Renewable energy stories
Coalition launches standards for greener AI data centres
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Greening AI data centre coalition sets global benchmarks as pressure mounts over power, water and green finance for booming server farms.
Western Digital details sustainability gains amid AI demand
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Western Digital says emissions intensity from customer use of its drives is down 31%, while a rare-earth recovery pilot hit a 90% capture rate.
Hitachi Vantara flags AI data centre energy squeeze
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storage
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
Hitachi Vantara has unveiled sustainability progress as AI-driven data demand pushes energy, cooling and emissions reporting to the fore.
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
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data protection
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network infrastructure
Cloud and AI boom to drive data centre investment as operators race to build power-hungry facilities and edge sites worldwide.
ESG shifts from reporting to action across industries
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storage
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robots
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agricultural technology
Earth Day prompts businesses to turn ESG, AI and recruitment talk into practical change, as leaders cite data, energy limits and candidate scrutiny.
Siemens launches DC protection kit for data centres
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Siemens says its new direct current protection kit could cut peak power demand and cabling needs as data centres and factories test cleaner electrical designs.
Veolia launches global data centre resource service
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smart cities
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data analytics
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Veolia targets booming data centre buildout with a single service to cut water use, waste and energy strain as regulators tighten scrutiny.
Conflow wins Frost & Sullivan award for AI streetlights
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smart cities
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surveillance
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Conflow Power Group lands Frost & Sullivan's top global honour as its solar iLamp streetlights turn urban infrastructure into an AI revenue stream.
DLMS & OpenADR pact links smart meters with flexibility
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clean technologies
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data management
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renewable energy
DLMS and OpenADR strike liaison to bridge smart meter data and demand response signals as utilities push for common grid-edge standards.
Renew Risk launches offshore windstorm models for Europe
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clean technologies
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insurance
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climate change
Renew Risk unveils first offshore windstorm catastrophe models for Europe, aiming to sharpen insurers' pricing as bigger turbines face harsher seas.
Gradiant wins data centre water treatment deal
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semiconductors
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Gradiant lands data centre water contract as AI buildout squeezes supplies and boosts demand for zero liquid discharge systems.
Signify unveils 2030 sustainability push & Interact range
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smart cities
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iot
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power / energy
Signify sets 2030 sustainability targets and expands Interact with four connected lighting products for buildings and outdoor networks.
NextGen Nano plans GBP £300 million West Africa pilot
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agricultural technology
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clean technologies
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world bank
NextGen Nano to test transparent solar film in West Africa pilot blending greenhouse crop production, electricity supply and health benefits.
Geotab report shows fleets cut fuel waste with data
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data analytics
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cartech
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partner programmes
Geotab report shows fleets cut fuel waste by 30% as telematics help businesses slash idling, emissions and costs across global operations.
Parallax to build Elexon flexibility rules platform
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physical security
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erp
Parallax wins Elexon contract to create a national digital hub for Britain's flexibility market rules, compliance and data by October 2026.
GCRE draws interest for South Wales data centre plan
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Blue-chip firms in talks over renewable energy and data centre plans for GCRE's South Wales site, as partner search moves to second round.
Data centres should be built as civic assets to balance AI
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smart cities
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digital transformation
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Experts are urging data centres be planned as civic infrastructure using digital modelling to balance booming AI demand.
CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to boost capacity
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CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to lift cloud and colocation capacity, targeting low-emission hosting for AI and high-density workloads.
AI surge strains data centres over power & capacity
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virtualisation
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AI boom pushes UK data centres towards grid limits as operators warn of power, cooling and supply chain strains.
Energy overtakes compute as UK AI data centre constraint
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UK data centre leaders warn that surging AI demand is pushing energy use, grid access and sustainability to the fore as operators rethink expansion plans.