Knowledge Base

As businesses and consumers continue to be ever more reliant on IT, the demand for services have diversified beyond the physical data centre to achieve an ultra-reliable  service. Trusted by global organisations and some of the UK’s largest central government authorities to manage their critical technology services, Keysource understands that delivering a consistent strategy across a complex estate can be challenging, especially against the backdrop of operating more efficiently, with less risk, at lower cost. Keysource’s range of  managed services has been developed to protect our customers’ technology investments. We ensure operational requirements are met and technology resilience is maintained,  whilst being able to support a broad range of customer operating models.

With over 200 contracts to our name worldwide, you can trust us to maintain, operate and manage ultra-complex critical environments. From bespoke solutions to overseeing  client teams, we keep your infrastructure operating effectively to deliver maximum uptime.

Keysource has launched a new service designed to help companies to optimise the energy efficiency of their datacentres, saving money and reducing carbon. EOS (Energy Optimisation Study) will also provide relevant and accurate data that can be utilised for mandatory regulatory reporting requirements such as SECR (streamlined energy and carbon reporting) and help companies to avoid costly penalties.

Our specialist advisory team provide strategic advice and full lifecycle services to data centre end users, operators, investors and landlords. Timely advice, clarity of direction and extensive market insight are vital in the success of any technical strategy or investment decision, let our specialists give you the edge developing an effective plan to execute.

It is well documented that interruptions in power supply to Data Centres have the potential to cause operational and financial chaos, so it is understandable that many organisations have concerns when their engineers look to undertake work which might involve ‘switching things off.

A good testing and commissioning procedure is just as critical as a good design for a datacentre facility. Without this stage, organisations face the imminent risks that the infrastructure may not deliver the performance, resilience and efficiency that it was designed to achieve.

Wanting to understand more about the state of the industry, we asked over 100 senior IT decision makers the current and future challenges they are facing. This report, unsurprisingly, is dominated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology changes and challenges that it has brought to business and its effect on people’s ability to work, their priorities and decision-making processes.

Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) is the new industry legislation introduced in April 2019, replacing the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme. This white paper provides a concise overview of what SECR means for organisations, who is in scope and what reporting is required. It also covers information on how SECR can impact your data centre estate as well as what data centre energy reporting is required.

Wanting to understand more about the state of the industry, we asked over 100 senior IT decision makers the current and future challenges they are facing. This report focuses on standards and accreditations, providing a full analysis from industry consultants and techUK, it explores the potential impact on our industry and its global users.

BREEAM, supported by datacentre specialist Keysource, has released a survey report designed to answer some of the most important industry questions around sustainability in the data centre industry. ‘Datacentres – The Sustainability Gap aims to improve understanding of how the BREEAM Data Centres Annex could bring value to the industry.