Latin America data centre operator Scala Data Centers has begun the recruitment of an extra 100 members of staff as the company continues to expand its infrastructure footprint across the continent. As many as 80 of the positions are in Brazil, with over 45 vacancies in the engineering and construction fields and more than 30 positions in the operation and backoffice areas,...

Data centre staff requirements are forecast to grow globally from about 2 million full-time employees in 2019 to nearly 2.3 million by 2025. According to the Uptime Institute, most demand is expected in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by North America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. As the market continues to grow at speed, it comes as no surprise that a large number...

Unlike unemployment that can be tied to a specific event – for instance, the financial meltdown of 2008 – structural unemployment is a different kettle of fish. One helpful definition tells us that structural unemployment occurs when certain industries decline because of long-term changes in market conditions. This definition should be setting off warning bells becau...