Data center providers Switch and Equinix have received a 2019 Green Power Leadership Award from the EPA, along with hyperscale operators Google and Microsoft and chipmaker Intel.
Data Center Sustainability Becomes Priority As Data, Power Needs Continue to Grow
For many of today’s cutting-edge and hyper competitive enterprises, environmental stewardship and sustainability are becoming key to their business strategies. And nowhere is this more true than in the data center. A new Digital Realty white paper takes a deep look at clean energy, how to acquire it and how to craft your data center sustainability strategy.
Using Servers to Heat Homes: Facebook Embraces Heat Recycling
Facebook will use heat energy from servers in its data center in Denmark to warm up to 6,900 nearby homes through a district heating system.
Data Centers Forge Ahead With Shift to Renewable Energy
Despite the Trump administration’s decision, the data center industry is continuing to lead the shift to renewable energy to power the Internet economy.
A Call for Data Center Sustainability
Adam Kramer, Switch’s Executive Vice President of Strategy, explores what it really means for a data center to be green. He also makes a call to data center providers and large enterprise users to make sure they are striving to powering their data center on 100% renewable power.
Renewable Energy Innovations in Green Data Centers
From underwater data centers to DIY infrastructure, Aaron Binkley, Digital Realty’s Director of Sustainability, highlights several innovations in renewable energy that are showing up in green data centers.
Why Renewable Energy Will Power the Green Data Centers of Tomorrow
As demand for the modern data center increases and as the digital revolution continues, learn how the leading data center operators are finding that clean power is becoming price-competitive with utility-sourced power in many markets.
Switch Goes Green With Renewable Power for SUPERNAPs
As of January 1, the Switch SUPERNAP data centers and their more than 1,000 colocation and cloud computing customers are fully powered by renewable energy from NV Energy,
Greening Colo: Equinix Pursues a More Sustainable Internet
The use of Bloom Energy Server fuel cells powered by biogas at an Equinix Silicon Valley data center is a symbol of a much larger vision for an Internet powered by sustainable energy. For Equinix, 2015 has been a year of huge strides on the sustainability front.
Bloom Energy and Fuel Cells in the Data Center: Evolution or Revolution?
Bloom Energy Server fuel cells are being seen in more data centers as the industry focuses on carbon output. In making the case for fuel cells, Bloom is advancing a fundamental rethinking of data center power systems.