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Student Energy Group hits UK Fast Growth Index top five

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Student Energy Group has been named fifth in the Midlands in the 2025 UK Fast Growth Index, spotlighting its rapid student energy expansion.
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Better tech could boost UK bus use & help meet Net Zero goals

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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A study finds 69% of Brits would use buses more if services offered real-time info and tech upgrades, aiding UK Net Zero goals.
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Blue Yonder enhances supply chain planning with AI & real-time data

Wed, 3rd Dec 2025
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Blue Yonder upgrades its supply chain planning with AI and real-time data, boosting accuracy, collaboration and sustainability for businesses amid market ups and downs.
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Vertiv unveils PowerDirect 7100 to boost hybrid energy for EMEA

Mon, 1st Dec 2025
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Vertiv launches the PowerDirect 7100, a hybrid-ready DC power system boosting network reliability and renewable energy use across EMEA telecom and edge sites.
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Photonics seen as key to greener AI as energy use surges in Europe

Mon, 1st Dec 2025
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Photonics could be key to cutting Europe's soaring AI energy demands and emissions as a new report warns current tech cannot meet growth sustainably.
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Sustainable IT surges: UK tech leaders make ESG a business imperative

Thu, 27th Nov 2025
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UK tech leaders now make sustainability a key business focus, with 67% demanding green credentials from partners and 51% linking ESG to better customer satisfaction.
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Green giants: Engineering sustainable and resilient data centres

Mon, 24th Nov 2025
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UK data centres face soaring demand from AI growth, driving urgent shifts to sustainable, resilient designs with advanced cooling and renewable power.
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Solar streetlights with embedded AI offer greener data solution

Mon, 24th Nov 2025
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UK company Conflow Power launches solar streetlights with embedded AI, cutting energy use and emissions linked to global AI data centres.
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AI is helping us reimagine black friday

Sun, 23rd Nov 2025
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AI is revolutionising Black Friday, turning it from a rush of impulsive buys into a year-round, sustainable, and transparent shopping experience.
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Data centres go underground with new sustainability plan

Sat, 22nd Nov 2025
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Sustainable Integrated Data Farms fuse underground data centres, solar energy, and agrovoltaics to boost efficiency, food security and cut emissions.
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VIOOH sets new low for emissions in programmatic DOOH ads

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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VIOOH's programmatic digital out of home ads emit just 0.041g CO2e per impression, setting a new low and outperforming other programmatic channels.
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Edge AI, security & RISC-V to redefine IoT chips by 2026

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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By 2026, IoT chips will prioritise edge AI, RISC-V architectures, security, and sustainability, reshaping the semiconductor market and supply chains globally.
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Options Technology selects Iceland for AI cloud in finance push

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Options Technology chooses atNorth's Iceland ICE02 data centre to host AI-focused private cloud, boosting finance sector's AI workload capacity with green energy.
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Siemens & Delta launch modular power solutions for data centres

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Siemens and Delta partner to deliver modular, prefabricated power solutions cutting data centre deployment time by 50%, costs by 20%, and emissions by 27%.
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OmniOn Power unveils Pulsar 200 for secure DC power control

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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OmniOn Power launches Pulsar 200, a modular controller enhancing secure DC power management with smart monitoring and retrofit support for telecom and data centres.
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Openreach trials MicroBORE robot to speed up UK fibre rollout

Mon, 17th Nov 2025
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Openreach trials MicroBORE, a robotic trenchless drilling system, to speed up fibre broadband rollout while cutting disruption and costs across the UK.
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EV owners miss out on savings & green benefits amid tariff confusion

Mon, 17th Nov 2025
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Many UK EV owners miss out on savings and true green benefits due to confusing tariffs, with some paying up to GBP £372 extra annually for charging at peak times.
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Explainer: AI data boom sparks nuclear revival

Wed, 12th Nov 2025
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Microsoft's deal to restart Three Mile Island's nuclear reactor marks a revival driven by soaring AI data centre energy demands and sustainability goals.
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DE-CIX predicts AI revolution in finance, healthcare & industry by 2026

Thu, 6th Nov 2025
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DE-CIX forecasts a 2026 AI revolution in finance, healthcare and manufacturing, driven by emotion AI, healthcare connectivity, and agentic AI systems.
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Rackspace cuts emissions by 10% & targets net zero by 2045

Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
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Rackspace Technology cut emissions by 10% in a year and aims for net-zero carbon by 2045, backed by Science Based Targets initiative validation.