Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) are designed to protect critical loads and to mitigate risk to critical infrastructures, including data centres. However, care needs to be taken as risk to the load can be re-introduced through the UPS itself, writes Tim Ng, Sales Engineer at Centiel UK.

The three biggest risks are: purchasing a lesser quality UPS system without realising the implications of doing so,…

BY SHANE BRAILSFORD, AREA SALES MANAGER, CENTIEL UK  

CENTIEL provides comprehensive, flexible UPS maintenance plans and technical support to…

To optimise the profitability of a data centre, running costs need to be minimised.  Beyond selecting the most efficient UPS available, and these days the market leading systems can run at >97% efficiency even at low loads (<10%), what else can be done to reduce overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?

Generally, we find that a vast majority of UPS installations are significantly under-utilised.  Most were originally designed and configured for a much greater load than is actually…

Leading UPS manufacturer, CENTIEL UK, has invested further in its service sales team with the addition of Shane Brailsford as area sales manager. 

Louis McGarry sales and marketing director, CENTIEL UK confirms: “Over the past 18 months, CENTIEL UK has invested heavily in expanding our service sales team for the benefit of our growing customer base.   The addition of Shane Brailsford, based in…

Swiss-based UPS manufacturer, CENTIEL SA, has announced its plans to expand its manufacturing facility further, to support continued growth in demand for CENTIEL’s existing product family and to accommodate a new production line.

CENTIEL is a Swiss-based technology company designing, manufacturing and delivering industry-leading power protection products for critical facilities worldwide. The Company’s range of class…

PRESENTING A PAPER AT THE RECENT DATA CENTRE WORLD CONFERENCE, MIKE ELMS POSED SOME SEARCHING QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF FOURTH GENERATION MODULAR UPS TECHNOLOGY. HERE, HE DETAILS THAT PRESENTATION CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGES OF ACHIEVING TIER IV AVAILABILITY, ACHIEVING VERY LOW PUE AND HOW THE LATEST UPS TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP ACHIEVE THE APPARENTLY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OBJECTIVES OF TIER IV AVAILABILITY PLUS VERY LOW PUE.

Can fourth generation technology improve…