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Verne Global’s Icelandic Data Centre: In Pictures

Cooled by the outside air and powered by renewable energy, the data centre in Verne's warehouse is made from modules

13 years ago

New Centre Bids To Establish Iceland As Data Hub

As Verne Global's Icelandic data centre goes live, Colt upgrades its partnership to include a Point of Presence

13 years ago

Semprius Sets Solar Panel Efficiency Record

Smaller, cheaper and making more electricity - Semprius claims a breakthrough in solar panels

13 years ago

Smart Meters Get A Parliamentary Kicking

Savaged by Parliamentery committees and consumer watchdogs, the people behind the government's smart meter plan need to get work on…

13 years ago

UK Data Centres Won’t Cut Energy In 2012

The majority of data centres in the UK will fail to cut energy use in 2012, despite environmental and economic…

13 years ago

Physical Infrastructure Still A Power Play In Virtualised Worlds

Virtualisation and cloud computing continue to grow but Panduit’s David Palmer-Stevens stresses the importance of the underpinning physical infrastructure

13 years ago

IBM’s Top 5 Innovations Will Change Your Life Within 5 Years

The 2011 predictions cover green power, mind-reading machines, desirable junk mail, DNA passwords, and digital profusion

13 years ago

EIA Calls For Elimination Of Harmful Air Con Gas

The EIA has called for the “global elimination” of HFCs, commonly used in data centre cooling systems

13 years ago

Can Solar Power Be More Than Window Dressing?

Solar power has been only capable of producing a small part of data centre energy needs, but this may change,…

13 years ago

Flywheel Power Looks For A New Spin

Batteries only last a few years and contain noxious chemicals, says Active Power

13 years ago

Flawed Energy Efficiency Incentives Fail Industry

Cutting costs and carbon is critical, but Romonet’s Zahl Limbuwala says the way data centre services are ‘charged back’ is…

13 years ago

UK Data Centre Power Could Fuel 6m Homes

UK data centres currently cover three square miles - says DatacenterDynamics Research

13 years ago

Green Data Centres Will Be Measured On Money

PUE and other efficiency measures are useful, but data centre owners are chasing money now, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Green Grid Plans Online Data Centre Efficiency Tool

Users will be able to compare data centre efficiency using an online tool from the Green Grid

13 years ago

Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre

Datapipe signs up, as the modules start to ship to build Verne Global's green data centre

13 years ago

Pre-Fab Green Data Centres Come In Any Size

Pre-fab data centres are a reality, and containers are reaching places we wouldn't have expected, says Peter Judge. All sizes…

13 years ago

Power Will Be Wasted, Until IT Pays Its Bills

Even after years of Green IT promotion, only a minority of IT people know how much power they use. Peter…

13 years ago

Cool Technology Could Revive Moore’s Law

A California research team has found a way to increase power on chips without creating heat: micro-capacitors

13 years ago

ODCA Meets OCP To Accelerate Data Centre Greening

Data centre efficiency standards groups from Facebook and Intel share... for greater efficiency

13 years ago

Google Says The Cloud Is Green (Of Course)

Google is biased, but it has put together a strong argument for saving money and energy in the cloud, says…

13 years ago

Google Touts Its Green Data Centre Credentials

Google has for the first time released details about the energy consumption of its data centres

13 years ago

Are Data Centres Going The Wrong Way On Green Power?

Peter Judge asks why data centres are switching to renewable energy, just as the government may be backing away from…

13 years ago

Fuel Cell Manufacturer Gets Funding Boost

A firm making fuel cell supplies for data centres has got funding to power a launch into Europe

13 years ago

Can Energy Scavenging Save The World?

Ambient heat, light, sound and radio can all be harnessed to power devices. It is well worth doing, says Peter…

13 years ago

What Cuts Power Use: Recession Or Efficiency?

The recession may be cutting our emissions. It's better if we can apply efficiencies while still growing, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Recession Saps Data Centre Power Growth

Data centre power usage has expanded significantly less than expected - due to the economic crisis

13 years ago

Scavenging Free Green Power From Radio Waves

Radio wave propagation may be a form of pollution but it could be a source of free, ubiquitous energy

13 years ago

Microsoft Proposes Servers As ‘Data Furnace’ Heaters

Small micro-data centres could help to heat homes and run cloud services, says Microsoft

13 years ago

Users Take the Lead On Power Management

Users want to save power by turning their PCs off - it's their companies that are holding them back, says…

13 years ago

Disaster Preparation Must Be Based On When, Not If

Disaster recovery is not an option but a necessity and it is time to wake up, says Chris Preimesberger

13 years ago