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New computing infrastructure means big tech is likely to miss emissions targets but they can’t afford to get left behind in a winner takes all market

Tech firm’s bid to remove more CO2 than it produces is being tested as AI spawns new energy-hungry datacentres

The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres

Over the past few years, we have seen an uptick in organizations setting long-term sustainability goals. However, CEOs and CSOs typically forecast these often long-term and aspirational goals.

With the demand for cloud storage growing ever-larger, companies that rely on vast data networks are starting to try out some unusual approaches to meet demand...

Greenpeace singles out Amazon Web Services and Twitter for siting data centres in coal areas and failing to reveal energy useThe rise of social media is being powered by dirty forms of energy such as coal, a report from the...

Computer multinationals are finding that the chilly Irish climate helps with the cost of cooling their giant processor farmsJust like their neighbours across the sea, the Irish enjoy nothing more than whingeing about the...

As I sit here typing away, Amazon.Com’s Cloud Player serves up 320 tunes I’ve purchased over the past year and a half. I can play them anywhere, any time, on any computer with Internet access. I don’t have...

It has been noted that in the past week we have seen two prominent skeptic websites attacked: Jo Nova and The GWPF, the latter of which has been overtaken, and a message from the attackers replaced the home page...

James West from Climate Desk explains the environmental impact of Apple's energy consumption

Greenpeace report named Apple among worst offenders for using highly polluting coal to power their data centresApple disclosed sensitive information about energy demand at the data centre housing its iCloud service for the...

At around 1.5m tonnes of carbon, the energy usage of the online giant is on a par with the United NationsGoogle's carbon footprint is on a par with the United Nations, the internet giant revealed on Thursday as it published...

The auto industry continues to strengthen its ties with Silicon Valley: Toyota and cloud computing company Salesforce have just teamed up to develop Toyota Friend, a private social network to connect Toyota customers and...

Toyota Motor Corporation and Microsoft have announced that they will partner to bring telematics (a.k.a. the integrated use of telecommunications and informatics) to the smart grid via Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing-powered...

Analysis of data released by Google shows where its data centres - the places that keep it going - are