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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

GW of data center capacity with at least 300 MW of additional capacity in the near term, with more to come through green energy deployments, it announced earlier this week. Singapore wants to go beyond that and reduce energy use for air-cooling by raising the temperatures at which servers and storage racks can safely operate.

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EU moves toward regulating data center energy and water use

CIO Business Intelligence

The European Union will take a big step toward regulating energy and water use by data centers in September, when organizations operating data centers in EU nations will be required to file reports detailing water and energy consumption, as well as steps they are taking to reduce it. between 2020 and 2030. between 2020 and 2030.

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New PlayStation 5 hardware revision loses weight, cuts on energy consumption

TechSpot

A few days ago, a new hardware model of the 9th-gen gaming machine hit retailers in Australia, the second revision to arrive on the market after the console's initial. A new high-end controller and increased retail price are not the only recent changes Sony is making to the PlayStation 5.

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Forr The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Mary de Wysocki, Chief Sustainability Officer at Cisco

Forrester IT

According to the International Energy Agency, data transmission networks consumed 260–340 TWh (terawatt-hours) in 2021, or 1.1–1.4% Sustainability efforts in telecommunications have to span efforts in hardware as well as software; they […] of global electricity use.

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Intel is designing new hardware with immersion cooling in mind

TechSpot

to 2% of the world's energy and could be consuming as much as 13% within ten years. Around half of that energy is used by the computers themselves and 25% to 40% is used by air conditioning, says the US Department of Energy. According to two estimates from 2020, data centers consume anywhere from 1.5%

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How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

GeekWire

Oscilla Photo) Oscilla Power , a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. There are no land-based energy systems to borrow from and adapt to the sea. Navy Wave Energy Test Site. A fiberglass cover will protect the hardware. Oscilla has raised $7.5 In the U.S.,

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Responding To Today’s Global Uncertainty With Sustainability

Forrester IT

As I wrote at the time: “Energy prices are scary. Hardware upgrades are expensive, slow, and painful. Last year, a number of Forrester analysts discussed how manufacturers are responding to the challenges their industry faces right now. Supply chain disruptions are scary. Workforce modernization and empowerment are hard.

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