News - Green
DuPont Fabros Technology receives LEED Gold Certification for Its Santa Clara data centre
DuPont Fabros Technology has announced it has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its SC1 data centre located in Santa Clara, California. This is the Company's third LEED Gold certification.
One of the largest data...
Microsoft pledges to be carbon neutral from July
Microsoft has made an ambitious pledge to be carbon neutral from 1 July, the start of its 2012 financial year. Chief operating officer (COO) Kevin Turner said the company will be “carbon neutral across all our direct operations including...
HK data centres lack the renewable energy option
Data centres in Hong Kong can never become greener as the local government is lukewarm to the use of renewable energy, said Greenpeace during an interview with Computerworld Hong Kong.
"With an 18% growth in local data centre floor space from 2010 to 2011, the government has no metrics...
Telehouse enhances green commitment with 100% renewable energy
Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT solutions, has announced that it's London Docklands data centre site, which houses the IT infrastructure of almost 500 major international organisations, now purchases 100% renewable...
Utilities could capitalize on data centre need to reduce GHG
Data centres consume approximately 1.5% of the world's energy and capacity in the industry continues to grow. The growth in demand and capacity is increasing data centres’ energy footprint and energy demand must be kept in check. According to Pike Research, the widespread adoption of energy-...
City Lifeline scraps brown electricity in favour of 100% green IT
Central London colocation data centre City Lifeline is overhauling its electricity policy in order to run on 100% green electricity by July 2012. The move marks the company's latest milestone in the quest to become one of London's most...
