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The role of data centers in building a sustainable future

CIO

The rise of streaming and enterprise cloud adoption have driven an explosive surge in computing demand, giving rise to data centers around the world. Now, a new wave of demand driven by data-hungry generative AI applications is arriving, and it’s bringing with it increasing environmental pressures. This is not being done alone.

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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

TechCrunch

Helion Energy , a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 Animation courtesy of Helion Energy. “Some projects in the fusion space talk about heat, or energy, or other things. Image Credits: Helion Energy.

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A Wake-Up Call For Sustainable AI Data Centers

Crunchbase News

But the brilliant gleam of that potential is preventing us from clearly seeing a huge concern — we may not have enough electricity to power the growing number of AI-focused data centers. But renewable energy isn’t a great fit for data centers, which need a consistent power source to stay running.

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Spinning out from the cryptocurrency hardware developer Bitfury, LiquidStack pitches a data center cooling tech

TechCrunch

Data centers and bitcoin mining operations are becoming huge energy hogs , and the explosive growth of both risks undoing a lot of the progress that’s been made to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Later, the companies jointly deployed 160 megawatts of two-phase immersion-cooled data centers.

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO

One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. These are qualities that serve us well in our dedicated work to provide high-quality and innovative services to our customers.”

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Balancing latency and sustainability

CIO

To get the compute resources they need while also optimizing energy efficiency, some enterprises—and the service providers they partner with—look to position data centers in colder environments, far away from major population centers.

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As ESG Action Gains Momentum, Innovation Takes the Spotlight

CIO

Via a series of interviews and panels at Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit 2022, a snapshot of the challenges, triumphs, and next steps shows that IT and business leaders are focused as never before on data center sustainability. At its annual Innovation Summit in Las Vegas, NV.,