The Green Feat
by Tim Coxon, 20th November 2020
Although it’s difficult to imagine a headline which doesn’t include the effects of the pandemic, you only have to go back a couple of weeks before lockdown and Climate Change was both dominating the news and gathering some serious momentum. Cities the world over were being brought to a standstill by protestors…
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There’s nothing quite like the feeling of potentially waving 3 years of hard work goodbye – and that’s precisely what happened to me, the moment lockdown was announced. Anyone who has undertaken an Investors in People (IIP) process will tell you, it’s tough and I mean, really tough. When we…
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The Data Dilemma
by Roy Gibbens, 23rd October 2020
By the time you’ve read this sentence, at least half a million Google searches would have taken place. As someone who works in the data centre industry, you’d like to think I’d be pretty happy with that particular statistic. After all, so far, those very searches have led to roughly…
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It was Monday, March and after a long list of lockdown measures had turned the UK upside down, every major newspaper in the country had its eyes firmly fixed on construction sites – whether or not they should be kept open, the risks they may pose, as well as the…
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Ark Data Centres has bought Renault Retail Group’s West London site on Western Avenue, Park Royal to create a state-of-the-art energy efficient data centre powered by renewable electricity, occupying one of the most sought-after locations in London. The building is the existing 92,000 square foot showroom which has been the…
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Of all the learnings to be taken from this pandemic, the radical reassessment of ‘where’ and ‘how’ we spend our time, is squarely back at the top of the agenda, right where it belongs. For those who decide that their teams have clearly flourished in a remote culture, there really…
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As any CEO will tell you, one of the most important relationships you will ever develop, is the one with ‘Change’. It attends every meeting, is present on every agenda, informs every decision and is unwavering in its commitment to keep you on your toes. Or in the case of…
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Anyone who has worked in the technology industry for a while will tell you, the debate on ‘Remote working’ has enjoyed a pretty healthy track record when it comes to dividing a room. No matter what side of the debate you fell however, come the lockdown on the 16th March,…
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Latest Update: 5th January 2021 This pandemic has doubtless presented challenges but Ark remains open and effective. The Ark Team has confronted those challenges at all times mindful of our duty to carry zero tolerance for anything that risks our clients’ operations. Rest assured that the Ark Client Delivery Team will…
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https://arkdatacentres.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Union-Park-Social-150920-Final-v3.0.mp4 Hayes, London – Bull’s Bridge At Ark, we are proud to unveil plans for Union Park: a new data centre on the Bulls Bridge Industrial Estate in Hayes. This comes in response to the growing demand for data centres as consumers, business and the public sector become increasingly reliant…
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We are proud to have received a £450m syndicated infrastructure loan from a group of 11 banks, led by ING, that furtherly secures our strategic expansion plans and helps delivering our characteristic best-in-class services. The £450m financing is to both fund our continued expansion, as well as refinance the existing £300m existing loan. The key…
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At Ark Data Centres, we take sustainability seriously. Being one of the UK’s largest operators we understand our responsibility to both our clients, and to the planet, which is why we’re constantly innovating to ensure we’re taking every measure to reduce our environmental impact. Ark leads the way is designing,…
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