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 

Offshore Nordic and Baltic data centers can win big business - without being giants themselves

Data center growth is not the problem. The skills crisis is caused by changes in technology, and your solution will depend on what you actually want from your data center 

It seems that data centers can get along better without people inside them

Data centers are sometimes criticised on environmental grounds, but claims that they harm animals are rare

It’s a struggle, but there’s been good news from the FITARA forum and elsewhere on US government consolidation efforts

The UK government tried to offer tax incentives for buying efficient UPS systems. The effort was doomed from the start

Google joining Open Compute is more exciting than Spiderman’s appearance in a Captain America movie trailer

Google is sharing its 48VDC power distribution with the Open Compute Project. This will be of limited use in European data centers 

If energy costs are falling, data centers will boom 

How do you create data centers that can respond to business needs with speed, control and visibility?

Ever been told to slow down and take a deep breath? Now it’s the data centers that will be hearing that advice

Slicing a data center up into domestic heating systems may be an extreme idea, but it just got backed by a conventional data center firm

When the rise of edge networking brings data centers into close contact with people, we’ll need a charm offensive

So what if data center power demands are growing fast. Does the industry need to worry?