Extraordinary Data Cloud - UK Cloud, Backup & Data Resilience

Scotland's data centre pipeline has more than doubled in six months. It now accounts for around 16% of UK data centre capacity in the planning system measured by power, with 24 hyperscale proposals that together would need more than one and a half times the country's peak electricity demand The reasoning come down to power generation. Scotland generates renewable energy it often can't send south, while the grid in the south of England is struggling to connect new demand before the 2030s. In our latest blog, we look at what is driving this rush, the catches, and why we think development should only go ahead on appropriate sites, with proper safeguards and genuine consideration for the people who live nearby. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e8pnbpRr #DataCentres #Scotland #RenewableEnergy #AI #DigitalInfrastructure

Our latest piece looks at why MSPs as "independent advisor" beats "vendor reseller" when it comes to backup and disaster recovery - and how best-of-breed architecture (top-tier backup software paired with storage chosen on its own merits) translates directly into better margins and better client outcomes. We cover five ways independence pays off for MSPs: - Escaping hyperscaler egress penalties and unpredictable billing - Championing UK data sovereignty and local compliance - Unlocking frequent recovery testing without cost penalties - Moving from closed "single-stack" to open interoperability - Improving margins through smarter commercial structuring. https://lnkd.in/eyx7C3mN #MSP #BackupAsAService #DisasterRecovery #DataSovereignty #UKGDPR #CloudStorage #ObjectStorage #Cybersecurity #MSPMarketing #ChannelPartners

2,000 Flights Grounded by One Piece of Bad Data - and No Backup Last week's UK air traffic control meltdown grounded over 2,000 flights and disrupted hundreds of thousands of passengers - and the reported cause should give every business leader pause for thought. According to the Financial Times, a UK military aircraft's flight plan introduced "spurious" data into the system - and the system had no dedicated backup. Not a backup that failed. Not a backup that couldn't roll back fast enough. There was no backup at all - reportedly because a systems overhaul was under way, and duplicating the data was deemed too costly. One piece of "spurious" data. Four hours downtime. Days of knock-on disruption. If these recent headlines make you wonder how resilient your own backup and DR strategy really is, it might be worth a conversation. #DataResilience #BackupStrategy #UKSovereignCloud #DisasterRecovery #BusinessResilience