Whether strawberries, cabbage, or cannabis, indoor farms are increasing in number. Will they soon start competing for the same space and power as data centers?

Build near a complementary industry, and a data center can go from a liability to an environmental asset

A record storm and a failing grid knocked out America’s second-largest state. But data centers prevailed. We hear the stories of those that were there

Batteries will power the next decade, but companies need to ensure that their supply is as sustainable and ethical as they claim

Despite the increased efficiency of battery power and renewable energy, data center operators still have diesel generators out back. That may be changing

Cloud giant Microsoft is experimenting with hydrogen fuel cells as a replacement for diesel backup and, potentially, much more

February’s devastating winter storms that took data centers offline and left millions freezing put US resilience into sharp focus

5G is power hungry - but telecoms operators may have some answers to keep it supplied with energy

Online shopping habits are changing retailer’s real estate footprints, putting them in direct competition for prime potential data center land

Will Singapore lift its ban on new data centers soon?

TRG opts for natural gas & diesel combo for backup generators to reduce ‘range anxiety’ in the face of hurricanes

The cloud goliath takes its first steps towards a diesel-free future

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

Edge facilities will be built in hostile environments. If you open them without due care, you could destroy the whole business model, warns ASHRAE

Data centers include a massive amount of electrical devices, powered by buses and cables. Let’s look at moves to simplify that

A new supercomputer is using Tesla batteries to stay online, but the implementation is more complex than you might think

Microsoft ran 10 racks on a hydrogen fuel cell for 48 hours. Here’s what comes next

Enhancing your resiliency by islanding your power grid

Rangu Salgame of Princeton Digital Group (PDG) shares his plans for Asia Pacific expansion

For years, remote management has been a good idea for data centers. Now it has become a necessity

Innovations and strategies to go green in Asia

For energy guzzling colocation and cloud providers, the only viable long-term solution to go green is a switch to renewables

Smart cities promise massive improvements in efficiency. To deliver, they will have to intelligently combine Edge resources with the cloud

Singapore hyperscaler on track for Q2 2020 launch

It’s business as usual, with some caveats to minimize risks

Humanity failed to take climate change seriously. Let’s make sure that data centers don’t do the same

Data centers can play a role in cutting emissions and reducing the strain on the grid. But why should they?

Just remember that it will get better