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

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

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

If energy costs are falling, data centers will boom 

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

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

While some sites clear up the aftermath of a deluge, others should get their cleaning in order

Google got it right, and the UK got it very wrong in Paris

Nuclear energy is low-carbon. Should the industry be supporting it on the same terms as renewables?

The rise of edge data centers means Interxion Paris won’t be the last data center to annoy its neighbors

It shouldn’t take a death to remind us that health and safety rules are not optional. 

California learnt to allow refrigerants

Solar storms are real, but preparing for them is not a simple matter 

ASHRAE’s new data center building standard includes recommended PUE levels

Why change the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric? 

Uptime Institute admits problems with multi-level certification, and its critics have a field day

If electric cars take off, their batteries could solve the problem of intermittent renewable energy supplies

Finally, Amazon responds to Greenpeace: the cloud saves carbon, no matter how you power it

Fires, leaks and shocks can strike data center workers. Let’s all keep safe

Cloud providers are asking for green tariffs. Electricity firms are not playing ball

Bloom Energy has large customers, but information (and installations) are a trickle not a flood