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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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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...
The Data Center Is Not Dead Pt III
How to Create Longer Life Cycles to Drive Greater ProsperityRead Part 1 // Read Part 2 COVID-19 is accelerating transformation throughout the business world. In the world of transport, it was no great surprise when IAG, the global airline...
The Data Center Is Not Dead Part II
But existing data centers must be part of the sustainable built environment.Read Part 1 // Read Part 3 Just three years ago a data center was commonly viewed as a 20-25 year asset. Hyperscale data centers were considered to have an even...
The Data Center Is Not Dead Part I
In fact, its life expectancy has grown.Read Part 2 // Read Part 3 The COVID-19 pandemic is a human health crisis that hit within a global environmental crisis. At times of uncertainty and massive shock the medium to long term impact on...
The Cleanest Data Centers Are Ones That Aren’t Built At All
Susanna Kass, Data Center Advisor to UN Sustainable Development, writes how we must deliberately depart from linear practices and embrace end to end sustainability throughout the life cycle of data centers. See the original post here. Circular...
Modernization Versus New Build Data Centers
What's the real carbon cost? With current global circumstances pointing to ever-growing demand for capacity, the industry must use every means possible to reduce its carbon emissions. Modernization of data centers, which reuses existing buildings while expanding...