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How Selecting A Green Data Center Can Benefit Enterprise Sustainability

By Voices of the Industry - June 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Many have come to understand the benefits of a green data center, not just for the environment but also for enterprise sustainability. Casey Moore, Energy and Sustainability Manager at Sabey Data Centers, explains the importance of partnering with a data center focused on sustainability.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, data center energy, data center sustainability, Sabey Data Centers

RECs, PPAs, and Other Paths to Renewable Energy

By Paul Gillin - June 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and green business energy tariffs are key tools in a data center sustainability strategy. Here’s a closer look at how they work.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy, Kohler Power Systems, Renewable Energy

Are Operators Ready for Green Data Center Laws?

By Voices of the Industry - June 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Data center climate pacts become nothing more than greenwashing if we do not take tangible, viable steps to create sustainable energy usage in operations. Mark Fenton of Future Facilities explores how a data center digital twin can help operators improve energy efficiency.

Tagged With: Cooling, data center sustainability, future facilities, Virtualization

The State of Renewable Energy for Data Centers

By Paul Gillin - May 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) lists five major sources of renewable energy. We look at the state of three types of renewables for data centers – solar, wind, and geothermal power.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Kohler Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Solar

A Sensible Path to Data Center Sustainability

By Paul Gillin - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

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New technologies are driving data center energy demand, while customers seek to reducing energy consumption. Managing rapid growth and improving data center sustainability aren’t mutually exclusive goals, according to Kohler.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Hyperscale, Kohler Power Systems

Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge

By Voices of the Industry - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Schneider Electric’s Steven Carlini and Andres Vasquez discuss building data centers at the network edge while also meeting sustainability goals.

Tagged With: cloud computing, data center sustainability, edge, Schneider Electric

How Data Center Management Solutions Drive Sustainability and Help Ensure a Climate-Secure World

By Voices of the Industry - April 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry, which gave wings and provided thrust to the digital transformation of business and society during a time of tumultuous change, has another urgent, mission-critical responsibility—to our environment. Eric Xie, Software Application Engineer for Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores the journey to data center sustainability and net zero carbon emissions, including the role that data management solutions will play.

Tagged With: Data Center Management, data center sustainability, Energy Consumption, Intel DCM

How Efficient Power Supplies Reduce Data Center Power Consumption

By Kathy Hitchens - April 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Global data centers must meet their customer’s growing processing and storage needs, while also making data center operations more energy efficient and sustainable. Advanced Energy explores how data centers can achieve their sustainability goals with power supplies optimized for efficiency and density.

Tagged With: Advanced Energy, data center sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Hyperscale data center, Power supplies

Data Center Sustainability: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Voices of the Industry - April 13, 2022 1 Comment

An example of a hyperscale data center developed by EdgeConneX. (Image: EdgeConneX)

When we think of sustainability in the context of data centers, the challenge can be intimidating because it encompasses so many factors that demand our attention. Phillip Marangella, CMO of EdgeConneX, celebrates the progress and commitments the data center industry has made around sustainability.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, EdgeConneX, Efficiency, Hyperscale data center

Debunking Natural Gas Myths

By Voices of the Industry - April 8, 2022

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There are still a lot of misconceptions about natural gas as a clean, reliable fuel source to power an entire data center in emergency situations. Erik Brumbaugh of Enchanted Rock addresses some of the common myths around the use of natural gas.

Tagged With: backup power source, data center sustainability, enchanted rock, natural gas generators

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance

Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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Data Center Planning — Who’s on First — Real Estate or Technology?

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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