GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Microsoft contractors mixed test slabs of lower-carbon concrete at the site of a new data center in Quincy, Wash. Dan DeLong Photo for Microsoft) Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide. So the Redmond, Wash.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Under the SCA, the companies will evaluate the potential to power Microsoft’s data centers with renewable energy sourced through Masdar, a key ADNOC stakeholder. We look forward to working with ADNOC, Microsoft, and other key partners to help AI deliver clean energy for the data centers that will power an AI-driven future,” he stated.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 4, 2020

A Microsoft Azure data center. based cloud and software behemoth announced Tuesday that it’s setting a goal of reaching zero waste by 2030 for its direct waste production. The circular centers will facilitate sorting, reuse and recycling of electronic equipment, keeping it onsite at server farms. Microsoft Photo).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

An Amazon data center in Oregon. This year Amazon, Microsoft and Google have all announced plans for purchasing nuclear energy to fuel their data center operations, which are growing rapidly as artificial intelligence increases computational demands. Inside an Amazon data center in Ohio. Virginia is a U.S.

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Network World

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Big tech commitments are ‘promising,’ but may not be enough There are many statistics floating around about AI and data center energy use, further stoking fears across enterprises, regulatory bodies, and everywhere in between. That’s only three times as large, so you can imagine the net positive impact to our energy grid,” said Pette.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

GSMA analysis shows that mobile operators are making progress in using renewable energy but says more effort must be made to increase supplies if they are to meet net zero carbon emission goals by 2050. The GSMA’s analysis is based on data from 33 operators, covering 86 countries and approximately 50% of global mobile connections.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With the paradigm shift from the on-premises data center to a decentralized edge infrastructure, companies are on a journey to build more flexible, scalable, distributed IT architectures, and they need experienced technology partners to support the transition.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 3, 2023

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. The migration to software-defined data centers was an important step in the right direction, but it’s just the beginning.

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GeekWire

MAY 13, 2024

(Helion Photo) The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon and Microsoft, which are investing billions of dollars each year into the construction of data centers that gobble massive amounts of energy. In the U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2022

In addition to committing to being carbon neutral by 2030 or earlier as its data centers use even more renewable energy sources, Corriero notes that the company is taking a number of additional steps. All steps are being taken at IT Vortex’s data centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Jersey.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2020

Microsoft President Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, and CEO Satya Nadella preparing to announce Microsoft’s plan to be carbon negative by 2030. Nike, Starbucks, Unilever, and Wipro — to create Transform to Net Zero, a coalition dedicated toward creating a net-zero carbon economy. Brian Smale / Microsoft Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Equinix is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, currently at 96% coverage of renewables. Dell is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain by 20502. They will utilize 100% recycled and renewable materials by 2030.

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TM Forum

AUGUST 19, 2021

The latest cycle of technology investments around 5G and cloud operations are often discussed in terms of driving down power consumption on a per unit basis, but many new network deployments have a net increase in overall consumption. The GSMA has set a goal for the mobile industry to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Schneider notes that because Bechtle business extends far beyond the company’s data center operations its sustainability efforts also encompass a much wider array of business functions. “Our sustainability goals and key performance indicators are important to us.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Dimension Data is widely known for bold innovations and stalwart cloud solutions and services that enable enterprises to dramatically improve their businesses; now it is on mission to benefit the planet – and in the process, the communities it services and the economies it influences. Our approach, guided by the U.N.’s

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

More than 1,000 engineers serve more than 130,000 customers worldwide with a global network that includes 7,500 deployed servers, more than 10,000 virtualized servers and more than 50 data centers. By 2030, the Group is also committed to seeing 20% of its own brand suppliers introducing restorative agricultural practices.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google just made one of Big Tech’s most ambitious environmental commitments: it will work to run its operations purely on renewable energy by 2030. We have until 2030 to chart a sustainable cause for our planet or face the worst consequences of climate change,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a video released today. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In the European Union, for instance, legislative efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 50% before 2030 are in an advanced stage. Further, having the ability to process data at the edge can generate net-new capabilities that may offer significant sustainability advantages.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The CEOs surveyed said that sustainability would be their top growth driver between now and 2030. Data centers run on electricity, which often comes from the burning of fossil fuels. Participants also predicted that their organizations’ computing power would increase by an average of 9% by 2030.

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2023

Microsoft needs clean electricity to fuel the operations of its more than 200 energy-hungry data centers internationally. “If commercial fusion energy becomes available by the end of this decade, it could ease all the various possible pathways to [carbon] net-zero by 2050.” The reactor in Everett, Wash.,

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TM Forum

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Under the 10-year contract, Telia Sweden and Telia Cygate will support the build-out of Ellevio’s smart grid by connecting the 8,000 electrical substations to Ellevio’s data center. the Telia press release. smart grids. digitalization. in the energy sector.

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

The company said that it had also achieved its goal of “net zero emissions” — not putting any more emissions into the atmosphere than it can take out. Facebook also announced that it had achieved another goal: it now purchases enough renewable energy to cover 100 percent of its global operations, which includes its offices and data centers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

degrees Celsius, and our executive committee approved the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040 across Telefonica’s entire value chain,” says Ribaya. “As a company, we have strengthened our commitment to help limit the global temperature increase to 1.5

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

No customer data will be used to train external foundational AI models, said Bharat Sandhu, the company’s SVP for AI and application development platform. SAP has been buying green energy for the data centers that power its own operations for years, and has committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions along its entire value chain by 2030.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Due to the complexity and scale of the challenge, not all businesses have the resources to move toward net-zero at the necessary pace, and many are lagging. While organizations know they need to mitigate environmental risks more effectively across the supply chain, often they struggle to translate that ambition into results.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2023

Delivered from the company’s highly advanced data centers, the Copaco Cloud, powered by VMware technologies, provides the core of the company’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offering (IaaS).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2024

He met with resistance from politicians when plans for a public services card and a public sector data center seemed to intersect with politically sensitive issues, privacy rights, and the path to net zero. Some steps forward have been painfully slow, however.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2024

Businesses increasingly rely on powerful computing systems housed in data centers for their workloads. As the data center market expands, at an estimated growth rate of 10.5% from 2024 to 2030 1 , energy consumption has become a major concern. That’s a lot of energy.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

The related storage and computing operations rely on massive data centers around the world that are packed with computers that chug energy 24 hours a day. Both businesses need low-carbon steel and concrete as they build out data centers or corporate office buildings. Click to enlarge.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Carbon capture is critical for us to address climate change in time and to actually reach net zero [emissions],” said Deepika Nagabhushan , a program director with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. The DOE has set a 2030 target of deploying carbon capture technology that can capture CO2 at a cost of $30 per metric ton.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 28, 2021

In the first year since it set the goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030 , Microsoft announced Thursday that it has reduced its carbon emissions by 6%, dropping from 11.6 To curb its emissions, Microsoft is investing in electric vehicles, battery systems to replace diesel generators used to back up its data centers, and renewable power.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. With the Bezos Earth Fund, which responds to the climate crisis with an emphasis on conservation and restoration, he indicated that he would give away roughly $1 billion a year through 2030.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The social media giant is also setting a more ambitious target for 2030. The company’s new pledge to reach “net zero” carbon emissions puts it on track to offset its global power consumption and planet-heating pollution by investing in renewable energy projects and initiatives that capture and store carbon dioxide.

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Vox

JUNE 3, 2024

percent by 2030. While demand for natural gas continues to grow, as lower-carbon gas substitutes for coal, it’s still a net win for emissions. As artificial intelligence ramps up, the demand for electricity to power all those generative searches and data centers could skyrocket. Of course, nothing is guaranteed.

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