Just because you can do bad things doesn’t mean you should

Cloud giants are adopting renewable power, but smaller companies lack the budget, and some regions lack the infrastructure to do the same. What are their options? 

As grids get hard up, could data centers share their backup generators with the rest of society?

Data center builders and operators must work together on efficient, sustainable practices

While we’re dreaming up underwater data centers, we also need to tweak our generators

Server huggers still have their place in the cloud

Saving energy also saves money

There are more fuel cell vendors than Bloom, and more technologies than solid oxide

Renewable energy is realistic, and so is the zero-waste data center 

Google data centers are sending less to landfill. Why not send the whole facility there?

The recession stopped the green data center movement in its tracks. Now it’s coming back, older and wiser, and without any new metrics

Lead acid batteries have a bad press. Now they can be recycled safely and cleanly, and bring you revenue

We hear data centers in the city of Beijing have to have a PUE of 1.5 or less. How will that work? 

What can enterprises and SMBs expect from their outsourced datacenter provider?

Usually re-using waste heat is too much like hard work. But maybe that’s changing

Cloud and colocation providers may need a little encouragement to become greener. That’s where enterprise customers come in

New figures show that US data center energy is not growing as fast as was feared

There will be a period of uncertainty and adjustment, but business will move forward and embrace the new status quo

It’s good accounting, not a giant leap for mankind

Dell’s Triton takes on HP’s Apollo in a cooling technology battle from Mount Olympus

Microsoft has said it will go beyond today’s purchase agreements, to actually using more renewable energy. Is this realistic?

ASHRAE believes it can get a worthwhile efficiency standard out this summer, but there are issues to discuss 

Edge networks have a harder time using renewables than centralized facilities

The real secret to data center success is the people involved