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Piecing the sustainable puzzle for social responsibility in the Middle East

Bjorn Viedge, General Manager at ALEC Data Center Solutions, focuses on global green goals and how these will affect Middle Eastern data centres regarding facility design, cooling and compliance. Across the Middle East, digital agendas have long been seen as the necessary underpinnings of economic growth – a way to detach from historic dependencies on […]


Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association launches as voice of data centre operators in the region

The Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association (APDCA) has been launched to represent the collective interests of the data centre industry in APAC. This first-of-its-kind trade association group in APAC aims to identify and formulate common positions between data centre operators, suppliers and stakeholders, empowering the industry to advocate for policies and regulations that support the sustainable growth of the […]


LCL becomes first Belgian data centre to receive gold medal for sustainability from EcoVadis

Data centre specialist, LCL, has been awarded a gold medal by EcoVadis. LCL obtained this medal by achieving excellent scores for four sustainability themes: environment, ethics, labour and human rights, and sustainable procurement. The gold medal reconfirms LCL’s leading position in the Belgian data centre sector. Only the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis […]


Embracing transformative technologies for a greener future is a golden opportunity 

The pressing issues of our era, such as environmental concerns and global crises, demand a proactive approach. Reminding us that the climate itself doesn’t have the luxury of time, Oleksandr Maidaniuk, VP of Technology, Intellias, touches on how it is paramount for swift, informed decisions to help implement sustainable practices, and how these will ensure […]


Octopus invests £200m into Deep Green’s pioneering data centre heat re-use technology

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has announced a £200 million investment in London-based tech disruptor, Deep Green, to help it rapidly scale its technology across the UK.  Processing data generates a lot of heat. The revolutionary business model pioneered by Deep Green means this heat doesn’t go to waste and instead is used to provide free heat […]


How centralised monitoring for data centres can empower sustainable futures

Martin Hodgson, Director Northern Europe, Paessler AG, discusses the pursuit of sustainable practices and how solutions should be adopted which ensure monitoring for energy efficiency, uninterrupted operations and shielding data centres from digital threats. As the demand for data continues its relentless growth, data centres have become the vital infrastructure of the digital age. While […]


ZutaCore and Valeo announce first contract for innovative data centre cooling

Valeo and ZutaCore have announced a four-year commercial agreement to address the growing demand for liquid cooling in data centres to support high-density servers. Valeo plans to deliver its first data centre cooling components to ZutaCore in the second half of 2024. The two partners had previously announced their collaboration at CES 2023 to research and introduce a new […]


Waste hydrogen data centre to be tested by Honda and Mitsubishi

Honda Motor Co. (Honda), Tokuyama and Mitsubishi (‘Project Members’) will conduct a joint demonstration to operate a data centre using by-product hydrogen and a stationary fuel cell power station designed to reuse fuel cell systems from fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). This project was proposed to and adopted by the New Energy and Industrial Technology […]


EcoDataCenter first to use Alfa Laval heat exchangers with SSAB Zero steel

EcoDataCenter is set to be one of the first in the industry to deploy Alfa Laval heat exchangers made using recycled steel produced without new CO2 emissions from SSAB.  This deployment signifies a pivotal moment in the ongoing effort to reduce carbon emissions within the supply chain, exemplifying the significance of collaboration in the journey towards […]


DPO signs behind the meter wind PPA to directly power 100MW green data centre project

Digital Power Optimization (DPO), a developer and operator of green data centres, has announced the binding execution of a power purchase agreement with a major, multinational producer of renewable energy (‘the Seller’). The Seller owns a number of large renewable power assets, including multiple 150MW+ wind farms in Texas. Under the new power purchase agreement, […]


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