The theme for today’s Earth Day 2022 is “Invest in Our Planet.” DCF looks at the investments made by cloud platforms in how they build, operate and power for the data centers – along with innovations from the past year that may help mitigate climate change.
Google Moving Workloads Between Data Centers to Use Greener Energy
Google is moving IT workloads between its data centers to boost its use of renewable energy, shifting the data processing for YouTube videos to locations where green power is plentiful. This approach creates powerful new opportunities to build climate-aware cloud applications.
Google to Tap Geothermal Energy for Nevada Data Center Campus
Google will soon begin using geothermal energy to power its data centers in Nevada with carbon-free energy, teaming with energy startup Fervo to use fiber optic sensors to tap the earth’s own heat to power Google Cloud servers.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.