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Amazon’s cloud will be half way to 100% renewable power by end of next year
Amazon Web Services is marching toward powering its global cloud footprint completely with renewable energy, with plans to be half way to the goal by the end of next year.
Microsoft now runs one data center entirely on wind power
Microsoft’s commitment to renewable energy such as wind power makes its Cheyenne, Wyoming, data center completely green.
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The State of Solar 2017
Solar and other forms of renewable energy are the fastest growing energy sources in the U.S. As a result, renewable energy is expected to supply 80% of U.S. electricity by 2050.
Aligned Energy changes the data center model
Data centers are a big, expensive and increasingly important part of the fabric of technology. Aligned Energy's new center looks to change the cost models in the industry.
Nokia buys small semiconductor company to land 5G tech
A small semiconductor company based in Cambridge, Mass., was acquired today by Nokia, in a move to make the Finnish giant’s base station technology more energy-efficient.
Microsoft commits to running data centers off 50% renewable energy by 2018
Microsoft announced it plans to run its data centers off 50% renewable energy by 2018. The company’s worldwide production, licensing and logistic centers already run off 100% renewable energy.
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Evolving Along With the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is more than smart gadgets-it's mostly data. Read this O'Reilly article to see how some companies are accessing, modeling, and analyzing that data.
Apple commits to run off 100% renewable energy
Apple joined with 77 other corporations around the world in committing to using electricity from 100% renewable sources to run its data centers and offices around the globe.
Apple steps up environmental efforts in China
The company's assembly sites are keeping waste out of landfills, and its suppliers are moving toward renewable energy.
Forget range anxiety: EVs could replace 90% of today's cars
Electric cars would meet the needs of nine out of 10 drivers today, enabling the replacement of most combustion-engine vehicles, according to an MIT study of U.S. driving patterns.
Is corporate sustainability shaping your cloud adoption strategy?
Corporate sustainability departments looking to reduce waste are influencing IT decision making, and it could lead to increased cloud adoption.
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Budgeting: Beyond Spreadsheets
Learn how IBM solutions help you address the shortcomings of spreadsheets - while keeping the Microsoft Excel interface.
Google's DeepMind A.I. can slash data center power use 40%
Google turned its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology loose on its massive data center infrastructure and managed to reduce the amount of energy for cooling by up to 40%.
Amazon’s amazingly wasteful packaging
Two days later, a box big enough to hold a DVD player lands on our doorstep carrying two tiny packages of 24 flossers, the pair wrapped tightly together in more Amazon plastic.
Top 10 emerging technologies from the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum has compiled a list of the top 10 emerging technologies for 2016. The list includes nanosensors that will circulate through the human body, a battery that will be able to power an entire town and socially...
America’s data centers are getting a lot more efficient
U.S. data centers have used about the same amount of energy annually over the past five years or so, despite substantial growth in the sector, according to a new report published by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory....
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Nucleus Research Value Matrix 2015
The vendors who succeed in providing high ROI to their customers have strong integrations, a cloud deployment option, and offer a user interface that is able to increase productivity and adoption rates.
Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says
In recent years, power usage at data centers grew at an unsustainable rate, soaring 24% from 2005 to 2010. But a shift to virtualization, cloud computing and improved data center management is reducing energy demand.
Networked clothing getting closer
Sewing machines can be used to create micro-thin embroidered antennas and other circuitry that could bring cheap, comfortable ‘e-textiles’ to the Internet of Things.
No, Apple didn’t make $40 million mining gold from discarded iPhones
Jason Koebler at Motherboard debunks a run-amok story from earlier this week that created the erroneous impression that Apple was profiting handsomely from the mining of millions of dollars worth of gold from old iGadgets.
Envisioning a 65-story data center
Two young architects have designed a data center that challenges how the structures are built. Instead of constructing a flat, sprawling complex, they are proposing a data center that reaches skyscraper heights.
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