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 - Sustainability, 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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Greening software from the grass roots
Smart coders can see the system is broken
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Combining heat and compute
Every Watt of data center power should be used twice
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Cologix's Laura Ortman: The social CEO
US colo leader likes to be part of the action
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Keeping your cooling water clean
Cooling systems are trying to use less water. Electrolytic descaling could be the answer
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Air cooling will never go away
We need liquid cooling, but it won’t replace air
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Power and Money: Thoughts from Digital Realty’s CEO
We meet Andy Power, the deal-maker who runs the world’s largest data center company
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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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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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Evaluating carbon capture’s promise
Taking carbon out of the atmosphere sounds like a brilliant idea. Why is it controversial?
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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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Data centers are a conversation, says NorthC's CEO
Keep it local, keep talking, and data centers can be a welcome part of their community, says Alexandra Schless of NorthC
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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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Over-cooling is past its sell-by date
Fourteen years after apparent proof that warmer is better, colocation companies are still struggling to turn their cooling systems down
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Plant-based immersion cooling
Dealing with the hidden problems of dielectrics
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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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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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Data centers cooled by snow
It’s said that snow gives you two options: shovel or make snow angels. Now you have a third choice: cool your data center
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Count your carbon
Organizations deciding whether to run a data center or move to the cloud should do some carbon accounting
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Heat reuse: It’s time it meant business
If you give your heat away for free, no one wants it. Put a price on it, and customers will form a line
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Building underwater
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?
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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