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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

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

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

Digital Realty Lines Up Green Power, Property in Key Data Center Markets

By Rich Miller - October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

The sun sets over a new data center on the Digital Realty campus in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Digital Realty has provisioned renewable energy to support its growing data center footprint in Northern Virginia, the latest in a series of moves to secure its competitive position in strategic markets.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, London, Northern Virginia, Solar, Tokyo, Wind

Building a Greener Cloud: Tech Titans Pledge More Renewables for Data Centers

By Rich Miller - September 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

Dominion Energy has announced plans to deploy 2.6 gigawatts of wind turbines off the Virginia coast. (Image: Dominion Energy)

Announcements this week by Google, Amazon and Dominion Energy highlight the data center industry’s leadership in building a future in which cloud computing is powered by renewable energy.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Google, Solar, Wind

Iron Mountain Brings Green Power to Its Colocation Customers

By Rich Miller - April 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

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On Earth Day 2019, data center providers have new tools to make renewable power accessible to customers in multi-tenant data centers. Iron Mountain’s Green Power Program is the first offering based on new carbon accounting guidelines from the Future of Internet Power collaboration.

Tagged With: Iron Mountain, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

How Data Centers are Greening the Tech You Use Every Day

By Bill Kleyman - May 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

In today’s data center industry, going green isn’t only good for the environment, it’s also good for business. Bill Kleyman looks at the rise of renewables. (Photo: IBM)

In today’s fast-growing data center industry, going green isn’t only good for the environment, it’s also good for business. Bill Kleyman looks at the rise of renewables and their impact on the services you use every day.

Tagged With: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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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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