Is water the new power?
Controlling water usage remains one of the biggest questions for data centers
Industry Views - Cooling, water
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Resiliency vs low PUE: Could regulation spark innovation?
Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act, with its demands for a PUE of 1.2, has reignited a debate: can a data center be both highly available and highly efficient?
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Why data centers need to talk about water
Even the thirstiest data centers are still a small part of the water economy. That does not let them off the hook
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The data center cooling crisis
Why we need to rethink our approach
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Doing the math for zero water
Evaporative cooling uses water, but saves electricity, which has its own embodied water consumption. Should we go water free or not?
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Sponsored Carbon at all costs? Why water use in data centres must be part of the net-zero discussion
Fresh water accounts for just one percent of the Earth's fresh water, yet data center operators consume more than 660 billion liters every year - in the US alone
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Data centers will need to have water expertise
The future of data centers is surprisingly wet
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PUE proposal raises concerns
Why change the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric?