Abolish all resistance! Could superconductors save data centers?
Why worry about efficiency in electrical distribution, when superconductors have no resistance at all?
Long Reads - Grid Level, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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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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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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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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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?
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Mining genomes
As genomic data emerges at ever-increasing rates, can the data center at Wellcome Sanger Institute keep up?
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Going off-grid
The electricity grid is groaning, and data centers have technology that could help it, if we adopt demand-response services