Sustainability

Although the situation has improved for some groups, female tech workers of all races still make less than their male counterparts, with Black and Hispanic women receiving the lowest wages.

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.

Google’s critics have argued that providing cloud tools to oil-and-gas firms contradicts the company’s zero-carbon goals.

The system will be trialed by Intel Taiwan, with plans to scale out globally.

The time has come for the industry to up its game and create a system that enables greater visibility and accountability in fighting climate change.

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.