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The Cleanest Data Centers Are Ones That Aren’t Built At All
Jun 22, 2020
Circular Economy for Data Center Lifecycle
Consumption of environmental resources that are critical to data centers are becoming increasingly scarce as the demand for data centers, and their 24x7x365 resilient operation, continues to grow.
Digital transformation is a necessity to keep society running, especially in times of disaster such as the mass shutdowns to reduce transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the disease affected more people in the months following its initial discovery, a massive surge in the global usage of digital infrastructure was observed.
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Serverfarm Joins the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact
By joining the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact, Serverfarm further commits to building re-use to deliver digital sustainability. As a data center fleet operator, Serverfarm’s model has always been built on “less is more.” That is why it is...
How Green is my TV Show?
Is there a carbon free way to stream Love Island? Two reports that first glance don’t appear to have much to do with data centers caught my eye this week. Firstly, a news item that said content streaming produces twice the carbon of watching over...
The Greenest Data Center is the One That’s Never Built
On the heels of a pandemic, and with current global markets for data capacity skyrocketing, the data center industry must use every means possible to reduce its carbon emissions. The old adage - reduce, reuse, and recycle - transcends a consumer public...
Future of Data Centers Podcast Recap Episode 1: New Construction vs. Modernization
Take a Mission into the Industry’s Sustainability Battle After much anticipation, the Future of Data Centers: A Mini-Podcast Series From the Viewpoint of Serverfarmers and Data Growers hit the airwaves with the launch of its first quarterly series focused on...
You Don’t Have to Be a Hyperscaler to Run a Sustainable Data Center
Serverfarm welcomes carbon net zero and net negative commitments by cloud hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon. The climate actions and initiatives by the IT infrastructure giants are a welcomed sight, and we support all genuine efforts to...
Decarbonizing the Data Center – latest data and advice
Serverfarm recognizes that addressing carbon and GHG emissions is no simple task. Carbon reduction and long-term data center sustainability is not simply a case of flipping a switch or signing a power purchase agreement (PPA). At Serverfarm our strategy is based on...