Sustainable data infrastructures
Digital data solutions consume a huge amount of energy in our technology-driven economy, but there are an emerging number of new innovations that can make it more green.
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How can data centres go greener?
Infrastructure builders and their customers must work together to cut emissions and streamline daily operations, experts say. They can do this by shifting less critical information off real-time servers, setting power and energy efficiency targets, and using clean energy sources.
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Big data, low carbon: how data centres innovate for sustainability
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As digital demand grows, data centres are finding ways to reduce energy consumption at all levels of operation, from offering liquid cooling solutions to providing on-site prime power through fuel cells.
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Companies rent rack, cage or cabinet space for deploying their own IT equipment at colocation data centres. Such data centres can be engineered to meet the digital transformation needs of companies sustainably.
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