There is no question that the future of data centres is green, it has to be, but how do operators go beyond the buzzword and actually start making sustainable solutions a reality? Here, Terry Storrar, managing director at Leaseweb UK, tells us
Just like in any relationship, it’s always preferable to have a partner that knows what they’re doing. Here, Darren Watkins, managing director at Virtus Data Centres highlights what you should be looking for in a post-pandemic provider. The Covid-19 pandemic saw the
Migration to the public cloud can achieve significant carbon reduction in the form of a 5.9% decrease in total IT emissions, or nearly 60 million tons of CO2 globally per year – the equivalent of taking 22 million cars off the road,
Vik Malyala, senior vice president at Supermicro, explores how data centres can save 350 tons of e-waste annually and protect the environment.
Microsoft believes that it can do more for the environment than many of its peers who have pledged to go carbon neutral, which is why the firm has announced its ambition to be carbon negative by 2030. That beats Amazon’s pledge to
Microsoft believes that it can do more for the environment than many of its peers who have pledged to go carbon neutral, which is why the firm has announced its ambition to be carbon negative by 2030. That beats Amazon’s pledge to
Microsoft believes that it can do more for the environment than many of its peers who have pledged to go carbon neutral, which is why the firm has announced its ambition to be carbon negative by 2030. That beats Amazon’s pledge to
Riello UPS is hoping to cut down its plastic waste by making subtle changes to its office culture. The company hopes that its small changes will make a big impact on the environment.
The IT industry has been typified for years as being geared towards efficiency and maximising profit, but it seems the next generation of leaders believe that reducing the industry’s impact on the environment is the most important path to take.
In 2018, Chinese data centres produced 99 million tonnes of CO2 — generating the equivalent environmental footprint of around 21 million cars. With global data traffic more than doubling every four years, it’s no surprise that the environmental impact of data centres
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