Innovation

Hydropower Makes Data Centre Carbon Neutral

UKFast has achieved carbon neutral status through carbon offsetting and hydroelectric power generation

14 years ago

IBM Xeon-Based Supercomputer To Hit Three Petaflops

SuperMUC, to be built for German researchers, will use hot-water cooling to cut power use by 40 percent

14 years ago

HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches

HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules

14 years ago

Researchers Use Virus To Increase Battery Life Tenfold

Scientists have used a tobacco virus to increase the surface area of lithium ion battery electrodes

14 years ago

Cloud To Reduce Data Centre Energy Costs by 38 Percent

A research firm has predicted that cloud computing could help data centres reduce their energy spending by as much as…

14 years ago

Silver Surfers Are Growing, But Need More Help Online

Ofcom says the over-65s are gradually coming online, but charities want more help for the offline generation

14 years ago

nlyte Adds Advanced Analytics To Data Centre Suite

Version 6.0 of nlyte's Data Center Infrastructure Management platform incorporates a new set of integrated business intelligence capabilities

14 years ago

Modularity Wins The Day In Iceland

Modular data centres really can be more efficient, according to evidence from Iceland, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Container-Based Data Centre Launches In Iceland

Containers got the Thor data centre in Iceland off the ground without hitting the efficiency

14 years ago

Onus On Manufacturers To Stop Digital Dumping

ICT manufacturers worldwide should make the entire life-cycle of their products environmentally friendly, says Computer Aid

14 years ago

Keep The Suits Out Of Innovation

IT companies are slowly becoming more responsible in the way they operate, but true innovation requires corporate diversity, argues Jim…

14 years ago

Double-Decker Data Centre Container Is Cooled By Air

AST Modular has shoved a cooling module on top of its data centre containers

14 years ago

Google Launches Chrome OS On CR-48 Netbooks

Chrome OS is being tested on the bare-bones CR-48 machine from Google, until Samsung and Acer deliver

14 years ago

ITU Calls On ICTs To Lead Sustainability Drive

Information technology has a key role to play in tackling climate change, according to the ITU

14 years ago

Air Cooled Modular Data Centre Joins SGI Ice Cubes

The Ice Cube Air modular data centre is designed to offer a cost-efficient, eco-friendly way to expand facilities

14 years ago

Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?

Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says…

14 years ago

Browser Bug Shows ‘Sniffers’ Where You’ve Been

Popular sites are actively exploiting a bug that lets the site read your browser History list

14 years ago

Daimler Wins Green Data Centre Award

Gartner has given its green data centre excellence award 2010 to car giant Daimler

14 years ago

Data Centre Carbon Counting – Could It Cool The Arguments?

When Facebook fell out with Greenpeace over coal-fired power, the new Green Grid measurement might have helped sort things out,…

14 years ago

Green Grid Starts To Measure Data Centre Carbon Use

Alongside PUE to measure power efficiency, the Green Grid now has CUE to measure carbon use

14 years ago

Tackling The Smart Meter Data Avalanche

Utilities companies need to start thinking seriously about how to handle the influx of data from smart meters, says Teradata's…

14 years ago

Foodtubes Proposes Underground ‘Physical Internet’

Automatically routed canisters could replace lorries with an Internet of things, says Foodtubes

14 years ago

Carbon Accounts Firms Update Software

Big firms like CA and SAP won't rule the carbon accounting world, as specialists add features

14 years ago

AMD: ‘Bobcat’ Chip May Head For The Cloud

An AMD executive said the company's 'Bobcat' mobile processor could later be tailored for energy-efficient servers

14 years ago

EU Code Of Conduct For Data Centres ‘Failing’

The EU code of conduct for data centres is failing to engage the industry, say critics

14 years ago

Social Disease: Facebook, Google Track NHS Site Visits

Facebook and Google know about what illnesses you looked up on your visit to the NHS Choices site

14 years ago

Virgin Provides Fibre For UK Government Network

Virgin says its fibre optic network can help the government meet its targets for public sector data savings

14 years ago

Dell Joins Modular Data Centre Movement

Dell is shipping modular data centres, apparently preferring them to container-based products

14 years ago

Is CRC Vanishing Before Our Eyes?

The CRC Energy Efficiency is now a stealthy green tax, but Peter Judge fears it may be so stealthy it…

14 years ago

Adept-IT Claims First Carbon Neutral Desktop

The concept of ultra-thin clients has a resonance that matches the sustainable IT argument, claims Adept-IT

14 years ago