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Will Apple’s Data Centre Really Increase Ireland’s Electricity Consumption By 8 Percent?
Documents sent to Galway County Council estimate Apple's Ireland data centre would dramatically increase Ireland's electricity consumption, but are the figures correct?
Facebook Is Doubling The Size Of Its Irish Data Centre
Facebook's County Meath data centre gets extension approval as work starts on 621,000 sq ft site
Apple Now Uses 93 Percent Renewable Energy
Apple gives update on its drive towards using 100 percent renewables and shows off a robot called Liam that can deconstruct iPhones
Dyson Invests £1bn In Battery Development
Strong sales of cordless vacuums leads Dyson to pledge significant support for technology industry's battle to create better and longer lasting batteries
Seagate Will Test Optical Interconnect Technologies For The World’s Hungriest Data Centres
Seagate has partnered with Japanese scientists PETRA to test optical interconnect solutions for exascale data centres looking to boost bandwidth and reduce power consumption
Sea-Going Drones To Patrol Vast Marine Reserve
Vast Pitcairn Islands marine reserve is now being monitored by solar-powered Wave Glider drones
Google Joins Unicef’s Fight Against Zika Virus
Google partners UNICEF in the global fight against the Zika virus, with mapping data and more
Massachusetts Researchers Launch Solar-Power Data Centre
15 megawatt 'micro' data centre opened by US green computing scientists to research renewable future
MWC 2016: Mobile Industry Helps Developing World And Refugees With Tech
UK government teams up with GSMA to help improve access to energy and clean water, while Vodafone Foundation pledges support for refugee camps at MWC
Vodafone: Flexible Working Is Boosting Productivity And Profits
Flexible working has been adopted by three quarters or organisations surveyed in ten countries, but Vodafone admits barriers remain
Apple, Amazon And Google Data Centres Use Far More Coal Than Everyone Thinks
Web giants are underestimating their data centre coal usage by 30 percent because of “obsolete” data tools
This Rechargable Battery Could Enable Homes To Be Taken Off Power Grid
Eli-Home can help make better use of solar power cells and provide a backup source in the event of outages
Facebook Confirms €200m ‘Green’ Irish Data Centre
Facebook is to go ahead with its first Irish data centre, situated in Clonee, County Meath
SIGFOX Launches IoT Network In Antarctica For Polar Researchers
The safety of scientists researching climate change will be boosted by GPS and SIGFOX IoT
Lexmark Wants To Make Throwing Away Ink Cartridges Illegal
Printer and cartridge vendor Lexmark pushes EU to implement compulsory recycling schemes
Amazon Web Services Indiana Wind Farm Goes Live
Fowler Ridge adds to AWS' 40 percent renewable energy goal by the end of 2016
Yandex Data Centres To Supply Hot Water To Finnish City
The city of Mäntsälä looks to reduce C02 emissions by up to 40 percent by heating its water with Russian data centres
Vodafone Wins £75m Deal To Connect Scottish Power To Smart Grid
Vodafone will help Scottish Power monitor faults and direct investment while implementing smart grid technologies
HP Printer Cartridges ‘Washing Up Across UK, Europe’
The debris is thought to originate from an Atlantic spill more than a year ago
EE Recalls All Power Bars Amid Overheating Risk
EE says all of its free power bars should be handed into a retail store after an issue with a "very small number" is identified
Ford To Invest Another £3bn In Electric Cars
Ford said it plans to introduce 13 more electric cars over the next five years and expand battery research
IBM Expands Green Horizons Effort To Fight Pollution Globally
Targeting India and Africa, IBM announced an expansion of its Green Horizons initiative to address environmental and pollution challenges
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Purchase In US, Sweden And Chile
Google says its on track to make 2025 renewable energy targets with 842 MW mega-purchase
How Are UK Data Centres Dealing With Climate Change Regulations?
In the week of the COP21 Climate Summit, UK data centre providers are under increasing pressure to regulate their energy consumption
Cellular Connectivity Provides Key Solution To Efficient UK Water Management
Olivier Pauzet from Sierra Wireless discusses how the new generation of smart water meters can bring benefits to all
Amazon, Alibaba and Microsoft Founders Ally With Zuckerberg’s Climate Change Initiative
Zuckerberg-backed Breakthrough Energy Coalition will advocate zero-carbon technology to plug climate change gaps left by governments
Amazon Wind Services: AWS Plans New US Wind Farm
AWS unveils a central US wind farm to meet 2016 cloud energy targets
Equinix Signs Two Data Centre Renewable Energy Deals
Equinix takes next step towards committing to use 100 percent renewable energy in North America by the end of 2016
Li-Fi Could Connect And Power SmartWatches And IoT
Researchers want to commercialise integrated solar panel technology that uses visible spectrum to power devices and transmit data