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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While the news may be full of companies pledging to green their operations, new research has concluded that there is a "sustainability action gap" in the data centre and IT industries.
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Data centre operator Vantage is to use 87MW of solar power for its new Johannesburg campus, which is due to open next month.
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Iceland's national powerco has teamed up with Verne Global to trial and deploy hydrogen fuel cells as a sustainable back-up option for its Icelandic data centre campus.
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Spanish company BWB is to build a 100% solar-powered data centre in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza.
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Orange has successfully launched a sustainability bond issue for a total amount of €500 million to finance projects that reflect its ambitions in green and social fields.
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Zayo has made what is its first loan linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.
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NTT will help businesses to reduce their carbon footprint through its latest IoT Services for Sustainability solution.
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Sustainability is now a key strategy for the data centre industry, the industry is learning at this week’s Datacloud Global Congress.
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Finnish tech company, Iotoi Oy has unveiled its PIP3 solution that offers data centres a cost-efficient and environmentally friendlier way to distribute their excess heat via district heating networks.
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Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS), a provider of circular solutions for technology, confirms the launch of its new sustainability calculator.
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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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GlobalConnect has become the latest ICT firm to join the UN Global Compact initiative, a global scheme whereby private companies submit annual reports on their progress across human rights, labour law, environment and anti-corruption.
