Wind power stories
Amazon hits 100% renewable energy target seven years early
Mon, 12th Aug 2024
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genai
Amazon surpasses its 2030 goal, hitting 100% renewable energy for operations in 2023. This milestone is a major leap towards its net-zero carbon commitment by 2040.
UK wind energy firms lack sufficient cybersecurity, warns Cyber Energia
Thu, 14th Mar 2024
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advanced persistent threat protection
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power / energy
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cybersecurity
Only 1% of UK wind energy firms protected against rising cyber threats, Cyber Energia's assessment shows amid a steep surge in daily cyber-attacks.
Eco-friendly technologies crucial to mitigate transportation emissions
Wed, 28th Feb 2024
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data analytics
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cartech
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power / energy
Australia grapples with a 22% increase in transportation emissions since 2005, spurring the Government to pledge over $100bn per annum to sustainable solutions.
Verne Global introduces groundbreaking liquid cooling at Finnish data centre
Tue, 5th Dec 2023
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network infrastructure
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power / energy
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ai
Verne Global debuts direct liquid cooling technology at its Finnish data centre, enhancing its sustainability pledge.
OpenADR Alliance unveils OpenADR 3.0 at ENLIT Europe event
Wed, 29th Nov 2023
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power / energy
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cleantech
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customers
OpenADR Alliance announces OpenADR 3.0 standard for managing growing range of distributed energy resources at ENLIT Europe.
Virtual Power Plant market forecast to hit USD $1.10 billion by 2030
Tue, 7th Nov 2023
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data analytics
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bi
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big data
Virtual Power Plant market set to reach £1.10bn by 2030, driven by renewable energy integration and demand response initiatives, says Adroit Market Research.
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Vertiv drives edge and sustainability for the data centre
Thu, 10th Mar 2022
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
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edge computing
Faraz Ali joins us today to discuss edge infrastructure and its application in industry, and Vertiv’s role in gaming and sustainability in the data centre.
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Akamai’s Texas data centers soon to be powered by wind
Tue, 7th May 2019
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dc
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power / energy
Akamai's Texas data centres will soon be powered by the Seymour Hills Wind Farm, delivering 8MW of renewable energy, part of a push for 50% renewables by 2020.
Data centre titans blazing green energy trail – AWS under fire
Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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power / energy
Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.
Fujitsu providing servers for data centre inside a wind turbine
Thu, 8th Nov 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
WestfalenWIND IT has implanted a data center inside a wind turbine, bringing the energy source directly to the data center.
Scandinavia dominating wind market for big data centre operators
Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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power / energy
Renewable energy is a hot topic among data centre circles, and Scandinavia has seized the opportunity to make the most of it.
Renewable’s rise: Report reveals countries with most wind power
Tue, 27th Mar 2018
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power / energy
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cleantech
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sustainability
2017 saw installed wind energy capacity surging around the world with huge investment - nations experienced up to 50 percent growth.
Microsoft buys all power from Irish wind farm for 15 years to power cloud
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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cleantech
Microsoft is buying every single kilowatt of energy that is produced from GE’s new 37 megawatt wind farm in Ireland to support growing cloud demand.