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Make the Interface Clearer, Not the Project Heavier
Gwen MartinezMake the Interface Clearer, Not the Project Heavier As data centres grow more energy-intensive and...
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Substation Protection and Data Centre SCADA: The Overlooked Layer
Gwen MartinezProtection and the Substation Substation and protection design don’t get the same attention as servers,...
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Data Centre SCADA Operator Screens: Why Alarm Design Matters
Gwen MartinezWhat the Operator Sees Good control logic only matters if the operator can see and...
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Data Centre SCADA Procurement: Why a Vague Scope Costs You Later
Gwen MartinezThe Design Package That De-Risks Procurement The quality of a data centre’s power-system procurement is...
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Data Centre SCADA Patching: What Happens When You Have to Update It?
Gwen MartinezWhat Happens When You Have to Update It Maintenance is inevitable on any control system,...
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OT Cybersecurity in Data Centre SCADA: The Problem IT Teams Miss
Gwen MartinezThe Other Cybersecurity Problem Most cybersecurity discussions around a data centre focus on the IT...
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Time Synchronisation in Data Centre SCADA: Why It’s Critical
Gwen MartinezThe Clock Everything Depends On Time synchronisation is one of the least discussed elements of a data centre energy...
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Data Centre SCADA Event Logging: Can You Prove What Happened?
Gwen MartinezCan You Prove What Happened? Sooner or later, every data centre energy system experiences a...
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Data Centre SCADA Redundancy: Why It’s a Path, Not a Box
Gwen MartinezRedundancy is a Path, Not a Box Data centre designs often present redundancy as a...
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