedicated to the European data centre and cloud infrastructure community. The 2018 event explores the full on-premise and IT service ecosystem, from enterprise to hyperscale, and colocation to edge. The conference is for senior executives and technical teams responsible […]
15 October 2018 BBC Reality Check team published an article titled: “Climate change: Is your Netflix habit bad for the environment?”, on 12th October 2018. The team interviewed Dr Rabih Bashroush (EC Lab Director) in relation to the energy consumption of streaming media and the overall trends in data centre energy consumption. To read the full […]