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Industry Views - Business Operations, 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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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 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 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 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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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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How to tackle supply chain challenges to meet rising data center demands
Strategic partnerships can help operators tackle supply chain issues, sustainability demands, and skills shortages
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Powering precaution: Tackling the challenges of Nordic data center construction
Growing European data demand is giving rise to increased construction of data center facilities – the Nordic region is emerging as a popular location for this
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Top data center and tech predictions for 2021
Ron Vokoun is back, with predictions for this year....
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Sustainability: a call to action
The global data center industry needs to address this fundamental issue
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Time to optimize your data center?
Energy performance optimization is considered low hanging fruit because substantial improvements can be realized with relatively small investments
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Sustainable data centers: 5 key questions
Renewable energy is realistic, and so is the zero-waste data center