News from the hydrogen frontline with EdgeCloudLink CEO Yuval Bachar
We speak to a CEO running a 1MW facility on fuel cells, with DC power distribution
Long Reads - Critical Power, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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DC power in the racks
Silicon runs on direct current, so why not use DC to power racks?
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Break up the battery room
Why it might make sense to store energy in the racks, instead of in the UPS
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Abolish all resistance! Could superconductors save data centers?
Why worry about efficiency in electrical distribution, when superconductors have no resistance at all?
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DC distribution - the second coming
Dismissed in the 2010s, the idea of running direct current through your building could be set to make a comeback
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AI moves to Norway
There won’t be room for AI in the existing data center metro hubs. So AQ Compute is standing by to plumb it into a hydro-powered facility in Norway
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Germany: The first regulated data center market
The largest economy in Europe is the first to experience serious legislation relating to data centers
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How to build when the power isn’t there
All too often, utility grids can’t provide power when you need it. Data centers are increasingly looking at alternatives
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Preparing for the hydrogen grid
We have heard how great hydrogen will be as an energy source. But how do you get it?
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High hopes for fusion
Microsoft has signed a PPA for fusion power. Is this a serious proposition?
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Finally - a nuclear powered data center?
We’ve heard talk of nuclear-powered facilities for some years. Could the time have arrived?
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D-RECs: Power investments that wire up the developing world
Can you reach net-zero while helping to provide clean power where the world needs it most? We kick the tires on a new kind of REC
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How many ways can you cut your UPS emissions?
UPS systems produce a very small part of the emissions from a data center, but operators are being very inventive in ways to reduce them
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Backup comes to the fore
With electric power grids stressed, and long-term energy supplies in question, data centers may find themselves making more use of diesel backup power in the coming months
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The trouble with data center energy figures
Here’s how to get reliable energy data - and why we badly need it
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Turn your ugly fat into data center power
Data center diesels don’t have to run on fossil fuels. There’s a recycled product on offer
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The Earth Wind & Power CEO who's flaring for the world
We talk to the former Norwegian politician who wants to make sure that energy doesn’t get wasted
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The DPU dilemma: life beyond SmartNICs
There’s a major shift happening in server hardware, and it’s emerged from a surprising direction: the humble network card
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Energy storage by air
Could the answer to a stable grid be literally all around us?
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Powered by gravity
Could waste data center energy be stored by lifting concrete blocks?
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Data centers that run on gas flares
A handful of companies have data centers at feeding on oil well gas flares. Do their environmental claims stand up?
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Taking the nuclear option
Data centers need a steady source of power, with no greenhouse emissions. Could nuclear power be the answer?
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Batteries of the future
As data centers evolve, their backup technologies are open to question
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Project Natick: Microsoft's underwater voyage of discovery
DCD exclusive: Microsoft’s underwater data center experiment employed wave energy and post-quantum cryptography on the seabed off Scotland. But the big lessons could be learnt on land
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Mind the doors! The unexpected problem with Edge computing
Edge facilities will be built in hostile environments. If you open them without due care, you could destroy the whole business model, warns ASHRAE
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Simplifying rack power distribution
Data centers include a massive amount of electrical devices, powered by buses and cables. Let’s look at moves to simplify that
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Remote management comes into its own
For years, remote management has been a good idea for data centers. Now it has become a necessity
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Demand response - is there a demand?
Data centers can play a role in cutting emissions and reducing the strain on the grid. But why should they?