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

Changes in the world’s networks turned Germany’s Internet peering platform into a global phenomenon

Fourteen years after apparent proof that warmer is better, colocation companies are still struggling to turn their cooling systems down

The AI revolution needs so much processing power, could it be time to bring in a new generation of chips that combine photonics with conventional silicon?

Dealing with the hidden problems of dielectrics

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

Ganzi seems to have venture funding for the most ambitious acquisitions. What’s his angle?

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

Here’s how to get reliable energy data - and why we badly need it

As investors finally build data centers for Africa’s emerging technical generation, will the continent get the infrastructure it needs?

It’s said that snow gives you two options: shovel or make snow angels. Now you have a third choice: cool your data center

The retail industry can be demanding customers. Are the Edge network providers ready to satisfy their needs?

If retail becomes more digitized, will that break the energy bank? Maybe not, if stores share energy with the grid, and Edge devices learn to power themselves

Organizations deciding whether to run a data center or move to the cloud should do some carbon accounting

What we can learn from the struggles of the US government's Cloud First initiative?

Rangu Salgame is building hyperscale data center business PDG across from his adopted home in New York, and new head office in Singapore

Automation can be a double-edged sword in the network arena. What we need is intelligent automation

Engineering grade augmented reality headsets could make the construction process more reliable

Quantum computers are still in development. But the quantum Internet may be closer than you think

If you give your heat away for free, no one wants it. Put a price on it, and customers will form a line

Data centers have a job to do. Why do they have to look good as well?

Concrete creates huge carbon emissions. Why can’t data center builders turn that around, and use biological material that stores carbon instead?

Projects in the US and China have shown that data centers underwater could be more efficient than those on land. But how do you build them?

Data center diesels don’t have to run on fossil fuels. There’s a recycled product on offer