Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT
Learn how to green your datacentre with advice on increasing datacentre energy efficiency, building a case for a sustainable datacentre, and complying with UK and EU energy-efficiency regulations.
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News
15 Apr 2026
Data dive: A new American Century in the datacentre pipeline?
Looking at datacentre development internationally, we see how the UK faces apparent relative decline, how countries are responding to the AI age, and what MW vs GDP can tell us Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Apr 2026
How a risky move paid off for Nvidia
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to Nvidia, the chip company at the centre of the AI revolution, about how its 20-year technology bet paid off. Oracle is laying off 30,000 workers – we find out what’s behind the controversial move. And we analyse the risks and opportunities from edge AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2026
Go West! US datacentres head for available and cheap energy
Texas the hotspot as US datacentres enter the GW age, Virginia set to hold its status as ‘datacentre alley’, while constrained west coast states set for market share decline Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Apr 2026
Pure/AVK self-powered Dublin datacentre dodges grid constraints
With grid connectivity denied, Pure Data Centres Group got creative, partnering with AVK on a microgrid to beat power constraints versus a tide of rising demand Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Apr 2026
If we can’t kick the habit, how do we manage AI’s energy needs?
One can only hope that OpenAI’s Sam Altman was joking when he sought to justify the immense energy consumption of artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2026
OpenAI ‘pauses’ Stargate UK: Sudden setback or calculated move?
OpenAI’s decision to pause Stargate UK, much vaunted and based on a memorandum of understanding with government, cites energy costs and regulation, but may be driven by wider uncertainties Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
Sustainability accounting can be difficult, but can differentiate
It's difficult to get a handle on sustainability metrics, not least because of supplier efforts to obfuscate them. But building in a true and bigger picture can become a differentiator Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking
Carbon emissions reporting is becoming mandatory. But accounting is not the same as reducing, especially given the smoke and mirrors in some carbon footprint reporting Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints
Cloud providers make it impossible to really assess carbon footprint. Differing definitions mask the true impact, especially in emissions from hardware production Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2026
Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure
Chris Sharp talks up the pace of AI silicon innovation, the growth of inferencing workloads, and why boasting about datacentre megawatts misses the point Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Apr 2026
Modern data center sustainability: 5 best practices to consider
Sustainable data centers are needed as energy demands rise. CIOs should consider the following best practices to reduce costs, manage resources and minimize their carbon footprint. Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2026
Data dive: UK government’s 2030 datacentre capacity targets look shaky
We look at UK datacentre capacity – current and projected – and find DSIT’s 2030 target for 6GW of AI-capable capacity is currently out of reach, unless operators get a move on Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2026
Getting started with measuring AI’s carbon footprint
We speak to industry experts about how demand for AI acceleration is driving new approaches to measuring greenhouse gas emissions Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2026
Tata Communications unveils self-healing network
Platform from digital ecosystem enabler aims to provide greater than 99.99% service availability to help enterprises reduce data centre operational costs by up to 30% Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2026
Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint
With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem. Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2026
Bucks landfill datacentre first to get Nationally Significant status
300MW proposed project is the first to be allowed to benefit from streamlined national-level planning process after being given Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project status by ministers Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Mar 2026
Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint
With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Mar 2026
Decarbonizing data centers: Turning sustainability into strategy
As energy costs rise and regulations tighten, IT leaders must focus on decarbonizing data centers and turning sustainability pressures into actionable strategies. Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
Hit the north! UK datacentre focus shifts to M62 and points north
Barbour ABI data shows 8GW of total datacentre pipeline with most big projects in the north and Scotland, while London and the M4 corridor are about 25% of projected capacity Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2026
Enormous AI growth zone datacentre gets planning approval
North Lincolnshire Council approves 1GW datacentre with nearby electricity generation, but environmental campaigners say the developers did their sums wrong Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
UK government reforms could see datacentres jump grid connection queue
With electricity grid demand ballooning, the UK government plans for consultation and reform to ensure feasible and prioritised projects get the thumbs up Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Neurons over silicon: Singapore plans first biological datacentre
DayOne and Cortical Labs are bringing ‘wetware’ computing to the city-state, using living neurons grown from stem cells to support the demand for AI while addressing sustainability concerns Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Mar 2026
Public and private sector key to Digital Realty in West Africa
As Digital Realty opens its first datacentre in Ghana, executives explain how the country – and wider continent – sits in its global strategy, and how local partnerships are vital Continue Reading
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Tip
05 Mar 2026
5 tips for building a resilient data center supply chain
As digital reliance grows, CIOs must build resilient data center supply chain strategies into IT planning by evaluating vendor reliability and preparing for energy uncertainties. Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2026
Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack
With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2026
National Grid, Nebius and Emerald hail datacentre power throttling
In a UK-first trial, Emerald AI acts as intelligence in datacentre energy management to throttle demand at peak loads, including being able to respond rapidly to energy system stress Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Mar 2026
Is a social media ban for under-16s proportionate?
In this week’s Computer Weekly ezine, we dig into the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights’ arguments that governments should be doing more to police the actions of “big tech social media firms” rather than banning under-16s from using their platforms. We also hear about colocation giant CyrusOne’s approach to greening up its operations, and the wider benefits that its IT sustainability play is bringing to its business. The second part of this month’s buyer’s guide looks at the risk profile of neocloud providers, and the questions enterprise IT buyers should be asking themselves before signing up to use their offerings. And, rounding out the issue, we have a feature looking at various real-world use cases for augmented, virtual and extended realities. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2026
UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’
Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2026
First HPE datacentre modules set to land at Derbyshire AI site
Carbon3.ai’s plans for a ‘national grid for AI’ based on renewable energy set to break ground for the first time at Derbyshire landfill site powered by off-grid gas Continue Reading
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Opinion
20 Feb 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Building the backbone of the UK’s AI economy
When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the technology's growing usage? Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Feb 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Counting the cost of AI datacentres and their energy use
When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the technology's growing usage? Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Feb 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Rethinking energy, communities and accountability in the AI era
When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the technology's growing usage? Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2026
EU-South Korea research consortium gets to work on lowering AI chip energy use
EU-South Korea research group is pioneering the use of photon-based hardware chips to help reduce the energy consumption of artificial intelligence datacentres Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2026
Interview: Sarwar Khan on shaping BT’s green future and delivering sustainability at scale
How the sustainability practice enables BT to move on ‘tough topic’ targets that increase innovation, efficiency and success across its product portfolio Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2026
Interview: Pure Storage’s Niki Armstrong on achieving more with less in sustainability
Think about sustainability as a product in itself, urges the company’s legal and corporate sustainability leader Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Feb 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: The digital diet and the growing cost of AI energy use
When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the technology's growing usage? Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2026
Interview: CyrusOne on the sustainable innovation that drives datacentre business outcomes
Sustainability initiatives continue to drive competitive advantage in addition to cutting costs, reveals Kyle Myers of colocation giant CyrusOne Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Feb 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: AI infrastructure, shared responsibility and the real cost of progress
When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the technology's growing usage? Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2026
Power supply issues flagged as major growth inhibitor of European datacentre market
The latest report into trends across the European datacentre market shines a light on how power supply issues are affecting growth Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2026
UK government datacentre planning decisions queried over environmental oversight admission
The UK government’s admission that it made a mistake granting permission for a hyperscale datacentre to be built in Iver, Buckinghamshire, has raised questions about the validity of similar approved projects Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Feb 2026
Smart data centers: Grid-friendly partners to power networks
Smart data centers reduce costs and enhance grid stability, enabling operators to evolve from passive consumers to active partners in the energy ecosystem. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Feb 2026
Datacentre indecision: UK government’s back and forth on planning
This week’s Computer Weekly ezine digs into the latest twist in a long-running datacentre planning saga, concerning a server farm in Iver, Buckinghamshire, that the government has now admitted it was wrong to grant planning permission for. We also hear from the head of advanced analytics at Dutch Bank ING about how its foray into using AI technologies is benefiting both its business and the customers it serves. Sticking with the AI theme, we take a deep dive into how the technology is being used as an enabler for the development of urban digital twins, and find out how it can be used to assist IT security teams. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jan 2026
5 data center trends to watch in 2026
Data center trends for 2026 focus on sustainability and AI, highlighting energy demand, hyperscale data centers, innovative cooling methods, sustainability goals and edge computing. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Jan 2026
The UK government’s AI growth zones strategy: Everything you need to know
Plans to make the UK an AI superpower imply pervasive use of the technology. Ramping up adoption of AI will require more datacentres to host compute-intensive workloads, which is where the AI growth zone strategy comes in Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2026
STT GDC launches HVDC testbed to address AI’s power demands
The FutureGrid Accelerator on Jurong Island will test the use of high-voltage direct current power systems, as traditional alternating current power systems can no longer address the growing energy needs of AI datacentres Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2026
UK government ‘blindly accepted’ Iver datacentre environmental assurances, it is claimed
The UK government confirms that its decision to grant planning permission for a hyperscale datacentre, which is at the centre of a legal challenge on environmental grounds, should be quashed Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2026
Microsoft urges tech rivals to cover datacentre expansion-related power costs to protect consumers
Microsoft claims it is not right for consumers to foot the bill for the rising energy costs caused by AI datacentre expansions, and is calling on the tech community to act accordingly Continue Reading
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News
22 Dec 2025
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2025
It’s been a busy year for datacentre news, with the UK government’s ambitions to expand AI growth zones, along with controversies surrounding the effect of these plans on the environment. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2025 Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2025
Government set for early 2026 court hearing over decision to approve Iver datacentre development
A court date has been assigned for a legal action being brought against the government over its decision to grant planning permission for a datacentre in Iver Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT sustainability entered the mandate era during 2025
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: What enterprises must do to make sustainability work in 2026
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How datacentres can go from power hungry to power smart in 2026
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation around datacentres changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Perspectives on the print industry's net-zero push in 2025
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Progess in decarbonisation made in 2025, but gaps remain
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Dec 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Why 2025 was a turning point for greening up enterprise IT
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Dec 2025
Supporting sustainability in IT
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, there is a focus on IT sustainability, as we dig into how to ensure the networking infrastructure underpinning our artificial intelligence workloads is as green as possible. We also speak to the chief sustainability officer of Genesys about how going green is helping the cloud software provider achieve its business objectives. With the fallout from the Autumn Budget still being keenly felt, we find out more about where the £300m promised to fund improvements in NHS technology is really going. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on self-service developer tools, we shine a light on how the technology can help organisations revamp their DevOps workflows. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2025
Organisations facing sustainability challenge amid AI ambitions
Cisco and NTT Data executives warn that while business leaders drive AI adoption, both legacy infrastructure and rising energy costs are creating a sustainability bottleneck that requires urgent attention Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2025
Interview: Bridgette McAdoo of Genesys on steering sustainability goals to success
How resolving to ‘leave society better than you found it’ can open up solid opportunities at the intersection of science-based initiatives and business objectives Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2025
Qualcomm and Humain launch AI engineering centre in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia strengthens its artificial intelligence ambitions under Vision 2030 with a new Qualcomm-powered datacentre hub, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman highlights tech innovation during his US visit Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2025
Datacentre energy demands set to soar by 2030 as AI growth accelerates, predicts Gartner
IT market watcher Gartner has shared its projections about how the energy consumption habits of datacentres are set to change as AI takes off Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2025
AI’s hidden sting: A threat to millions of bees
The energy demands of artificial intelligence could have a devastating impact on Australia’s honeybee population, study warns Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2025
Dutch datacentre growth stalls while hydrogen remains untapped
ING warns grid congestion threatens Dutch datacentre leadership, while the country’s championed hydrogen solution remains largely untapped Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Nov 2025
Interview: EcoOnline’s David Picton on finding a business case for IT sustainability
EcoOnline’s senior vice-president for ESG and sustainability explains why sustainability practices should not be seen as a burden, but as a driver of business growth and long-term resilience in an unstable environment Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2025
National Grid to extend Didcot substation in support of UK datacentre growth
National Grid is continuing with its work to ensure the nation’s electricity grids have the capacity to cope with the UK’s growing number of datacentres Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Nov 2025
Simplify IT, save money and carbon: The rise of the minimalist CIO
With the link between IT over-consumption and carbon emissions now firmly established, analyst house Gartner sets out how CIOs can counter this trend by taking a more "minimalist" stance on IT projects and spend Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Nov 2025
Interview: Orange Business’s Jérôme Goulard on making telecoms greener and cleaner
Interdisciplinary work across multiple teams and initiatives can pose a challenge when it comes to satisfying customers as well as business objectives, finds Jérôme Goulard of Orange Business Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2025
UK citizens raise red flags over environmental impacts of datacentres in poll
A poll of 1,000 UK citizens reveals deep concerns about the energy and water usage habits of the nation’s growing footprint of datacentres Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Oct 2025
Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity
The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2025
Questions over size of government’s legacy IT estate pose AI adoption issues
Two House of Commons committees have turned their attention this week to the lack of transparency concerning the size of the government’s legacy IT estate, and what this means for its ability to adopt artificial intelligence technologies Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How not to fall for Big Tech’s false green claims
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2025
Gitex 2025: Aramex partners with AWS to accelerate global IT modernisation
UAE-based logistics giant completes the migration of its Oceania datacentre to AWS, marking the start of a global transformation to build an AI-ready, cloud-native infrastructure Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Distinguishing the green washers from the green winners
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2025
Khazna leads UAE’s global AI push with massive datacentre expansion
Announced at Gitex Global 2025, Khazna is accelerating its international and domestic expansion, providing the AI-ready infrastructure underpinning the UAE’s ambition to become a global technology leader Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Don’t believe Big Tech’s green IT hype
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT directors can spot false green claims from Big Tech suppliers
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Oct 2025
GITEX: Dubai’s rise as a global technology hub
Gitex 2025 will take place from 13–17 October at the Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour, welcoming more than 200,000 visitors and over 6,000 exhibitors from around the globe Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2025
Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims
Report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government’s pro-datacentre agenda could derail the UK’s decarbonisation efforts Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Oct 2025
Managing AI’s environmental impact
With AI set to account for half of IT greenhouse gas emissions by 2028, businesses must look beyond energy use and embed sustainability, transparency and social equity into their AI strategy to avoid derailing their green goals Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Oct 2025
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping IT directors see through suppliers' greenwashing claims
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Oct 2025
The sustainability gap in IT lifecycle management
In this guest post, Daniel Smith, CEO of IT lifecycle services and IT asset disposal (ITAD) provider Astralis Technology, sets out how enterprises can transform disposing of their end-of-life ... Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Sep 2025
Increase data center energy efficiency with Linux
Linux kernel 6.13 introduces adaptive polling, which significantly reduces energy consumption and improves network performance in data centers. Learn how to deploy and configure this update effectively. Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2025
Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors
Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan? Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2025
Amazon joins coalition to reduce water usage habits of AI datacentres
Amazon is joining forces with academics, research groups and utility firms to reduce the water usage habits of datacentres, and also find ways that AI can help tackle the problem of water scarcity in some regions of the world Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2025
AI infrastructure provider Nscale secures $1.1bn in series B funding
A week after it was revealed that Nscale would be working with Microsoft to build the UK's largest supercomputer, the company announces it has secured $1.1bn in series B funding Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2025
Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes
Research from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2025
FT 250 executives call for UK grid upgrades to support AI datacentre expansion plans
A poll by the Energy Networks Association reveals FTSE 250 attitudes towards the state of the UK’s electrical grids Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2025
Digital Catapult sets sights on boosting AI take-up in agrifood sector
Innovation organisation announces details of its agrifood startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards boosting adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 Sep 2025
Unbuckling of the green belt
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into an environmental-focused legal challenge that has the potential to upset the government’s plans to fast-track datacentre developments Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Sep 2025
Maximizing water recycling in modern data center design
As water scarcity concerns rise, data centers are attempting to reduce their water footprint by recycling water through reclamation, stormwater retention and geothermal cooling. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2025
Government confirms North East as location of second AI growth zone
UK government has selected two sites near to Newcastle as the home of its second AI growth zone, with one of them confirmed to be housing compute infrastructure for OpenAI's Stargate UK initiative Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2025
Waltham Cross to get heating from Google datacentre
There is potential to attract talent to the region as Google pushes out its renewables-powered datacentre strategy Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2025
National Grid partners with AI firm to test dynamic management of datacentre energy demands
National Grid is partnering with Emerald AI for a live trial to test how the pressure artificial intelligence datacentres place on the grid could be altered according to workload demands Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2025
TechUK report on datacentre water usage habits criticised
Non-profit questions the reliability of TechUK’s study on water use, arguing that its anonymous, self-reported data may give a misleading picture of the sector’s environmental impact. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Sep 2025
How AI and the Trump administration are fuelling ‘quiet quitting’ on IT sustainability
A decade ago, companies loudly boasted about their ambitious net-zero targets. Today, some of the world’s largest technology enterprises are quietly stepping back from those commitments Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2025
Could an environmental legal challenge derail government’s fast-tracked datacentre builds?
The UK government is under fire after details emerged that it has waved through three large-scale datacentre planning applications without conducting an environmental impact assessment first Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2025
Gibraltar government backs plans to build 250MW datacentre on island to tap into AI boom
The government of Gibraltar is throwing its weight behind a plan to build a £1.8bn datacentre on the island Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2025
Water efficiency of English datacentres scrutinised in TechUK report
TechUK survey suggests English datacentres are consuming less water than perhaps expected, but concerns persist about how transparent the sector is being about its water usage Continue Reading
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Podcast
02 Sep 2025
Agentic AI: Storage and ‘the biggest tech refresh in IT history’
We talk to Jeff Denworth of Vast Data about a future where employees are outnumbered by artificial intelligence agents and even smaller enterprises may need supercomputing levels of resources Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2025
The four trends reshaping the UK’s energy resilience
In this guest post, Jodie Eaton, CEO of Shell Energy UK, looks at the trends that could shape the nation's energy security In July 2031, an explorer spacecraft from Earth will finally reach Jupiter ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2025
Airborne answers to a waterborne problem: Could drones help solve UK droughts?
In this guest post, Peter Stirratt, head of inspection and survey at Skyports Drone Services, offers an airborne answer to the UK’s heatwave-induced droughts As the UK experiences the driest start ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2025
Datacentre operators ‘faltering’ on collecting sustainability data, Uptime Institute data shows
Datacentre operators are ‘quietly retiring’ their net-zero strategies, as Uptime Institute data shows downturn in the number tracking key server farm sustainability metrics Continue Reading
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News
28 Jul 2025
Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market
Japanese drive maker piles one card on top of another to produce 245.76TB E3.L drive, with lower capacity variants in 2.5in and E3.S formats, and claimed low energy use benefits Continue Reading