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Earth Day 2022: The Cloud is Getting Greener, But Much Work Remains

By Rich Miller - April 22, 2022 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)

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.

Tagged With: Climate Change, Earth Day, Geothermal, Renewable Energy, Water

Switch Will Support Reno Data Center Campus with Reclaimed Water

By Rich Miller - October 27, 2021

The Tahoe Reno 1 data center at the Switch Citadel Campus spans 1.3 million square feet. (Photo: Switch)

Switch will use reclaimed water to operate its Citadel data center campus near Reno, tapping into a new pipeline that will bring treated effluent water to the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI).

Tagged With: Reno, Switch Data Centers, Water

Facing Climate Urgency, Facebook Plans to Be Water Positive by 2030

By Rich Miller - August 19, 2021

The cooling "penthouse" design of a Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon. Servers are cooled with fresh air that enters through the louvers on the right, reducing the need for use of water and electricity. (Photo: Rich Miller)

In response to growing concerns about climate change and data center water usage, Facebook says it intends to be water positive by 2030, meaning it will return more water to the environment than it consumes in its global operations.

Tagged With: data center water, Facebook, Water

Facebook Unveils Water Projects to Support $800 Million Mesa Data Center

By Rich Miller - August 12, 2021

An illustration of the planned $800 million Facebook data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. (Image: Facebook)

Facebook announced a series of major investments in water conservation as it confirmed plans for an $800 million data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. The project had brought national attention to the data center industry’s stewardship of scarce water resources in drought-stricken areas.

Tagged With: Facebook, Mesa, Phoenix, Water, water management

Drought, Extreme Heat Sharpen Focus on Data Center Water Usage

By Rich Miller - June 30, 2021

Extreme heat and drought in the Western US is bringing sharper scrutiny of data center water use, and testing assumptions about climate in some data center destinations. The heightened awareness of water constraints is raising the bar for data center developers.

Tagged With: Chemstar Water, Nalco Water, Nortek, Water, water management

Earth Day 2021: Data Centers Move Beyond Power to Be More Sustainable

By Colleen Miller - April 21, 2021

The data center industry is getting greener, and moving beyond renewable power to embrace technologies to conserve water, build more efficiently and use batteries with less environmental impact. For Earth Day 2021, DCF shares recent coverage of these initiatives.

Tagged With: Batteries, Generators, Water

Microsoft Plans Azure Cloud Expansions in Iowa, Virginia and Phoenix

By Rich Miller - October 12, 2020

Microsoft continues to expand its global data center infrastructure, buying land to add massive amounts of server capacity in key North American cloud hubs in Iowa, Northern Virginia and Phoenix.

Tagged With: Goodyear, Iowa, Microsoft, Northern Virginia, Phoenix, Prince William County, Water

Nautilus Gets $100 Million to Complete First Floating Data Center

By Rich Miller - May 27, 2020

An illustration of the Nautilus Data Technologies data barge, which is under construction in Vallejo, Calif. (Image: Nautilus)

Nautilus Data Technologies has lined up $100 million in funding to complete a 6-megawatt floating data center in Stockton, Calif. , which it says will be cheaper and more efficient than traditional land-based facilities.

Tagged With: Floating Data Centers, Nautilus Data, Water

Has the Floating Data Center Finally Arrived?

By Rich Miller - August 20, 2015

Floating data center from Nautilus Data Technologies

Nautilus Data Technologies says it has developed a floating data center that can dramatically slash the cost of cooling servers. Is the market ready for the data barge?

Tagged With: Floating Data Centers, Nautilus Data, Water

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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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