We often discuss the exponential growth of technology use and data in our lives. However, we must also recognize that not everyone has equal access to the opportunities that digital access enables. This can be due to lack of internet connection, lack of digital devices, or lack of access to digital devices. Digital exclusion can…
Host in Ireland’s EcoSystem Report looks at the data center scene in Ireland Alongside Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris, Ireland’s capital, Dublin, dominates the data center market in Europe. All the hyperscale cloud service providers have a significant presence in the region, either owned facilities, or through colocation arrangements with the main data center operators.…
The Data Centres Ireland 2022 exhibition took place in sunny Dublin on the 16th and 17th of November. The event was hosted at RDS Arena in Ballsbridge, south of Dublin. Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) attended the event and met key people from the booming Irish data center industry. Kicking off the event, Garry Connolly, founder…
This October SLS was delighted to welcome the 2022 cohort of the Sims Limited Women Leading @Sims program to the Nashville Circular Center. Women Leading @Sims is a key initiative to support emerging female leaders from all the Sims business units, including Sims Limited, Sims Metal and Sims Resource Renewal. Commitment to Diversity, Equality &…
The German Datacenter Association hosted the 2022 German Datacenter Conference this past September in Frankfurt. The annual conference was attended by operators, owners and partners of data centers of all sizes, and over two days attendees discussed strategies and digital infrastructure. On the second day of the conference, Jelle Slenters, Commercial Director, had the opportunity…
SLS has achieved a dramatic decrease in Scope 1 & 2 emissions at our Gustavsburg, Germany, Circular Center by using LED lighting, renewable energy and decreased water usage. In order to achieve Sims Lifecycle Services’ (SLS) new three-year carbon reduction goals, we are re-examining every aspect of what we do and how we do it.…
At the end of April we were thrilled to attend the Datacloud Global Congress 2022 edition for the first time. This year the event was held in the Grimaldi Forum in beautiful Monaco. Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) was proudly one of the Silver Sponsors of the event alongside companies including CBRE, Cyrus One, ING Bank…
Data center leaders met in Amsterdam to discuss important questions about sustainability and data protection impacting the industry’s growth. Collaboration often leads to great progress, so staff from Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) were excited to join 1,200 colleagues from 25 countries at KickStart Europe 2022. The event examined the trends and challenges that impact digital…
In March 2021, Host in Ireland put out a call to its members for pledges to sponsor Orchards in the Community. The response from those members, the data center community of Ireland, was phenomenal. Fast forward one year and 1,200 mixed fruit orchards have been planted in towns and communities throughout the island of Ireland. …
Sims Lifecycle Services is a proud, silver partner at the Kickstart Europe Conference. The conference, which takes place in Amsterdam March 14-15, is the Annual Strategy & Networking conference on trends and investments in tech and digital infrastructure. By bringing together an array of industry professionals at the start of the year, Kickstart Europe helps…