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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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Andie Stephens, associate director at the Carbon Trust, about how operators can lower their carbon emissions and get on track for a sustainable future
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As the world of communications reassesses its impact on the environment and takes steps to improve sustainability, Natalie Bannerman speaks to industry experts and environmentalists to find out where subsea fits into the equation.
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Long established as critical infrastructure, data centres are only becoming more important. But how can their ongoing exponential growth, occur in a future where, by necessity, major economies must decarbonise? Melanie Mingas finds out
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James Hart, CEO of BCS says the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to continue to impact the data centre industry throughout the next few years. However, there are other drivers in play, too
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Kevin Deierling, SVP of NVIDIA Networking, answers questions about the company’s work with weather forecasting and climate change
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The rapid installation of 5G networks can reduce carbon emissions in the energy industry by almost 1% by in the next decade, new research shows
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This episode features deputy editor Melanie Mingas, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
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New analysis of sustainability credentials across the private sector has concluded that Vodafone, BT and Virgin Media are leading the TMT industry when it comes to their sustainability pledges.
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The pandemic has created a stronger business case for rural infrastructure in developing Asia and elsewhere, but the promise of government subsidies sometimes delays spending by telcos.
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Interxion: A Digital Realty Company (NYSE: DLR) has announced its French subsidiary is on target to achieve a carbon neutral footprint for its existing French data centres by the end of 2020.
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Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has appointed a new director of energy and sustainability.
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This episode features deputy editor Melanie Mingas, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
