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Interxion has announced that it is sponsoring an afforestation project in Palencia, Spain, as part of its sustainability efforts. This project with Reforestum will see the planting of trees in non-wooded areas spanning 24 hectares.Unlike reforestation which replenishes forest growth in areas ...

In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the tr...

People Before Profit, is calling for an end to new data centers being buillt in Ireland, and picketed outside ​​Data Centres Ireland event in Dublin on 16 November in protest of the dangerous and continual expansion of data center building in Ireland.The protest held outside the annual data ce...

On Monday, The Dalles council unanimously approved a $28.5 million deal for Google to build two new data centers in the area. This approval has gone ahead despite water concerns; due to the area currently being drought-stricken and the proposed facilities potentially guzzling millions of gallo...

At the COP26 event in Glasgow, OpenUK shared its net-zero data center blueprint. The not-for-profit organisation's "Patchwork Kilt" framework aims to make new Edge data centers more sustainable and promote the curricular economy. The project proposes using derelict building stock and creating ...

In an effort to push forward the climate agenda as reliance on data and data centers increases, Crusoe energy has launched its new sustainable Data Center Services. According to the company, through utilizing its Digital Flare Mitigation technology, methane emissions can be reduced by 98%, and...

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

Interxion, Digital Realty's European arm, has announced that in a move to promote a circular economy, it will be using excess heat from its Schiphol AMS5 data center in the Netherlands, with business parks Schiphol-Rijk near Amsterdam. This is happening in cooperation with Polderwarmte, a Dutc...

Following mounting concerns from locals, the controversial data center heading for Pitt County is no longer happening. Compute North has announced that it has requested to withdraw its permit application for a data center that would have been located opposite the nearby Belvoir Elementary Scho...

Microsoft has announced a new agreement with energy firm AES, whereby AES will provide the tech giant with renewable energy for all of its data centers in Virginia. This energy will be sourced 576MW of contracted renewable assets. These assets include wind and solar. This agreement aligns with...

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamat...

From underwater data centers to facilities that store carbon, Microsoft is leading the way when it comes to data center innovations. In its latest research project, the tech giant is looking into materials that can be used to build facilities that aren’t carbon-emitting but rather carbon-stori...

ScottishPower Renewables’ wind project, launched in association with and funded by Amazon, has come online. The 50MW Beinn an Tuirc 3 wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula has 15 turbines, and according to ScottishPower, it is the largest in its portfolio built without any government support.The ...

DST Innovations, in association with several other business partners, with support from Swansea Council and Associated British Ports, have announced a £1.7 billion ($2,3 billion) project: Blue Eden project. On Swansea's seafront, Wales, this project will include a newly-designed tidal lagoon, ...

Ameren's new data center, fuelled by one of its coal-fired power plants in Missouri, has come under the microscope, garnering concerns from those in the local community and beyond.While the company says that the $1 million facility will help to stabilize demand for electricity, critics aren't ...

Ireland's County Offaly is investigating hydrogen as a green energy that could power data centers. The study, 'Exploring Data Centre Integration with Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen in the Midlands', will look into the feasibility of integrating data centres with renewable energy and will ...

Just two years ago, Quebec had just 39 data centers; now, this number has shot up to 50. So, what’s driving this growth? Well, the Canadian city offers vast amounts of low-cost and green energy, generated mainly from hydro dams, which gives it the big green tick.Of course, while it’s no Virgin...