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Industry consensus on sustainability looks fragile
Pressed by a sense of urgency among scientists and the wider public, and by governments and investors who must fulfil promises made at COP (Conference
Why cloud is a kludge of complexity
The cloud model was designed to be simple and nimble. Simple and nimble doesn’t necessarily mean fit for purpose. Over the past decade, new layers
Direct liquid cooling bubbles to the surface
Conditions will soon be ripe for widespread use of direct liquid cooling (DLC) — a collection of techniques that uses fluid to remove heat from
Data center operators ponder the nuclear option
As major businesses feel a growing sense of urgency to dramatically cut carbon emissions, opinions are starting to shift in favor of nuclear power, which
Flexibility drives cloud lock-in risk
Vendor lock-in is regularly levied as a criticism of cloud services. But the reality of IT is, there has always been lock-in. Even before cloud,
Data center operators give themselves a “Fail” for sustainability
The global data center industry describes its own sustainability performance as average, compared with other industries — and most think efforts are not substantially reducing
Concerns over cloud concentration risk grow
Control over critical digital infrastructure is increasingly in the hands of a small number of major providers. While a public cloud provides a flexible, stable
Bring on regulations for data center sustainability, say Europe and APAC
As the data center sector increases its focus on becoming more environmentally sustainable, regulators still have a part to play — the question is to
Climate change: More operators prepare to weather the storms
In the 2020 Uptime Institute Intelligence report The gathering storm: Climate change and data center resiliency, the author noted that, “While sustainability… features heavily in