Sustainability

Google, Facebook and Microsoft are some of the world’s biggest supporters of clean energy. That’s not stopping the data center giants from pushing back on a huge wind and solar project.

The first and most obvious application for Google’s AI is to better understand what the utility might expect from wind patterns in the future. This is fundamentally about averting risk.

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

Google is selling the service through its cloud division, which is trying to lure clients with tools for managing energy usage and reducing emissions. Early tests on Google’s data centers improved the value of wind energy by 20 percent.

While the industry has made great strides to rein in emissions, it’s clear more work needs to be done to achieve carbon-neutral data centers.

Software from Siemens automatically adjusts the cooling systems in server rooms.

Data centers in California take advantage of the sun.