Author: LCL Data Centers

LCL Data Centers is a leading Belgian data center operator, combining the reliability and agility of a national infrastructure partner with strong customer intimacy. As part of a next-generation European data center platform, LCL delivers secure, highly connected, and sustainable infrastructure that supports compliance, innovation, and long-term digital growth. For Data Center University, LCL also helps shape and share expert articles that advance thought leadership on data center innovation, sustainability, and compliance.

28 January 2025

Preparing data centers for winter: essential strategies

Winter brings unique challenges, particularly for critical infrastructures like data centers. These facilities rely on precise environmental conditions to operate effectively. Cold weather can disrupt sensitive cooling systems, damage essential equip...

Compliance & security

23 September 2024

NIS2 Directive: Enhancing cyber security, also in the data center sector

The Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) is a significant legislative update by the European Union aimed at boosting cyber security and protecting critical infrastructure. In a recent article, we introduced NIS2 and discussed its structu...

Compliance & security

NIS2 Directive: the path to improved cyber security

The amount of data generated and stored is growing exponentially. Digital transformation, societal interconnectedness, AI, and our vast online activities contribute to this data flood. Data centers play a critical role in enabling this growth. As the...

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The critical importance of redundancy in data centers

Redundancy is vital for modern data centers. Learn how N+1, 2N, and geo-redundancy reduce downtime and keep services reliable and available.

Media in transition: a battle for talent and audience

The media landscape has transformed drastically over the past decade, evolving in technology, platforms, and storytelling. But how have these changes shaped audience expectations and habits? How can media companies stay ahead and attract the talent n...

The Old and The New

LCL and CIONET selected the uniquely transformed Hotel Martin’s Patershof in Mechelen, which marries its historic character as a former church with modern design elements, as a fitting setting for a roundtable titled “The Old and the New”. This gathe...

19 February 2024

Critical Infrastructure Manager

Data centers are filled with servers and technology that must be reliable 24/7, 365 days a year. To ensure that that’s possible, data centers don’t just require electricity and connectivity, they also need capable staff. There are many important jobs...

25 January 2024

Sustainability needs a mental shift

Sustainability is high on the agenda for most businesses. And if it’s not, it soon will be, thanks to impending EU legislation. The European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will require the larger companies to report on sustainabi...

21 December 2023

Data Center Services Technician

Data centers are filled with servers and technology that must be reliable 24/7, 365 days a year. To ensure that that’s possible, they don’t just require electricity and connectivity, data centers also need capable staff. Field technicians are one cat...

Popular, Essentials

18 December 2023

What’s inside a data center?

Discover what’s inside a data center: from servers and security to power, cooling, and connectivity. Explore every system via our interactive image.

24 November 2023

What can your company do to maximize power efficiency of servers and applications? 10 tips

Sustainability is becoming more and more of a priority for many companies. On top of that, electricity prices are rising, which means saving energy is now more important than ever. You can’t store data at a data center without electricity, so it’s im...

19 September 2023

Are IT and Sustainability in the Same Team?

The debate The nature of a company’s core business strongly determines the place of sustainability on its agenda According to Véronique Toully – in charge of sustainability at the pharmaceutical company UCB – “Sustainability is about the future. It i...

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