sustainability
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Bernard Looney, former CEO of oil and gas giant BP has joined sustainable data centre startup Prometheus Hyperscale as chair of its Board of Directors. -
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of UK business leaders are feeling the pressure to meet sustainability targets, new research has revealed.
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Investment firm DTCP has backed the new sustainable data centre platform GreenScale, to support its efforts to sustainably support hyperscale and AI workloads.
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BT Group has activated its first self-powering mobile site in the Shropshire Hills, with approximately 70% of the site’s energy requirements met by on-site solar panels and a wind turbine.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has unveiled plans to open a new net-zero carbon office in central Manchester.
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Google has hit the reset button on its US$200 million data centre project in Santiago, Chile, after environmental concerns, mainly around water usage.
Forthcoming events
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Telefónica has put its weight behind international development goals, saying it wants to deploy sustainable, resilient and quality infrastructures.
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After securing a record €620 million in funding, French and European data centre market investor and operator DATA4 has now set its sights on becoming the sector’s leader in sustainable development.
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Built from scratch for those who want sustainability and service, MVNO Honest is the back-of-a-beermat idea on a mission to shake up the UK mobile market. Melanie Mingas talks to CEO and co-founder Andy Aitken
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Steven Sprokholt, director of EMEA project management and global sustainability, tells Capacity how EdgeConneX is building a sustainable future
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Vodafone says it has achieved a promise made in July 2020 that its European networks will be 100% powered from renewable sources by next week.
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Virgin Media O2 has reported a sustainability first as it works to deliver gigabit broadband to its entire network by the end of this year.
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Five mobile network operators (MNO) have collaborated to introduce a new pan-industry labelling scheme to help consumers identify and compare sustainability across smart phones.
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Telefónica's O2 has doubled down on its sustainability commitments, announcing that it is "radically overhauling" its data centres and core network sites as mobile data rates in the UK increase.
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Matthew Baynes, VP, design and construction partners, cloud and service provider segment, Schneider Electric, reflects on Europe's sustainable data centre pact
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Host in Ireland marked Earth Day by extending its DCs for Bees scheme.
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Powering the storage of dark data around the world is pumping 6.4 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year – more carbon dioxide than 80 different countries.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems is looking at ways to save up to 20,000 tonnes of CO2 per year at two of its data centres.
