The Green Data Center Gazette, Issue 7, March 29-April 12, 2024

4.12.2024

It’s the middle of April, and this is the seventh issue of the Green Data Center Gazette. To all my subscribers who like that I’m keeping an eye on everything that’s happening at the intersection of data centers and sustainability, thanks for your support. I cover topics including cooling, PUE, energy generation and distribution, water utilization, regulations, lawsuits, product announcements, and thought leadership.

This issue includes news from DatacenterDynamics Data Center Knowledge , Data Center Frontier , EdgeConneX , Forbes Technology Council , Network World , 思科 , 伊顿 , Digital Realty , Newsweek , Connected World , 英特尔 , Red Dot Analytics , 联想 , Amazon Web Services (AWS) , 施耐德电气 , Tate , ARCOA , Pure Storage , 微软 , The Virginia Mercury , @CT Examiner, Reuters , @PopSci , Trellis Group , Digital Power Optimization, Inc. , Vertiv , Università di Pisa , STACK Infrastructure , Aligned Data Centers , 凯捷咨询 , Nautilus Data Technologies , Accelsius , OptiCool Technologies , 富士通 , @theNews , ZutaCore , Digital Infrastructure Investor and 成都新易盛通信技术股份有限公司

Product & Technology Announcements

Eoptolink is launching immersion-ready 800G transceivers.

ZutaCore is expanding its presence in Asia with new offices and new executives.

Nautilus launches new modular data center offering, first deployment to be at Start's campus in Portugal

Accelsius and OptiCool Partner to Deliver Waterless Liquid Cooling Systems for Data Centers

Orange Wholesale and Ethernetics prove that smart PDUs can reduce networks’ carbon emissions

Business Announcements and General News

Vertiv and the University of Pisa launching a “Hybrid Green Data Centre Expansion” to support AI workloads.

DPO and Schneider Electric partnering to build new, wind-powered, modular data centers.

Proposals for new power plants surge 90% in the US, driven in part by data center growth (DCK)

theNews reports on low-GWP solutions for data centers.

Data center cooling is the hottest innovation in the sector, writes Andrew Schapp at Aligned Data Centers.

Stack Infrastructure announces $3.3B in green financing.

Vertiv and the University of Pisa launching a “Hybrid Green Data Centre Expansion” to support AI workloads.

DPO and Schneider Electric partnering to build new, wind-powered, modular data centers.

Vox reports that AI is already consuming as much energy as a small country.

Reuters reports that US electric utilities are bracing for a surge in power demand from data centers.

Data centers are causing alarm in Virginia due to their energy utilization, and the Legislature’s unwillingness to act, writes Ivy Main in the Virginia Mercury.

Plans for a massive data center in Connecticut are sparking debate, writes Francisco Uranga in the CT Examiner.

Digital Realty to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out diesel, while focusing on circular economy initiatives with Schneider Electric.

Mark Trump at CapGemini reports that liquid cooling systems threaten data center security and water supplies.

There’s a need for standardized liquid cooling solutions, according to Data Center Knowledge

IT vendors like Pure Storage are touting their sustainability advantages, as we see in this press release about their work with Andra, the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management.

Intelligent power management company Eaton has announced its collaboration with Red Dot Analytics (RDA) to develop AI-focused solutions and use cases for data centers in areas including predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and energy efficiency optimization.?

Thought Leadership / Trend Exploration

Every new green data center is delaying the energy transition, writes Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen in Infrastructure Investor

According to Heather Clancy at GreenBiz, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are signaling growing interest in nuclear and geothermal power

Recent reports suggest renewable energy sources alone won’t be enough to meet data centers' increasingly intensive power needs.

Microsoft spells out their commitment to responsible AI and their ambitious sustainability commitments so the world can harness the full benefits of AI

Tate highlights how their holistic approach to green IT, through its ‘Planet Passionate’ initiative, covers every facet of a greener world, starting with the often overlooked construction aspect.

EdgeConneX writes about the growth of sustainable financing for data center projects. Read the Forbes article here.

Cisco sees AI networking adding to sustainability challenges. Explore their perspectives.

Dr Karina Rigby at Eaton writes about how data centers will be accelerating everyone toward a more sustainable future.

Aaron Binkley, with Digital Realty, explores how we’re navigating the green AI conundrum.

Aleksandar Grbic, with Hitachi Energy, goes deep on energy generation and markets, exploring their contributions to data center sustainability.?

Newsweek explores the trend toward locating new data center construction in areas with ample water supply because AI is so thirsty.

Jen Huffstetler with Intel explores the sustainability challenges we’re facing, and the possibilities for solutions.

David Chernicoff, in Data Center Frontier, reports on the mainstreaming of liquid cooling for AI and HPC.?

Walter Leclerc takes a measured view on immersion cooling in his latest article (DCD).

Matthew Ziegler at Lenovo is rethinking water consumption for data centers in his latest Storyhub piece.

Michael Winterson, with the European Data Centre Association - EUDCA, warns about the need to phase out fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-Gases).

Rod Naphan with Fujitsu reflects on how data center sustainability might lead to a more sustainable world.

AWS is reportedly restricting Irish data center loads due to concerns about power availability.

Responsible, sustainable data center management must include the right approach to electronics disposal, writes ARCOA.

Thanks for reading everyone!

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