Data Center News

Atos: €800 million in sustainability-linked bonds raised

Atos has announced that it has raised €800 million ($916m) in sustainability-linked bonds with an 8-year maturity and a 1.0% coupon. Moreover, if Atos achieves a reduction in 2025 of its annual Greenhouse Gas CO2 emissions (Scopes 1, 2 & 3) by 50% compared to 2019, the coupon of the last t...

Google's Oregon plans given the green light despite water concerns

Google

On Monday, The Dalles council unanimously approved a $28.5 million deal for Google to build two new data centers in the area. This approval has gone ahead despite water concerns; due to the area currently being drought-stricken and the proposed facilities potentially guzzling millions of gallo...

COP26 and OpenUK's 'Patchwork Kilt' Edge data center blueprint

Glasgow

At the COP26 event in Glasgow, OpenUK shared its net-zero data center blueprint. The not-for-profit organisation's "Patchwork Kilt" framework aims to make new Edge data centers more sustainable and promote the curricular economy. The project proposes using derelict building stock and creating ...

Crusoe's technology cuts data center CO2 emissions

Crusoe

In an effort to push forward the climate agenda as reliance on data and data centers increases, Crusoe energy has launched its new sustainable Data Center Services. According to the company, through utilizing its Digital Flare Mitigation technology, methane emissions can be reduced by 98%, and...

Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

Google

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

Interxion works to promote a circular economy

InterXion

Interxion, Digital Realty's European arm, has announced that in a move to promote a circular economy, it will be using excess heat from its Schiphol AMS5 data center in the Netherlands, with business parks Schiphol-Rijk near Amsterdam. This is happening in cooperation with Polderwarmte, a Dutc...

Compute North turns its back on Pitt County facility following push back

Following mounting concerns from locals, the controversial data center heading for Pitt County is no longer happening. Compute North has announced that it has requested to withdraw its permit application for a data center that would have been located opposite the nearby Belvoir Elementary Scho...

Microsoft: Renewable energy deal signed with AES to power Virginia data centers

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced a new agreement with energy firm AES, whereby AES will provide the tech giant with renewable energy for all of its data centers in Virginia. This energy will be sourced 576MW of contracted renewable assets. These assets include wind and solar. This agreement aligns with...

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

Reno

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamat...

Green innovations: Microsoft research proposes algae, hemp and mushrooms to build data centers

Microsoft Azure

From underwater data centers to facilities that store carbon, Microsoft is leading the way when it comes to data center innovations. In its latest research project, the tech giant is looking into materials that can be used to build facilities that aren’t carbon-emitting but rather carbon-stori...

ScottishPower: Amazon-funded wind farm opens in Kintyre, Scotland

Amazon AWS

ScottishPower Renewables’ wind project, launched in association with and funded by Amazon, has come online. The 50MW Beinn an Tuirc 3 wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula has 15 turbines, and according to ScottishPower, it is the largest in its portfolio built without any government support.The ...

Plans for Swansea seafront data center and the $2.8 billion Blue Eden Project

Wales

DST Innovations, in association with several other business partners, with support from Swansea Council and Associated British Ports, have announced a £1.7 billion ($2,3 billion) project: Blue Eden project. On Swansea's seafront, Wales, this project will include a newly-designed tidal lagoon, ...

Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center

Missouri

Ameren's new data center, fuelled by one of its coal-fired power plants in Missouri, has come under the microscope, garnering concerns from those in the local community and beyond.While the company says that the $1 million facility will help to stabilize demand for electricity, critics aren't ...

Hydrogen powered data centers: Research begins in County Offaly

Republic of Ireland

Ireland's County Offaly is investigating hydrogen as a green energy that could power data centers. The study, 'Exploring Data Centre Integration with Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen in the Midlands', will look into the feasibility of integrating data centres with renewable energy and will ...

Quebec: The power of green

Quebec Province

Just two years ago, Quebec had just 39 data centers; now, this number has shot up to 50. So, what’s driving this growth? Well, the Canadian city offers vast amounts of low-cost and green energy, generated mainly from hydro dams, which gives it the big green tick.Of course, while it’s no Virgin...

Adani Group's renewable energy pledge

AdaniConneX

Adani Group has made a big investment relating to renewable energy, pledging to commit over USD 50-70 billion in the renewable energy value chain over the next ten years. Alongside this, the company announced that it is ‘incubating’ the first Indian data center that will fuel all its data cent...

Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

Google

Google’s new Bay View campus, located east of the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, will reportedly be opened to a select number of employees by January and is reportedly a representative of the company’s wider goals and vision. According to Google, the campus itself is ...

Microsoft's transparency bid: Cloud emissions dashboard now generally available

Microsoft Azure

In its latest sustainability effort, Microsoft has announced that its Emissions Impact Dashboard, first announced in January 2020, is now widely available. According to the tech giant, this tool enables greater transparency and allows users to gain insight into greenhouse gas emissions associa...

The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed

Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia is in the midst of a data center boom. This has partly developed due to a demand for new data centers resulting from the pandemic, which means that it currently has the highest density of data centers in the world. Loudoun County alone has over 100 data centers, with more tha...

Carbon offsets under the microscope: Greenpeace reasserts its position

NEXTDC

Following its scathing 'Hero to Zero' report, Greenpeace has hit out again at large companies using carbon offsets to meet sustainability targets. At the Reuters Impact conference, Greenpeace's Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said there's "no time" for offsets and that the climate emergency...