Green-IT

Giant Kenyan e-Waste Scheme Hopes To Clean Up Toxic Tech

A new e-waste business, backed by Dell, could cut toxic hazards for Kenyans

11 years ago

EU Promotes Renewable Energy In Data Centres

The RenewIT project aims to get data centres using solar and other renewable sources

11 years ago

Google’s Own-Brand Chips May Not Be ARM-Based

Google is thought to be designing its own ARM chips. Peter Judge says, why not use IBM's Power?

11 years ago

The IEC Creates A Universal Laptop Charger

The new standard will be published in early 2014, but it’s unclear whether companies like Apple will get on board

11 years ago

Google May Ditch Intel And Build ARM-Based Chips – Report

Life is not getting any easier for Intel, as Google reportedly thinks about making its own server chips

11 years ago

Microsoft Cloud OS Gains Partner Network Support

Microsoft has gathered together a global network of 25 partners for its hybrid cloud strategy

11 years ago

Researchers Develop Low Cost Open Source 3D Printer For Metal Objects

A low-cost 3D printer has been developed in the US that will allow users to 'print' objects made of steel

11 years ago

Liquid Cooling – The Gift That Keeps Giving

Besides the obvious benefits, liquid cooling lets you simplify your data centre, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Google Opens Asian Data Centres In Singapore And Taiwan

Google's Taiwan and Singapore data centres are greener than previous ones - and avoid Chinese repression

11 years ago

Google Staff Bus Halted By Angry Protests

Residents in San Francisco stopped a bus carrying Google staff to protest at its contribution to local coffers

11 years ago

Samsung Introduces First 1TB Ultra-Thin SSD

Samsung's tiny new high-capacity drives build on the SSD range it introduced in the summer, but fit into ultra-thin laptops…

11 years ago

HP Announces Moonshot Servers For Telecoms, Web And Hosted Desktop

HP's latest Moonshot microservers address Big Data, telecoms and dynamic web applications

11 years ago

UK Government Announces £270m Investment In Quantum Computing

£270 million will be spent by five Quantum Technology Centres over the next five years

11 years ago

Osborne Gives Data Centres A Green Bonus

The data centre industry gets green tax relief in George Osborne's Autumn Statement

11 years ago

Does Santa Have a Data Centre In A Box For You?

What's in the package under your Christmas tree? Peter Judge thinks it could be a modular data centre

11 years ago

Data Centre Spend To Focus On Software Instead Of Hardware

A new study predicts that enterprise data centre spending will shift from hardware to software

11 years ago

Virtus London Data Centre Adopts Predictive Modelling

Predictivie analysis will keep Virtus data centre running smoothly

11 years ago

Infinity Offers ‘Cloud-Like’ Pricing For Colo Data Centres

Rigid colocation agreements are blocking cutomers from virtualising, says Infinity SDC

11 years ago

Does Efficiency Make Any Difference At All?

Cheap efficient data centre just allow us all to consume more, warns Peter Judge

11 years ago

Dell Wants Half its Workforce To Work Remotely By 2020

Dell says part-time telecommuting would save it money, increase productivity and help the environment.

11 years ago

2MW Schneider Electric Modules Shake Up Data Centre Containers

Modular data centres are more flexible and capable of reaching new power levels, says Schneider Electric

11 years ago

UK Ranks Third In 2013 Web Index, Despite Surveillance Concerns

Sir Tim Berners-Lee says world governments are making slow progress in their adoption of the Web, but GCHQ spying lets…

11 years ago

eBay’s Data Centre Innovation Won’t Stop With Fuel Cells

Fuel cells and recovered energy are nothing. eBay's Dean Nelson has more ideas up his sleeve

11 years ago

Green500 Supercomputer List Reveals Intel, Nvidia Surprise

Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are used in the world's top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers

11 years ago

Apple’s Futuristic Cupertino HQ Receives City Approval

Apple can finally start building its 'spaceship' headquarters after Cupertino council gives approval

11 years ago

Green Grid Takes Data Centre Efficiency Fight To Government

Governments need to handle data centres with care, The Green Grid and techUK argue

11 years ago

Google And Facebook: Green Goals Clash With Libertarian Leanings

The Internet giants may be cleaning up their energy act, but Peter Judge asks how deep is their care for…

11 years ago

Raspberry Pi Sales Hit Two Million

Raspberry Pi Foundation says popularity of the device comes as “a bit of a shock”

11 years ago

Canadian Scientists Claim A Major Breakthrough In Quantum Computing

A team of researchers has managed to keep quantum memory ‘coherent’ for 39 minutes at room temperature

11 years ago

Google And Friends Invest £250 Million In Solar Projects

Finance firm KKR and Google buy six solar plants of Sharp's Recurrent division

11 years ago