Sustainable Cloud Practices & Innovation

ICE03 epitomises the potential of a circular economy for data centres

Joe Green — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:29:27 +0000

Iceland’s atNorth has won a Data Center Dynamics award for Environmental impact for its work in reducing the environmental impact of data centre operations. The company’s expansion of its ICE03 data centre in Akureyri, Iceland, won for its design, the judges noting the social and economic impact and of the facility and its role in […]

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Google’s €5.5B Germany investment reshapes enterprise cloud and AI

Muhammad Zulhusni — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Google’s €5.5 billion plan to expand its presence in Germany is about more than new buildings and servers. Running from 2026 to 2029, the investment shows how global cloud and AI providers are starting to link technology growth with sustainability, workforce skills, and energy efficiency — priorities now central to how European enterprises plan and […]

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AWS rolls out new tool to simplify regional cloud planning

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Planning where to deploy workloads in the cloud can be tricky, especially for large companies that rely on consistent infrastructure across multiple regions. AWS is looking to take the guesswork out of that process with a new tool called Capabilities by Region. The tool gives users a clear view of which AWS services, tools, and […]

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Ripple effect: Xylem’s sustainable water solutions for Europe’s data centres

CloudTech News — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:01:30 +0000

As the global demand for data centres continues to surge – driven not only by AI but also by the decentralisation of digital infrastructure – operators are facing mounting pressure to balance performance, sustainability, and compliance. In Europe and Asia, the trend toward smaller, locally distributed facilities is accelerating, spurred by concerns over data sovereignty […]

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How data centres can achieve environmental compliance in 2025

CloudTech News — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:08:42 +0000

The conversations around data centres’ environmental impact are getting more intense today. If you come across any AI-generated content online today, you’re sure to see a comment lamenting how much water that image or text costs. While the actual figures are difficult to determine, the power requirements of data centres have indeed increased substantially in […]

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How DCs can reach regulatory compliance in 2025

CloudTech News — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:09:02 +0000

The conversations around data centres’ environmental impact are getting more intense. If you come across any AI-generated content online today, you’re sure to see a comment lamenting how much water that image or text costs. While the actual figures are more difficult to determine, the power requirements of data centres have indeed increased substantially in […]

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New OVHcloud tool tracks cloud emissions across services and lifecycle

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

OVHcloud has released an updated version of its Environmental Impact Tracker, a tool designed to help users measure emissions linked to their cloud usage. The new version builds on its earlier carbon calculator by covering more cloud services and moving toward broader environmental metrics beyond just carbon output. At launch, the tracker works with Baremetal, […]

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Kyndryl signs three-year deal to manage Bord Gáis Energy’s entire hyperscaler and private cloud environment

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:57:00 +0000

Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services provider, has renewed its three-year agreement with Bord Gáis Energy for extended Managed Services support for its hybrid cloud. Kyndryl will also work with Bord Gáis Energy to migrate its entire environment to the cloud and SaaS (Storage-as-a-Service), following the co-created ‘Kyndryl | Bord Gáis Energy Strategic Technology Roadmap’. As […]

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Oracle Cloud Service enables banks to manage climate change risk across portfolios

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:50:00 +0000

Financial institutions are under increased pressure from regulatory bodies to understand their environmental footprint and that of the companies they finance or invest in, otherwise known as financed emissions. To help banks better assess climate risk Oracle today announced Oracle Climate Change Analytics Cloud Service. With built-in AI, the new reporting and analytics solution is […]

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Future-proof your business: cloud storage without the climate cost

Simon Yeoman — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:37:00 +0000

With over half of all corporate data held in the cloud as of 2022, demand for cloud storage has never been higher. This has triggered extreme energy consumption throughout the data centre industry, leading to hefty greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Worryingly, the European Commission now estimates that by 2030, EU data centre energy use will […]

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World’s first bio circular data centre launches, turning algae into energy

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:41:11 +0000

Data4, a French operator and investor in the data centre market, and the University of Paris-Saclay have signed a partnership agreement to launch a prototyping experiment to reuse some of the heat produced by a data centre. This ground-breaking project will be launched in the Paris Region at the start of 2024. Driven by the […]

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Salesforce unveils innovations to help utilities scale clean energy program adoption

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:29:00 +0000

Salesforce has introduced its Clean Energy Program Management for Energy & Utilities Cloud. The new solution streamlines the launch, management and oversight of energy efficiency, conservation, electrification and EV charging programs. Now program managers at electric, gas and water utilities can quickly and easily launch and manage new programs and increase customer participation. In September 2023, […]

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