Pure Storage adds energy efficiency guarantee to storage-as-a-service
Pure Storage introduced an energy efficiency guarantee for Evergreen//One, one of the company's storage-as-a-service (STaaS) solutions.
The energy-efficiency guarantee can be thought of as a service-level agreement (SLA) for energy consumption. According to Pure Storage, the SLA ensures that cu... Read more
‘Intel’s German chip plant will need twice the city’s energy to operate’
According to officials cited by POLITICO, the planned Intel chip manufacturing plant in Magdeburg, Germany needs at least double the city’s power consumption after its operations kick off in 2027.
“The power consumption when Intel starts operating is greater than the current total power con... Read more
Italy’s energy agency suffers malware attack
The attack forced the agency to shut down its IT systems for some time.
Italy’s energy agency, Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), suffered a malware attack on Sunday night and Monday morning, according to a report in Bloomberg. GSE is responsible for the country's energy security. Accordin... Read more
Cloud provider OVH announces price increases of 10 percent
OVH plans to increase the prices of several cloud services by roughly 10 percent. According to the French cloud provider, the change is necessary due to rising inflation and energy prices.
OVH is one of the largest European cloud providers. The organization provides private cloud, public cloud ... Read more
Ireland could be getting more datacenters despite energy concerns
Controversy is brewing in Ireland as one development company challenges the prohibition of data center construction in the Dublin area. At the same time, Amazon was authorized to build two new sites near the city amidst rising concerns about data center energy consumption.
Back in June, th... Read more
Microsoft data center guzzles scarce water supply amidst heatwave
Dutch media report that a Microsoft data center in the province of North Holland consumes more water than initially indicated. At the same time, the country faces water scarcity amidst a heatwave.
The data center is located in the municipality of Hollandse Kroon. Local media report that the dat... Read more
Microsoft’s data centers will provide energy to power grids
Microsoft's Irish data centers will be feeding power into the national grid before the end of the year. Thanks to new data center batteries, grid operators become less dependent on coal and gas.
An offline data centre is a worthless data centre. Servers must keep running. In any other case, the ... Read more
‘Data centers hit by energy prices look to pass costs onto customers’
Dutch data centers risk financial problems due to increasingly high energy prices. Some data centers are looking to break contracts and pass costs to customers. Unfortunately, the latter have little choice.
Since August 2021, the price of data ceter electricity has quadrupled. Russia's invasion ... Read more
Siemens and Alphabet subsidiary Chronicle protect energy infrastructure
Siemens AG has entered into a partnership with Chronicle, a subsidiary of Alphabet. The two parties will work together to secure systems in the energy infrastructure industry.
The plan is for Siemens to use Chronicle's Backstory network security platform to provide greater visibility into a power c... Read more
Microsoft data centres will be 60 percent powered by renewable energy by 2020
Microsoft's data centres must be 60 percent powered by renewable energy by 2020. By 2023, it should be more than 70%. That's what President Brad Smith said, writes Venturebeat. The company aims to reduce its operational CO2 emissions by 75 percent over the next eleven years.
"The magnitude and speed... Read more