In 2017, the city of Atlanta joined the ranks of major American cities committed to getting all of their energy from clean power. One year later, the city is still trying to […]
Atlanta Considers Best Approach to 100-Percent Renewables
Facebook funds new solar power in Oregon and Utah
Facebook is helping fund 437MW of solar power in the states of Oregon and Utah, some of which will power its veteran Prineville data center. The deal with Pacific Power places 100MW […]
Schneider Electric helps build ‘the greenest data center in the world’
European energy management specialist Schneider Electric has revealed its part in building the Green Mountain data centre at Rennesøy – a facility located in a former NATO ammunition store, deep inside a […]
Snøhetta designs an energy-positive data center to fight climate change
Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and real estate developer MIRIS have unveiled designs for ‘The Spark,’ an urban data center that reuses excess heat to power cities. Tweeted by @MeyerDesign https://twitter.com/MeyerDesign/status/1017847363866628096 Read the […]
Can this new data center concept combat climate change?
A new prototype model for urban data centers, developed by MIRIS in cooperation with Snøhetta, Skanska, Asplan Viak, and Nokia, hopes to help solve the international climate challenge by allowing excess energy […]
Powering the golden state
California believes it can change the world: the state is at the forefront of a shift away from fossil fuels, hoping to vastly improve efficiency of renewable energy generation, and, at the […]
How Microsoft is Keeping Its Cloud More Efficient Than Your Data Center
Microsoft’s Azure cloud has been carbon-neutral since 2012, and half of the energy it uses already comes from 1.2 gigawatts of wind, solar, and hydro-electric sources; that will be 60 percent by […]
Meeting the demands of mission critical data centers
Whether it’s a server room with 15 cabinets or a stand-alone facility with thousands of cabinets, data centers must function holistically and be greater than the sum of their parts. Systems and […]
Building the Smart City: 8 Things To Get Right
Tomorrow’s cities are built by smart city ecosystem architects today. Here’s what they need to focus on to build the future. Read the source article at iotforall.com
Addressing the Data Center Skills Shortage
With many seasoned data center employees reaching retirement age in an that industry that doubles in size every four years, data center operators face staffing problems. Tweeted by @UptimeInstitute https://twitter.com/UptimeInstitute/status/993717158105542656 Read the […]
