The UK government has put 32 suppliers on a fast track to win £400m of business building and running data centres for government offices and public bodies. YPO, a public procurement body, set up a framework agreement under European law that gives named suppliers the right to do quick deals with public bodies, circumventing complex and arduous EU rules. The arrangement covers the whole computing supply chain, from consulting, designing, building and operating data centres, to networks, security, disaster recovery and support services – see more here.