Currently, the U.S. data center industry is in a major growth phase triggered by the demand for information management.Jeffrey R. ChapmanKristen GrazianoWSP Environment & Energy in DenverBruce ThorpeWSP Environment & Energy in San FranciscoEnvironmental Quality Management...
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA),data centers accountfor 1–1.5% of global electricity use. Global data center electricity usage in 2021 was 220–320 Terawatt hours, which equates to approximately 0.9%–1.3% of global final electricity demand. This is a 10%–60% rise in da...
Data center managers also need todeal with e-waste, such as obsolete or damaged equipment or devices no longer in use. This e-waste can have a detrimental impact on the environment if managers do not dispose of it properly. Unused data center floor space still consumes power. Although data ...
Every server room and data center—even those of household-name companies and sites—is vulnerable to environmental damage. In March 2010, Wikipedia suffered a two-hour outage when one of its server clusters—located in a European data center—overheated. The company was able to reroute traffic ...
While each of the ten CBK categories can be critical in regards to data center security, the ranked results provide a list of what gets the most attention in data center audits, at least based on our sample. First off, it is clear that data center issues go well beyond what some may ...
A worldwide shortage of available power is inhibiting growth of the global data center market. Sourcing enough power is a top priority of data center operators across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Certain secondary markets with r
The digital economy has propelled continuous growth of the ICT enterprise economy. As world-leading ICT providers, Huawei and Tencent aim to minimize the environmental impact in their ICT products through continuous technological innovation. Tencent implements green data center design ...
In addition, there are now new regulations due to EU legislation and sustainability requirements: the so-called ESG (Environmental Social Governance) rules. What consequences does this have on the ever-changing data center landscape in terms of environmental impact versus resilience? And what does ...
In an effort to allay local concerns over a massive data center project in Galway, Ireland, Apple this week offered greater detail on environmental initiatives it has planned for the site, from forest repopulation to the creation of a public woodland walkway. ...
Data center facilities require specialized design, especially for cooling and security. Find design strategies to protect equipment and minimize energy use.