Data Center Sustainability: Green Solutions For The Future
DataCenter Knowledge, February 6th, 2023
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.
Let's begin with an alarming fact: the data center industry currently accounts for approximately 1% of the planet's power consumption.
As the catastrophic effects of climate change extend their reach, local residents, NPOs, and regulatory bodies alike are increasingly concerned about the negative environmental, economic and social impacts of new and existing data center projects.