It is vitally important that digital infrastructure, like every other sector, reduces its footprint on the planet.

This is why we need to start thinking in terms of a 'circular economy'. This supplement dives into the ways the data center industry can begin to 'recycle' their waste. Features include:

  • Re-use, refurb, recycle As-a-service models are encouraging hyperscalers, enterprises, and even colos to reuse hardware assets
  • The business of heat Giving it away for free is never a good idea. Only when we get commercial will we succeed at heat reuse
  • Turn your ugly fat into power Several data centers are switched their backup diesel generators from fossil power to recycled fuel