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Powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Eliminating GHG

By Voices of the Industry - February 23, 2022

Rows of custom containment systems inside a Switch data center. (Image: Switch)

How do we power the Fourth Industrial Revolution to ensure a more sustainable future? And, how do we ensure that we begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions measurably? Bill Kleyman of Switch discusses why sustainable data centers are key to the success of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Green Data Centers, Renewable Energy, Switch Data Centers

Microsoft Explores Green Data Centers Made of Mushrooms, Algae

By Rich Miller - October 27, 2021

Frontier Spotlight November 2018

New research from Microsoft outlines the potential use of sustainable material in data center construction projects to create low-carbon cloud infrastructure. It is exploring the use of mushrooms, algae, agricultural waste and hemp as structural materials.

Tagged With: Data Center Construction, Green Data Centers, Microsoft

The Cloud Computing Community Confronts Climate Change

By Rich Miller - August 16, 2021

The Amazon wind far in Texas that helps provide green energy for the AWS cloud. (Photo: Jordan Stead/ Amazon)

As the world confronts the growing urgency of the climate crisis, top cloud computing companies are stepping up their efforts to lead the transition to a cleaner economy. Here’s a look at the next phase of the cloud sector’s climate impact.

Tagged With: Editors Choice 3, Google, Green Data Centers, HPE, Infrastructure Masons, Microsoft, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Iron Mountain Adds Hourly Renewable Energy Tracking for its Data Centers

By Rich Miller - April 14, 2021

Iron Mountain has deployed a 7 megawatt solar array on the roof of its data center in Edison, N.J. (Image: Iron Mountain Data Centers)

Iron Mountain will begin tracking the hourly renewable content of the energy used in several of its data centers, reflecting the growing enterprise interest in the sustainability of their IT supply chain.

Tagged With: Green Data Centers, Iron Mountain, Renewable Energy

Green Data Centers and the Sustainability Imperative Webinar

By Lisa King - February 10, 2021 Leave a Comment

Rich Miller will examine the role of green data centers as a catalyst for action on climate change in this webinar.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Green Data Centers, Iron Mountain, sustainability

From PUE to ‘GUE’ – Measuring the Continued Evolution of Data Center Sustainability

By Voices of the Industry - February 8, 2021

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Sean Farney, Director of Data Center Marketing, Kohler Power Systems, highlights the need  for an all-encompassing and standardized way to measure and report on data center sustainability across the entire data center ecosystem.  

Tagged With: data center energy, data center sustainability, Green Data Centers, Kohler Power Systems

Data Center Building Regulations in Europe Point to Sustainability Goals

By Voices of the Industry - February 5, 2021

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Eric Boonstra, VP & GM of Iron Mountain Data Centers Western Europe explores how Amsterdam’s data center industry is working toward a more sustainable future.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, european data center market, Green Data Centers, Iron Mountain

WEBINAR: Greening of Data Centers and the Sustainability Imperative

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 1, 2021

Data Center Frontier and Iron Mountain come together for a Feb. 10 webinar to discuss green data centers and the impact of sustainability initiatives on the future of the data center business.

Tagged With: data center energy, data center sustainability, Green Data Centers, Iron Mountain, webinar

Google: Our Data Centers Will be Carbon-Free, Round-the-Clock by 2030

By Rich Miller - September 14, 2020

An on-site solar energy array at the Google data center campus iin Belgium. (Photo: Google)

Google will power its entire global information empire entirely with carbon-free energy by 2030, matching every second of its data center operations to renewable energy sources.

Tagged With: energy storage, Google, Green Data Centers, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Aligned Steps Up Renewable Adoption, Matches 100 Percent of IT Load

By Rich Miller - February 26, 2020

The Aligned Ashburn data center in Northern Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Aligned has matched the entire IT load of its data centers with renewable energy, as part of a holistic sustainability program spanning all parts of its operations.

Tagged With: Aligned, Energy Efficiency, Green Data Centers, Renewable Energy

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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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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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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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