Sustainability stories - Page 66
Sustainablilty in the tech sphere can also be described as Green IT and involves the use, distribution and creation of IT technology that has positive impacts on the environment. With close links to ESG, organisations need an informed strategy, engaged employees and positive leadership to achieve successful and sustainable outcomes.
Sustainable tech also involves reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing, use, and end-of-life handling, both of which relate to physical hardware and software.
Sustainable tech also involves reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing, use, and end-of-life handling, both of which relate to physical hardware and software.
Iron Mountain achieves 100% renewable energy at EU data centres
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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Iron Mountain celebrates 100% renewable energy milestone at its EU data centres, improving sustainability in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Facebook seals 20 year deal to supply Singapore data centre with solar power
Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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After recently announcing its plans for the largest data centre Singapore has ever seen, Facebook has revealed its first renewable energy partner in Asia.
Exclusive: How Polaris and Veolia approach DC sustainability
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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Veolia's partnership with Polaris has entered its 11th year, offering exceptional constructed quality, outstanding security, and expandability.
Google continues renewable rampage with new wind farm investment
Tue, 11th Sep 2018
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Google's goal with this Finland investment is to buy enough renewable energy to match the power consumed across its global operations.
City Network to base cloud services in DigiPlex data centre
Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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City Network will be basing its cloud services in DigiPlex's Stockholm data centre as it looks to expand its presence in the area.
Data centre operators: It’s not just about TCO, think about the TCE
Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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Co-produced by Intel and in association with NASA, Supermicro has released a short film that highlights the swelling problem surrounding data centres.
Toasty! Excess heat from DigiPlex data centre to warm thousands of homes
Tue, 14th Aug 2018
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Reuse and recycle is a slogan that is becoming increasingly critical to our existence on this planet, and something DigiPlex has taken note of.
Google building new Singapore data center to join its other two
Wed, 1st Aug 2018
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This will bring the tech giant's total Singapore data center investment to more than US$850m in a bid to meet surging demand.
Report finds opportunities abound in the data center cooling market
Tue, 31st Jul 2018
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Where there's data centers, there's heat, which means the cooling market will undertake rapid growth and innovation in the coming years.
Schneider Electric chips in for a sustainable data centre future
Mon, 30th Jul 2018
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Very soon we will have consumed more from the planet than it can renew in the future - but Schneider Electric says it can be reversed.
New data centre built in an ex-mine pushing to be Europe's greenest
Wed, 25th Jul 2018
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Set in a former underground mine, the 120,000m² Lefdal Mine Datacenter has a number of incredible power and cooling technologies.
Bungy jumping from an airship over Queenstown could be a reality - one day
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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Bungy jumping from an airship over Queenstown could soon be a thrilling reality as airships are set for a revival in New Zealand tourism.
Construction begins on EU-funded ‘best data centre in the world’
Wed, 18th Jul 2018
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A consortium of vendors has celebrated construction commencement of a project designed to test and validate the feasibility of new data centre tech.
Infomart Data Centers reveal huge sustainability gains
Sat, 14th Jul 2018
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Infomart has blazed a green trail in its environmental responsibility by recycling more than 1.9 million pounds of data center infrastructure.
Scandinavia dominating wind market for big data centre operators
Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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Renewable energy is a hot topic among data centre circles, and Scandinavia has seized the opportunity to make the most of it.
Data centers must work closer with energy companies
Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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AN IDG analyst says data center energy requirements are increasing faster than efficiency gains and energy grids can no longer keep up.
Welsh Hospital opens new data centre to support critical infrastructure
Wed, 27th Jun 2018
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Secure I.T. Environments has provided a new energy-efficient data centre for Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Hospital as part of a major redevelopment.
The hard question from Lenovo: Is your data centre sustainable?
Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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Lenovo Data Centre Group's Rob Makin shares how organisations that embrace a green data centre strategy will be the winners long term.
UK IT company wins NHS hospital data centre maintenance contract
Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust has awarded a data centre maintenance contract to Secure I.T. Environments over the next three years.
Canon Oceania offering $30k for 12th environmental grants programme
Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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Schools and not-for-profits encouraged to apply for up to $30,000 in cash and products to further their environmental causes.