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Industry Views - Sustainability
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Sponsored The most sustainable data center is the one that’s already built: The business case for a ‘retrofit first’ mandate
Thousands of legacy data centers across North America sit dramatically underutilized. From a sustainability standpoint, reusing and retrofitting this infrastructure is the single most impactful step our industry can take
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The green data center revolution
AI's power demands means the need for green data centers is a priority
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Sponsored Improving data center environmental impact with battery selection
Data center operators must address their environmental impact by reducing raw material and energy consumption
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Sponsored Shaping the future of resilient and energy-efficient data centers with cross-sector action
Collaboration between government, private energy providers, and industry players, is key to our energy future
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Sponsored Sustainability in the digital age: Water-saving data center operations
Developing water-saving and sustainable data centers is a critical step in addressing climate change and ensuring a sustainable digital future
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Sponsored Can AI deployments be part of the circular economy?
The different ways that heat reuse can be implemented to become a core part of your sustainability strategy
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Sponsored Where East meets West
The growing similarities and fundamental differences between the Asian and European data center markets
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Sponsored Data center operators are key to creating a sustainable digital economy
How we reinvent our business model, marrying technological innovation with a focus on environmentally responsible development
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Sponsored AI’s new battleground: Scaling energy infrastructure
The impacts of improving AI efficiency on its adoption and the demand for sustainable data centers
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Sponsored 2024: The year DCIM (UIIM) embraced AI and sustainability
Revisiting Jeff Safovich's predictions for data center infrastructure management in 2024 and how they have materialized
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AI and the green data center paradox, can we really power progress sustainably?
AI poses a potential sustainability problem, but can it also be the solution?
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What business leaders need to consider when choosing a sustainable data storage provider
Regulation around data storage could be a gamechanger for sustainability
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Sponsored Next-generation energy meets AI: A revolution in data center sustainability
The paradox of AI's transformative potential in fuelling the next generation of technological and societal innovation, while driving demand for computational and processing power
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Sponsored Why fire is a sustainability issue: The carbon cost of PV panel roof fires
Failure to prevent fire spread and penetration from PV panels puts lives at risk and undermines the sustainability of a building
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Sponsored Navigating the dynamics of creating sustainable data centers in India
India’s data centers are booming, but at a high environmental cost. With AI and cloud adoption surging, urgent green solutions are needed to power India’s digital future sustainably
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Sponsored Tackling operational challenges in modern data centers
Achieving a balance of reliability, sustainability, and safety
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Sponsored Bridging the gap: The role of EPDs in advancing data center sustainability
How environmental product declarations (EPDs) are transforming data centers’ sustainability efforts by bringing transparency and accountability to Scope 3 emissions
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Sponsored How data centers can become pillars of the local community
As data centers rapidly grow more and more visible, it is increasingly essential for providers to both give back to their local community and communicate their role in society
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Sponsored Technology, talent, and energy: The triple imperatives for sustaining mission-critical infrastructure
The mission-critical infrastructure industry faces a significant workforce shortage as nearly half its skilled professionals retire, but advanced technologies offer a solution to preserve and transfer their essential expertise
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Why sustainable thinking in the data center industry needs to be both broad and deep
Sustainability should be at the heart of every data center business
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AI meets sustainability: The data center challenge
Sustainability has a role to play in the creation of AI-era ready data centers
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How 5G and digital technologies are paving the way for a greener future
The technology offers way more than just faster speeds
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Sponsored Three ways for colocation data centers to cut carbon emissions in the AI world
Exploring what sustainable decision-making for data centers means with a focus on the transformative power of carbon accounting and circularity
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Sponsored Ensuring high availability and sustainability in AI workloads
AI availability: Overcoming infrastructure and power challenges
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Sponsored Revealing full data center environmental faces thanks to life cycle analysis
Analyzing the lifecycle of data centers “from cradle to grave” is crucial for pinpointing how the industry can minimize its environmental impacts
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Sponsored Data centers in the age of AI: Insights and strategies
Vertiv pioneers sustainable solutions for data centers, tackling power demands with innovations like liquid cooling and battery storage
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Sponsored The rise of sustainable data centers: Innovations driving change
How energy efficiency, renewable energy, and innovative cooling are making data centers more sustainable