Power and Cooling

Amazon’s accounting of its carbon footprint includes emissions generated by its own offices and data centers, purchased electricity, tailpipe emissions and more. Amazon aims to become a “net zero” emitter of greenhouse gases by 2040.

Andrew Fanara joins DEEP as head of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, bringing a world of data center sustainability knowledge from his time at ENERGY STAR.

Today’s more interconnected business world makes infrastructure and cloud outages all the more impactful. Here’s a recap of recent outages and their root causes.

Both companies cited problems with “cooling systems” for causing the outages. Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the UK on Tuesday.

The majority of power reserved for data centers during Ireland's energy crisis was left unused. Did EirGrid and the CRU overstate Ireland's data center power demands?

Chinese authorities to let independent energy companies make money by buying and selling electricity.

A new study charges that renewable energy credits are leading businesses to overestimate their carbon emissions cuts.