Data Center News

Chinese authorities push ahead with plans underwater data centers

China

Underwater data centers are increasingly being looked to solve the industry’s sustainability issue. Submerging data centers underwater is reportedly more energy-efficient, addresses space scarcity, and sees facilities encounter fewer failures. Now, authorities in China are planning to invest ...

CyrusOne awarded for net water positive efforts

CyrusOne

CyrusOne's commitment was recently recognized by The Environment + Energy Leader Awards program, which awarded the company with the Top Project of the Year Award. The program highlights products and services that provide companies with environmental and energy benefits. CyrusOne secured the a...

Digital 9 acquires Verne Global as it strives for sustainability

Verne: IS-KEF-DC01

Verne Global, which operates a 100% renewable powered data center campus in Iceland, has been acquired by Digital 9, following an investment of £231m (€271m).The purchase of the 40-acre, 24MW campus, is a first for Digital 9, being the only deal to involve a data center operator to date. Acco...

China's data centers and climate change

China

China's data center market has seen incredible growth over the last few years. Back in 2019, the market was valued at USD 13.01 billion but is forecast to reach a value of USD 36.18 billion by 2025. It is also registering a CAGR of 19.2% from 2020 to 2025. While this is good news economically...

€1 billion (US$1.18bn) Horizeo project to produce green hydrogen and a data center

France

Horizeo, a 1GW solar project from Engie and Neoen, is open for public debate in France. Proposed for Saucats in Gironde, in the Nouvell-Aquitaine region, the project is estimated at €1 billion (US$1.18bn), spanning 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres).Commencing 9 September and running until 9 January...

Novva Data Centers acquires Colorado Springs Campus

NOVVA Colorado Springs

Novva Data Centers has announced that it has acquired a 37-acre campus and 190k sqft of data center and supporting facilities, which features a Tier 3+ data center and industrial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The data center has a 6 MW designed capacity, but Novva will inject $200 mi...

Brazilian government clamps down on federal data centers over energy usage, amid drought

Brazil / Brasil

The Brazilian government is clamping down on excessive energy use amid a drought across the country. As part of this, the government is introducing measures such as a mandate to federal data centres to moderate power use. According to a source speaking to Reuters, these measures are being made...

Legal action launched against EngineNode data center in County Meath over environmental concerns

EngineNode

A High Court challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanala over its decision to give EngineNode's data center the green light in County Meath, Ireland. Planning permission for the 180MW data center campus was granted back in July, despite a wave of opposition from locals and environment...

The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics

Northern Ireland

With the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow, there is an increasing focus on outlining net-zero pledges and a push towards sustainability targets. Of course, Ireland is included here and is currently seeing two climate bills pass through the Assembly. One seeks net-zero by 2045, and the other i...

The projects leading the research into data center cooling

Europe

In the data center industry, there is an increasing emphasis placed on developing data center cooling innovation. With good reason, too, as research shows that a 1 MW data center that uses traditional cooling can guzzle 25 million litres of water each year, which is unsustainable. Moreover, co...

Dropbox data centers meet sustainability goes through achieving 100% renewable energy

In its effort to drive towards a greener future, DropBox has announced that it has already reached some of its sustainability goals. It has achieved this in part by fuelling all its data centers with 100% renewable energy.Commenting on this milestone, Bart Volkmer, Chief Legal Officer at Dropb...

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (...

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

Meta

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact.According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s sust...

Cologix releases its first ESG report

Cologix

Cologix recently released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. Within the report, the hyperscale company made a number of commitments, including a pledge to improve its energy efficiencies and harness renewable energy options "where available." Currently, Cologix powe...

Green goals: Korea Telecom (KT) tests AI system to reduce energy use

KT Corporation

Korea Telecom (KT) has announced that it is pushing forward to a greener future with an investment in an AI Internet data center (IDC) operator. This technology reportedly minimizes energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. It is testing this AI system at its Mokdong IDC 2 facility, and its rec...

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

Equinix

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently granted a group of businesses led by Equinix the right to form a renewable energy purchasing group. This formation will allow the group, which includes Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs, to negotiate access to cheaper...

Extinction Rebellion fights against €1.2bn data center expansion in Ennis

Art DC: Ennis 1

Art Data Centres is facing backlash from climate protests over its plans to expand facility proposals in Clare, Ireland. The Ennis data center was first proposed back in 2019, at which point it was estimated to be a €450 million project. This has now jumped massively to €1.2 billion, encompass...

Beroe report: Green Data Center projects to grow 10%

World

Data center businesses are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious, realising that sustainability must be at the core of the industry going forward. As a result, green data center projects are on the rise. A recent study conducted by Beroe found that the global market for green data ce...

Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers

Norway

The Norwegian government recently updated its sustainability strategy for all data centers in the country in its "Norwegian data centers - sustainable, digital power centers" report. This strategy, it hopes, will project Norway as the world's most sustainable data center nation.Launched by Lin...

eBay invests in green power for its data centers

eBay

Another tech company switching to green power is eBay, which has just announced that it has signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Lightsource BP. This agreement will enable the tech giant to power its data centers with renewable energy from a solar farm in Louisiana, helping it to rea...