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Green bond funds help Digital Realty hit energy goals
As the use of green bonds continues to increase among U.S. corporations, Digital Realty in 2016 became one of the first REITs, and the first data center REIT, to successfully complete an issuance. Proceeds have since been used to help fund nine projects across four countries.
Oregon wind project is Apple's largest to-date
Apple Inc. has entered into two new power purchase agreements for wind and solar energy in Oregon utilizing the state's direct access program.
Iron Mountain data centers now 100% wind powered
Storage and information management services company Iron Mountain has a new selling point for its data center customers: The business is now 100% powered by renewable energy.
Microsoft team details underwater data center benefits
Want an energy efficient data center? Build it underwater, say four Microsoft employees in the title of an article they wrote for engineering and applied sciences magazine IEEE Spectrum.
Switch opens sustainably designed data center campus
Data center company Switch, which has a demonstrated focus on the environmental impact of its operations, has opened a massive data center campus that will run entirely on renewable energy.
Data center metering and resource guide
This guide from the U.S. DOE intends to help data center owners and operators implement a metering system that allows their organizations to gather the necessary data for effective decision making and energy efficiency improvements.
Digital Realty signs agreement for Texas wind power
Digital Realty, a global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for electricity generated from a Texas wind project.
Google joins 3 other companies in wind PPA
Google joined a new consortium of companies in the Netherlands committed to sourcing renewable energy, through which it will purchase a portion of the electricity from a community-funded wind project.
Symantec retrofits cut energy use 30%
Technology company Symantec completely retrofitted two buildings at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters last year, resulting in a 30% reduction in energy use.
Report: Offices with data centers use more energy
Just how much more energy is used by commercial buildings that have data centers than those that do not depends somewhat on the size of the building, the U.S. EIA has found.
Facebook unveils site for efficient new data center
After months of negotiations and politics in New Mexico and Utah over which state is better suited for Facebook to build its newest data center, which it plans to run entirely on renewable energy, the social media giant has made its selection.
Data center cooling center market forecast to hit $17.8B by 2024 as demand surges
Driven by surging demand for energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers across the commercial and industrial sector, a new study has forecast big growth in the market.
Google signs PPA for additional European wind energy to power data centers
Google on June 29 said it agreed to purchase, for 12 years, the entire electric output of a 120-MW wind farm to be built in Norway. The company will use the energy to power its European data centers.
With help from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, data center energy use levels after years of rapid growth
Partially driven by the efforts of large tech companies to reduce the energy intensity of data centers, a new report has found that electric consumption from U.S. data centers plateaued in 2010.
Microsoft unveils pilot program for data center energy storage
Microsoft has teamed up with NRG Energy, Primus Power and others on a pilot program to advance energy storage at Microsoft's data centers across the globe.
Bank of America deployed $14.5B in renewable energy, efficiency projects in 2015
Bank of America has also reduced energy use within its own operations, targeting energy-intense data centers that account for 25% of its total greenhouse gas emissions.
DOE unveils $25M in funds available through data center efficiency program
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the availability of up to $25 million in funding for a new program aimed at the creation of innovations to increase the energy efficiency of data centers.
CenturyLink targets 25% energy reduction at data centers by 2030, commits to sharing strategies
CenturyLink Inc. on June 1 announced new energy reduction targets for its data centers and promised to share strategies for achieving them.
Moving beyond RECs, Microsoft seeks more renewables for data centers
Microsoft is working to assure that more than 60% of the electricity used by its data centers will come directly from renewable energy by the early 2020s, up from the current 44%.
Iron Mountain inks wind power purchase agreement that 'ensures price stability'
Storage and information management company Iron Mountain announced that it signed a 15-year wind power purchase agreement.
Large data network equipment now eligible for EPA's Energy Star label
IT procurers and data center operators now have help selecting products that save money on energy bills.
Microsoft pilots underwater data centers
Microsoft is experimenting with siting data centers offshore under water in the ocean.
Skybox Datacenters teams with NRG on renewable powered facility
The company will use a combination of onsite solar and a long-term wind power purchase agreement to provide clean energy to the facility.
Data center company Digital Realty receives EPA recognition for cutting emissions
Digital Realty Trust Inc., a data center solutions and services provider based in San Francisco, recently earned U.S. EPA Energy Star certification.
Switch data centers going green with 100% renewable energy
Data center provider Switch recently announced that its SUPERNAP data centers are now 100% powered by renewable energy.
