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Sustainability stories - Page 28

Sustainablilty in the tech sphere can also be described as Green IT and involves the use, distribution and creation of IT technology that has positive impacts on the environment. With close links to ESG, organisations need an informed strategy, engaged employees and positive leadership to achieve successful and sustainable outcomes.

Sustainable tech also involves reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing, use, and end-of-life handling, both of which relate to physical hardware and software.
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New data centre built in an ex-mine pushing to be Europe's greenest

Wed, 25th Jul 2018
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Set in a former underground mine, the 120,000m² Lefdal Mine Datacenter has a number of incredible power and cooling technologies.
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Construction begins on EU-funded 'best data centre in the world'

Wed, 18th Jul 2018
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A consortium of vendors has celebrated construction commencement of a project designed to test and validate the feasibility of new data centre tech.
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Infomart Data Centers reveal huge sustainability gains

Sat, 14th Jul 2018
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Infomart has blazed a green trail in its environmental responsibility by recycling more than 1.9 million pounds of data center infrastructure.
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Scandinavia dominating wind market for big data centre operators

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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Renewable energy is a hot topic among data centre circles, and Scandinavia has seized the opportunity to make the most of it.
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Interoute shares measures taken to win energy efficiency award

Fri, 18th May 2018
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After winning the SIG GIGA Trophy, Interoute has laid bare some of its innovations in energy efficiency at its Geneva data centre.
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Apple's new carbon-free aluminium set to revolutionise manufacturing

Wed, 16th May 2018
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company's is committed to advancing technologies that are good for the planet and help protect it for generations to come.
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Microsoft pushes India towards climate change goals with new solar energy deal

Wed, 7th Mar 2018
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Microsoft has completed its first ever solar energy deal in India, purchasing 3MW of solar-powered electricity.
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REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK

Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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Bidwells has released a report that delves into the UK data centre market, the hot locations and whether data centres should go rural or city.
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Photo gallery: The world's most extreme data centers

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Negative 40 degrees, this facility is in an environment so cold they have to heat the air used to cool the data center.
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Seven most interesting hardware startups at Meet Taipei 2017

Fri, 17th Nov 2017
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A large concentration of Taiwanese startups are in the hardware sector, integrating IoT and smart technologies into their innovation.
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Google data centers: 100% renewable is just the beginning

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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That's bigger than many large utilities and more than twice as much as the 1.21 gigawatts it took to send Marty McFly back in time.
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Whanganui semi-finalist for global 'intelligent community' award

Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
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Whanganui has been named a Smart21 Community putting the city in the running for the global Intelligent Community of the Year award.
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Taking NZ to the worldwide stage

Thu, 1st Nov 2007
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Hot new technology business, Ponoko, launched itself onto the worldwide stage in September at the TechCrunch40 conference in San Francisco.