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3 strategies for carbon-free data centers

Network World

Data centers not only require a reliable source of power, they also require backup power in the form of generators. Dietrich pointed out that if a data center operator builds out enough backup capacity to support 250 megawatts of demand, theyre essentially building a new, on-site power plant.

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5 Must-Have Features of Backup as a Service For Hybrid Environments

CIO Business Intelligence

As the value and business criticality of data increases, so do the challenges of backup, recovery, and data management. Many IT organizations that have cobbled together data protection solutions over the years now find themselves saddled with rigid, siloed infrastructure based on an equally rigid backup approach.

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Backup datacentre power: Using diesel generators to plug the UK's energy supply gaps

Computer Weekly

Energy market stakeholders are calling on the datacentre community to help them close the UK's energy demand and supply gap by hooking up their diesel generators to the National Grid, but will it work?

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Small step towards green data center power tested in Dublin

Network World

Hydrogen fuel cell technology developed by GeoPura, a UK-based firm that specializes in renewable energy and Siemens Energy, and managed by ESB, Ireland’s state-owned electricity company, is being put to use at a data center site. Lantry described hydrogen fuel cells as being a “sustainable alternative to traditional backup power.”

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5 Reasons to Change your Backup (Italian)

Tech Republic Security

Most of the traditional backup solutions on the market today are not very good. Challenges include a lack of time, resources and energy from IT administrators to address real business challenges. The post 5 Reasons to Change your Backup (Italian) appeared first on TechRepublic. It’s really frustrating!

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Lumen Orbit wants to deploy data centers in space

Network World

Today’s data centers have a multitude of well-known issues: They gobble up massive amounts of energy and space, are costly, and struggle to meet the intense resource demands of next-gen artificial intelligence (AI). This enables “orders of magnitude lower marginal energy costs,” the company wrote.

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Network World’s Best of Enterprise Network 2024 award winners

Network World

Automated Backup and Recovery Winner: BackBox Network Automation Manager The BackBox Network Automation Manager automates backups across 180 different network vendors, ensuring reliability and easy restoration. BackBox runs automatic checks after each backup to ensure that the backup file can be restored.

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