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3 strategies for carbon-free data centers

Network World

Uptime estimates that data center growth measured in kilowatt hours of demand will spike from 400 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2023 to 1,000 TWh hours in 2030. The requirements for standard data center compute will effectively double over the next few years from 365 TWh in 2023 to 750 TWh in 2030 accounting for 75% of total demand.

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9 steps to take to prepare for a quantum future

Network World

And the third step is to look at the encryption around data backups. And the US federal government is requiring its vendors to have quantum-safe encryption in place by 2030, Dawson says. The first step, he says, is to look at perimeter security. The second step is to look at the encryption around the most critical assets.

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Small step towards green data center power tested in Dublin

Network World

Lantry described hydrogen fuel cells as being a “sustainable alternative to traditional backup power.” Their introduction, the company said, is another “evolution worth exploring in Equinix’s sustainability development plans and goal to achieve 100% renewable energy coverage by 2030.”

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THG Ingenuity Cloud Services is Laser Focused on Making a Real Difference in its Sustainability Efforts

CIO Business Intelligence

The company’s offerings are also diverse, with hybrid, public and private clouds – including a Managed VMware Cloud – and services that encompass everything from Infrastructure-as-a-Service to high performance computing, custom software, and backup and data protection. This includes achieving a 30% reduction by 2030.

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Telefonica is working to help enterprises decarbonize their operations

CIO Business Intelligence

By 2030 we aim to do the same for all our operations worldwide – a goal that is at the core of VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed initiative as well.” “As a company, we have strengthened our commitment to help limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 Ribaya believes such efforts are important from multiple perspectives.

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Microsoft makes hydrogen fuel cell breakthrough in quest to power data centers with renewable energy

GeekWire

Power Innovations built a 250-kilowatt fuel cell system to help Microsoft explore the potential of using a hydrogen fuel cells for backup power generation at data centers. Microsoft is investing in hydrogen energy technology as part of its effort to become carbon negative and eliminate its dependence on diesel fuel by 2030.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO Business Intelligence

“The barriers confronting organizations in South Africa that want to achieve carbon neutral status by 2030 are significant. Specifically, partners would be required to commit that their data centers achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030, an effort that would require the use of 100% renewable energy.

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