Snøhetta designs an energy-positive data center to fight climate change
Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and real estate developer MIRIS have unveiled designs for ‘The Spark,’...
Massive new data center to be built in chilly Norway to offset energy use
Every like and tweet costs energy, which isn't great for climate change. That's why the American-Norwegian data...
How Sweden plans to heat homes with internet searches
Emails and Instagram photos don't come without a carbon footprint: they're stored in data centers which continually...
Why sending an email can increase your carbon footprint
Your carbon footprint is greater than just the fossil fuels burned in traveling and construction—it encompasses...
This skyscraper is a sustainable data center in Iceland
The concept is designed to be located in Iceland for several reasons: first, the cooler temperatures in Iceland...
Sweden's EcoDataCenter plans be the world's first carbon negative data center
One big downside to the virtual world we’ve created is the amount of energy needed to power the devices and data...
Apple to build 100 percent renewable energy-powered data centers in Denmark and Ireland
Apple just announced plans to construct two new data centers in Europe - and like all current Apple data centers,...
INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Energy Does Google Use?
Did you know that the energy used by a single google search is equivalent to turning on a 60W light bulb for 17...
Apple Announces Plans to Build 20MW Solar Farm to Power Reno Data Center
Earlier this spring, environmentalists cheered when Apple announced that it would powerits largest data center...
Facebook's Energy-Efficient Prineville Data Center in Oregon Achieves LEED Gold Status
The Prineville Data Center enjoys a high desert climate, meaning low humidity and temperatures that get pretty...
eBay To Power Its Flagship Data Center With a Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Farm
eBay recently announced that it'll be teaming up with Bloom Energy as part of its "bold new vision for powering...
Green Mountain Data Center is Buried Underground and Cooled By Norway's Fjords
Green Mountain Data Center has about 21,000 sq meters of floor space inside the mountain. This includes facilities...
SUN MICROSYSTEMS PROJECT BLACKBOX
We've seen shipping containers used for prefab housing before, and now here's another function to add to the list...
