South Korea's major data center fire was said to be triggered by lithium ion battery failure. With the country being a major producer of these batteries, their economy faces even more uncertainty.
Following a major outage caused by a data center fire, South Korea cracks down on data center operations by promising more regulation of the industry in that country.
SPAC-backed Vertiv follows Salesforce and Splunk as a target of activist hedge fund Starboard Value. The fund has taken major positions in all three companies this week with an eye on pushing operational improvements at the firms.
Driven by pressure from customers, regulators, and shareholders major colocation providers are increasingly looking for clean energy alternatives to power their data centers.
New technology advancement for indirect adiabatic/evaporative Data Center cooling solutions can significantly reduce water consumption in the Data Center sector.
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.