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Can Cloud Computing Lead the Way on Climate?

By Rich Miller - February 9, 2021 1 Comment

Cloud computing's growing role in the energy markets positions the data center industry to drive a global shift to renewably-powered business. New on the DCF Show.

When it comes to climate change, it is time for the data center sector to lead. On the DCF Show Podcast, Rich Miller outlines how cloud computing can drive a global shift to renewably-powered business.

Tagged With: Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Dominion Energy Plans More Green Power for Virginia’s Data Centers

By Rich Miller - January 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

Solar panels at Dominion Energy's Whitehouse generation project in Louisa County. The 250-acre array generates 20 megawatts of solar energy. (Photo: Dominion Energy)

Dominion Energy is developing more renewable energy for its power grid, a welcome development for tech companies seeking more green power for their data centers in Northern Virginia.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Dominion Energy, Northern Virginia, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Google Looks to Batteries as Replacement for Diesel Generators

By Rich Miller - December 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Google will use large batteries to replace the diesel generators at its data center in Belgium, describing the project as a first step towards using cleaner technologies to provide backup power for millions of servers around the world.

Tagged With: Generators, Google, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Amazon Buys Solar, Wind Power to Speed Shift to a Renewable AWS Cloud

By Rich Miller - December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Amazon today announced a massive investment in 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power, which will accelerate the company’s timeline to power its AWS cloud infrastructure with renewable energy by five years.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

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

By Rich Miller - September 14, 2020 1 Comment

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

Switch Will Use Tesla Megapacks for Hyperscale Energy Storage

By Rich Miller - July 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

An illustration of the Tesla Megapack, which provides 3 megawatts of energy storage capacity. (Image: Tesla)

Switch will use new large-scale energy storage technology from Tesla to boost its use of solar energy for its data center campuses in Las Vegas and Reno. Each Tesla Megapack provides up to 3 megawatts of energy storage.

Tagged With: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Renewable Energy, Solar, switch, Tesla

Data Centers Accelerate Their Focus on Sustainability, Green Power

By Rich Miller - April 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry is accelerating its embrace of sustainability, as enterprise customers push for more renewable energy. The top 4 hyperscale operators procured 3.76 gigawatts of renewable energy in 2019.

Tagged With: Renewable Energy, Solar, sustainability, Wind

Google Shifting Server Workloads to Use More Renewable Energy

By Rich Miller - April 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

Google is shifting large computing jobs to times where they can be powered with renewable energy, creating a “carbon intelligent” platform that enables data centers to use more solar and wind energy to power servers.

Tagged With: Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Renewable Rooftops: Iron Mountain Plans Massive NJ Solar Array

By Rich Miller - October 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Iron Mountain is building a 7.2 megawatt solar energy array on the roof of its massive data center building in Edison, N.J., which will be the largest rooftop solar deployment in the US data center industry.

Tagged With: Iron Mountain, New Jersey, Renewable Energy, Solar

Sustainable by Design: Vantage Adds Green Features in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - October 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

The customer lounge and conference space in the Vantage Data Centers VA11 facility in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: RIch Miller)

Are customer office space and sustainable design differentiators in a data center? Vantage Data Centers thinks so, offering spacious, sunlit break rooms, and sustainability features that combine solar and wind power, and EV charging stations.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Solar, Vantage Data Centers, Wind

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Water Scarcity: How Data Centers Can Help

Water Scarcity: How Data Centers Can Help Water scarcity is a looming global crisis. Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales, Nortek Air Solutions, and Michael Lesniak, AVP Global Corporate Accounts, Global Data Center Solutions at Nalco Water, discuss how data centers can conserve the planet’s diminishing fresh water supply and practice water stewardship.   

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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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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Aligned Enhanced Soft Water and Water Management Saves Big at Phoenix Data Center

It takes a tremendous amount of energy and often copious amounts of water to power and cool any data center. In fact, data centers contribute to industry’s consumption of 45% of all available clean water. Get the new report from Aligned Energy that highlights how the  company ramped up soft water and water management to save a total of 24 million gallons of water annually at its Phoenix data center. 

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