Section - Power & Cooling

Vertiv expands EMEA power and cooling manufacturing

by Kathy Gibson | September 28, 2026 | Power and Cooling | 0 Comments

Vertiv has announced a major expansion of its Nové Mesto nad Váhom campus in Slovakia, adding to other recent expansion initiatives across its manufacturing facilities in Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Malaysia, Mexico, and the US. Over the next 18 to 24 months, Vertiv...

Africa’s net-zero ambition must become operational

by Kathy Gibson | September 28, 2026 | Power and Cooling Trends | 0 Comments

Africa’s green economy is on the right trajectory, however as the famous quote goes: “Success can be a long and winding road, filled with many obstacles and challenges.” This is certainly the case with the continent, as it carves its own path towards sustainability....

Commercial solar decisions should start with the cost of downtime

by Kathy Gibson | September 11, 2026 | Power and Cooling Trends | 0 Comments

Businesses evaluating solar investments should look beyond electricity savings and also assess the true cost of power interruptions, according to Shaune Bouwer, commercial engineering manager at Stage Zero. While residential solar projects are often measured by their...

Vertiv to acquire UtilityInnovation Group

by Kathy Gibson | September 3, 2026 | Power and Cooling | 0 Comments

Vertiv will acquire Utility Innovation Holdings, operating as UtilityInnovation Group, a leader in microgrid solutions, advanced power controls and behind-the-meter power architecture design for data centres. The acquisition will be for about $1,45-billion in cash at...

Electric cars: success by a different route

by Allan Davison | Jan 18, 2013 | Power and Cooling Trends, Technology Areas | 0 Comments

Pure electric cars are a disaster. On-road pure electric cars continue to sell at a level barely above one quarter of the sales of pure electric golf cars or a tenth of pure electric forklifts, says Dr Peter Harrop, chairman, IDTechEx. Those golf cars are profitable...