The European Commission is preparing technical specifications for a study to develop a measurement framework for the energy efficiency of general-purpose AI models. Data centres’ share of global energy consumption is expected to grow to 7% by 2030.

Schneider Electric highlights the critical need for sustainable data center design to reduce carbon emissions and enhance resilience. Through advanced digital solutions, Schneider aims to optimize energy use and drive sustainability in the data center industry.

Throughout the UK, large consumers of energy are coming under scrutiny, due to concerns about their impact on power grids and on the environment.

Mina Sedaghat has developed techniques and algorithms to manage and schedule the resources in these large data centres atmore efficiently and with a lower environmental impact.

Nearly half of EU companies don’t have a system to measure the environmental impact of their data centres.

Rackspace has opened one of the UK’s greenest data centres, cutting operating energy by nearly 80 per cent

Microsoft is researching the idea of locating its data centres near landfills and wastewater treatment plants from which they could generate their own power.

The U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General is to merge four of its data centres this month to save operating costs while increasing capacity and energy efficiency. The U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) will house its consolidated data centres in one new state-of-the-art facility.