green energy
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Aalo Atomics, a startup building modular nuclear plants for data centres, has unveiled its first non-nuclear prototype of its Aalo-1 reactor alongside the opening of a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Austin. -
The UK government has launched a new cross-industry initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency and sustainability in AI.
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Ten of the UK's largest digital connectivity companies have signed a joint letter encouraging their suppliers to adopt voluntary minimum standards to reduce carbon emissions.
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A consortium in Japan is set to build an offshore floating green data centre, marking a major step in the evolution of sustainable AI infrastructure.
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The data centre industry’s immense growth consequently brings rising power demands, with intensive workloads for technologies like cloud and AI requiring even more energy to run.
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The UK government has continued its ripping up of archaic planning rules to cut grid connection waiting times.
Forthcoming events
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Oslo-based Bulk Data Centers has announced a number of expansion projects across its data centre sites in Norway, with investment focused on 100 % renewable energy.
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Bharti Airtel subsidiary Nxtra Data has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy low environmental impact fuel cell installation at its data centre in Karnataka, reducing carbon emissions through cleaner, hydrogen ready fuel supply.
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Hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk has announced the successful close of a green loan in Japan as part of what it calls its new green financing framework.
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Aligned Data Centers has received recognition for outstanding achievements in sustainable design and construction from the Green Building Initiative (GBI).
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Vantage Data Centers has closed on a US$300 million green loan in recognition of its sustainable design features for the VA13 data centre located in Northern Virginia.
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Telecoms operators can make improvements of up to 90% in energy use, according to an Earth Day report from ABI Research.
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Vodafone has developed self-powered mobile towers that it will deploy across the UK, in support of the company’s goal of reaching net zero for its UK operations by 2027.
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The mobile industry needs to set itself aggressive targets in energy efficiency in order to cut consumption as demand grows.
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Communication service providers believe that AI software is key to reducing network energy demand and emissions, according to research from Nokia and GSMA Intelligence.
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Amazon has started up its first Scottish windfarm, just 60km from Glasgow, where the global COP26 climate conference starts this weekend.
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Jian Wen, vice director in ZTE’s corporate branding & communications department, about the equipment maker’s contribution toward a carbon neutral future
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As the world catches fire, are data centres helping us improve the climate emergency or making it worse? It’s hard to be precise, Alan Burkitt-Gray finds
