Sustainability

Cisco reached a deal with NRG Energy to develop a 20 megawatt (MW) solar energy facility that will generate clean, reliable solar power for Cisco's San Jose headquarters. NRG Renew...

CenturyLink inaugurated a new data center in central Washington, adding hydro-electric-powered data center services to its hybrid IT services portfolio. The data center, located in Moses Lake, Washington, will ultimately...

Equinix committed to a long-term goal to use 100% clean and renewable energy to power its global platform, which now includes data centers in over 33 markets on five continents....

NTT DOCOMO is testing a base station with dual power-source control technology that uses more than 95% reduced-impact (solar and off-peak) electricity. The idea is to avoid the use of...

Apple has committed $848 million to purchase clean energy from First Solar's California Flats Solar Project in Monterey County, California. Under the largest power purchase agreement (PPA) to date for...

by Thierry Klein, Network Energy Research Program Leader, Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent In a world where leaving the office at the end of the day without one of our devices...

Bell Labs released an updated version of its G.W.A.T.T. application, which helps operators plan for the energy consumption and efficiency of their networks. Version 2.0 of G.W.A.T.T. (Global ‘What if’...

Verizon is installing 7,000 SunPower solar panels on the roof of its Long Island headquarters complex in Garden City, NY. The same building already generates 6 million kilowatt hours of...

HP announced a goal to reduce the emissions intensity of its product portfolio by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 2010 levels.  The carbon reduction goals apply to all three...

Facebook's engineering team posted details on its "Autoscale" load balancing technology, which is now yielding significant energy savings as traffic on the site rises and falls during the course of...

Microsoft announced its largest purchase of wind energy to date -- a 20-year agreement with EDF Renewable Energy to purchase up to an estimated 675,000 MWh of renewable energy from...

IBM announced a 10-year initiative to support China in transforming its national energy systems and protecting the health of citizens. IBM's "Green Horizon" project seeks to address three areas critical...

ETSI has published a Data Centre Energy Management (DCEM) indicator standard to help measure energy efficiency and compare energy management efficiency in data centres. The DCEM Global KPI specifies the...