Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are investing in efforts to 'reduce greenhouse gas emissions … and to at least match electricity consumption with renewable energy,' says Omdia's Dr. Moises Levy.
This report examines the history of green data centers, the impact of recent legislation, the technologies powering the data centers of tomorrow and strategies for implementing sustainable practices today.
Proposed efficiency law will force data center operators to reuse waste heat. Critics say the district heating system in Germany isn't laid out to absorb these emissions.