Tag Archives: Datacenter

Edison’s Revenge: Why AI Data Centers Are Bringing DC Power Back

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Colin Lynch

I love history, especially historical dramas like the 2017 film The Current War, which depicts the 19th century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, assisted by Nikola Tesla, to decide which electrical power delivery system would be used in … Continue reading →

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Cisco Live Barcelona 2018

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Colin Lynch

In late January I attended Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, it certainly made a nice change going to a winter Cisco Live without having to bring several layers of clothing. Like most people I’m generally too busy the rest of … Continue reading →

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OTV doesn’t kill people, people kill people.

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Colin Lynch

I was designing a Datacentre migration for one of our clients, they have two DC’s 10km apart connected with some dark fibre. Both DC’s were in the south of England but the client needed to vacate the current buildings and … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to be a Cisco Champion?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with Twitter will no doubt have seen a hashtag whizz passed entitled #CiscoChampion or even #CiscoChampion(s) (more on the latter later) So what does this mean? well you may well be familiar with … Continue reading →

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