sustainability
The Impact of Trump’s Return on AI and Climate
US President-elect Donald Trump made plenty of ambitious promises during his presidential campaign, but it will be tough for him to fulfill all his pledges. His stance on artificial ...Full Article
atNorth Expands Iceland Data Centers, Partners with AgTech Startup for Heat Recycling
REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, Nov. 7th, 2024 -- atNorth, a leading Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced the substantial expansion of two of its data centers ...Full Article
The Growing E-Waste Footprint of GenAI
The rapid advancement of digital technologies has led to the proliferation of electronic devices and systems, resulting in an alarming increase in electronic waste (e-waste). GenAI, in particular, requires ...Full Article
Google Struggles to Meet Sustainability Goals Amid AI Expansion
Google has an ambitious goal to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by the year 2030. This would require cutting its carbon emissions in half compared to its ...Full Article
Fujistso and Mizuho Deploy GenAI to Track Trends in Humpback Whale Migration
Fujitsu and Mizuho Financial Group have partnered to track trends in humpback whale migration and promote sustainable tourism for Hachijo Island, a popular tourist destination. The island features historical ...Full Article
HPE and Eni Build One of the World’s Most Powerful Enterprise Supercomputers for AI
HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2024 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it is building a next-generation supercomputer called HPC6 for Eni, one of the world’s largest energy providers. Eni will use ...Full Article
Going Green in the AI Era: an Imperative for Performance-Intensive Applications
Across the globe, the same pattern is seen – data centers are slowly becoming a detriment to the environment. While energy usage has stabilized around 2-3 percent of ...Full Article
Experts Grapple with AI’s Environmental Costs
AI algorithms have made tremendous progress in making many computational processes more efficient, but “efficiency” isn’t always the name of the game for the AI industry itself. Famously, a ...Full Article
IBM Joins Effort to Build $200M AI, Cloud, Quantum Discovery Accelerator at the University of Illinois
With demands for AI, hybrid cloud and quantum computing expanding daily, IBM is joining an initiative to build a Discovery Accelerator Institute at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana ...Full Article
Turning Trash Into Renewable Energy for the Datacenter
Renewable energy developer Vieste Energy is partnering with green building design firm ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.) on a national portfolio of 100 percent renewable energy datacenters. Full Article
