Renewable Energy
Google on track to hit 100% renewable energy goal this year
Google has announced that its operations will be fully powered by renewable energy in 2017, a goal it has been…
Virtualisation dominates Green IT as companies tackle carbon footprint
Green IT and sustainability is fast becoming a key priority on the corporate social responsibility agenda for organisations around the…
World’s first floating wind farm to power 20,000 homes
The world’s first floating wind farm is being built off the north-east coast of Scotland, in a trial which will…
New $1bn Facebook data centre runs on 100% renewable energy
Facebook has announced the opening of its Fort Worth, Texas data centre, which the social media giant describes as a…
Apple site objector calls for refusal of Amazon €1bn data centre plan
A main opponent of Apple’s planned €850m data centre development has reportedly objected to a proposal by Amazon to build its…
Containers, Cloud & Renewable energy fuel fundamental data centre change
The data centre industry has continued to see large levels of growth over the past few years, with an expected…
Greenpeace calls out AWS on renewable energy targets
A new report from Greepeace has cast doubt over Amazon Web Services goal to become solely reliant upon renewable power.…
Google opens €600 green data centre in the Netherlands
Google has opened its new €600 million Netherlands data centre, after the initial plans for the facility were announced two…
Google pledges to go 100% renewable by 2017
Search giant Google said that it will be fully powered by renewable energy by 2017, with its worldwide operations, including…
HPE build world’s first solar powered supercomputer to fight Zika virus
HPE has joined forces with the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop Hikari - the world's first solar-powered supercomputer. Currently calculating biology…