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Home Group moves in with Oracle cloud infrastructure
The organisation has now deployed its core finance , planning , HR and procurement systems on OCI .
Through its migration to OCI , Home Group gained access to flexible , secure and high-performance computing resources not previously available with its on-premises systems , which enabled it to improve data and infrastructure security .
Oracle has announced that Home Group , one of the UK ’ s largest housing associations , is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ( OCI ) to run its core back-office systems .
Home Group selected OCI for its superior performance , high availability and enterprise security .
In addition , running on OCI provides Home Group with operational cost savings that allow it to focus its resources on providing housing for those most in need .
By improving the performance of its business applications , including payroll and financial reporting , Home Group significantly reduced operational costs and increased IT efficiency and sustainability .
Simon Parker , Director of IS for Home Group , said : “ Our focus at Home Group has always been on building homes , independence and aspirations to make a real difference in people ’ s lives , especially in times of economic uncertainty .
“ Migrating our business platform to OCI provides us with the cloud performance , security , availability and cost efficiencies that enable us to reinvest our capital where it is needed the most to support our customers and their communities .”
Planning consent secured by L & G , Goldacre and sineQN for £ 750m hyperscale data centre investment in Newham
Legal & General ( L & G ), specialist digital infrastructure investment firm , Goldacre , and data centre development partner , sineQN , have announced planning has been approved for a £ 750m sustainable , urban hyperscale data centre investment located in the London Borough of Newham .
The development is expected to contribute £ 88 million to Newham ’ s GVA ( gross value added ), creating over a thousand skilled jobs during the construction and operation phases . It is also targeted to attract 500 highgrowth data businesses to the Borough .
The consortium brings digital infrastructure experience and expertise to this new and independent project .
The data centre represents a significant investment and contribution to further regeneration in Newham , where L & G has already provided over £ 550 million to the development of high-quality and multisectoral regeneration projects , delivering housing and public realm as well as economic benefits such as job creation .
Driven by increased demand from digitalisation , including cloud migration and AI , growth in data storage and processing continues to accelerate . This partnership supports the growth in data capacity in Europe ’ s largest and tightest market , whilst delivering critical infrastructure that is both commercially attractive and addresses social and environmental needs .
The proposed development will deliver 80MW of IT power by early 2027 and has the flexibility to deliver all workloads including AI , in a secure , sustainable location just over 500 metres from the London Internet Exchange ( LINX ).
The data centre could also be a heat source for thousands of Newham homes and will aim to help the council fulfil its net zero ambitions .
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