Prepare for the unpredictable, and expect data center disruption

How color can improve energy efficiency in a data hall

Allan Schurr, CCO of Enchanted Rock, contributed to this article

Efforts to reduce and ultimately remove carbon production from data centers should always be welcome but what is a carbon-neutral data center?

Alternative electrically coupled UPS technologies are changing the way cloud providers should think about power at scale

PUE is a simple metric, but now we've reached levels of efficiency where it could become counter-productive

Data centers are a catalyst for the ecosystem shift towards a green hydrogen economy

To compare the efficiency of data centers, we need to look at their useful output

If the wind doesn't blow, you may need batteries on site

Cloud services generate less emissions

Uptime's global survey reveals some global trends

The future of data centers is surprisingly wet

If diesel bugs grow sufficiently, they can pose a serious risk to the fuel system and the generator itself

Lithium-ion batteries could last 25 years. Let's not throw them out after five

With the green agenda now top of mind for data center providers, what practical steps can they take to become more environmentally sound?

Power usage effectiveness (PUE) improved rapidly at first. Now it has hit a plateau

More work-per-watt potentially means a better use of real estate, which can be a premium cost in cities or at the edge

We’ve had plenty of evolution, maybe it is time for a revolution?

The response to Covid-19 shows us that digital working reduces emissions. The EU's Circular Economy Action Plan could help turn this into a long term benefit

More must be done, and it could mean mandatory compliance with the EU Code of Conduct

There is more than one kind of lead acid battery!

The data center sector must look at using more renewables and improving efficiency

Data centers have become more efficient. To lower their footprint, they must use more renewables

AI can't exist in data centers without instrumenting and telemetry to gather data. Only then can we predict failures