ABB
ABB is a global technology company focused on electrification and automation. It helps industries become more productive, efficient, and sustainable by connecting engineering and digitalisation expertise. The company offers solutions for electrical distribution and management, process automation, motors and drives, power conversion and control, renewable power integration, and robotics. For data centres, ABB provides electrification and automation technologies to enhance sustainability, efficiency, and performance. It supplies equipment that helps scale data centres, from cloud environments to large-scale AI operations, with a claim that one in four data centres run on ABB technology.
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Meta tests robots for data-centre operations
Meta is testing robots to perform tasks normally handled by humans in its data centres, including swapping network cables, restarting servers, and replacing components. The trials use robotics from multiple vendors including Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB. The company cited a shortage of qualified data-centre workers and said it is investing in training programmes, though the testing has reportedly raised concerns among some Meta employees about potential workforce implications.
ABB launches ultracapacitor storage system for Irish data centre grid code
ABB launched an ultracapacitor storage system designed to meet Ireland's grid code requirements for data centres.