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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The industry organisation setting priorities for 6G has set out its programme for a global standard for green networks.
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Vertiv is working with RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, as a platinum-level partner on its program for data centre systems technologies.
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DigiPlex has become the latest signatory of the voluntary European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres.
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A massive new data centre campus in Romania will be powered with a Rolls-Royce mtu trigeneration plant, using Series 4000 generator sets powered with natural gas.
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Colt has followed the sale of 12 edge colocation centres across Europe by announcing expansion of its hyperscale data centres in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.
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Schneider Electric has released what its describes as a 'comprehensive novel framework' for environmentally sustainable data centres.
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Lefdal Mine Datacenter is to host Daimler’s High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads, which the automotive giant uses to design vehicles and automated driving technologies.
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Carving a new role for sustainable ICT, Chindata Group is expanding its focus from hyperscale campuses to the creation of sustainable digital ecosystems. Founder and CEO Alex Ju shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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Microsoft has launched a new data centre region in Sweden, powered with "100% carbon-free energy" and supporting zero-waste operations.
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From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
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Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has made a series of ambitious climate-related pledges, including a net carbon-neutral target of 2030 and LEED Gold certification for all new data centres.
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Nokia has called for accelerated digitalisation and green energy uptake, setting its sights on 100% renewable energy in its own operations by 2025.
