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Sustainability stories - Page 73

Sustainablilty in the tech sphere can also be described as Green IT and involves the use, distribution and creation of IT technology that has positive impacts on the environment. With close links to ESG, organisations need an informed strategy, engaged employees and positive leadership to achieve successful and sustainable outcomes.

Sustainable tech also involves reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing, use, and end-of-life handling, both of which relate to physical hardware and software.
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Delta scoops Taiwan Best Global Brand for sixth consecutive year

Thu, 15th Dec 2016
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Delta named Taiwan's Best Global Brand for the sixth year running, recognising its commitment to innovation and energy savings.
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Fuji Xerox scoops sustainability award; leads partners & customers towards green future

Wed, 14th Dec 2016
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Fuji Xerox states that its sustainability practises help it become a role model to partners, customers and its other stakeholders.
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Growing focus on energy efficiency for hyper scale data centers, exec says

Tue, 13th Dec 2016
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Schneider Electric launches new Galaxy VX UPS to support move to hyper scale data centers and boost energy efficiency.
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Singapore & Japan data centers feature on Green500 for efficient cooling tech

Fri, 2nd Dec 2016
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Asetek's liquid cooling technology is behind nine installations on the Green500 list of the world's most energy efficient supercomputers.
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Sustainability: Key to the future of data centres in Singapore

Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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Achieving a viable sustainability strategy starts with the data centre's platform - how it is designed, constructed and operated.
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Microsoft inks deal to power data center entirely by wind

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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Microsoft strikes a gusty deal to wind-power a US data centre, fortifying its green energy commitment amidst climate issues.
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Climate change and sustainability top of the agenda for smart city objectives

Thu, 10th Nov 2016
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​Climate change, resilience and sustainability will make up half of all smart city objectives by 2020, according to the latest research from Gartner.
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Malaysian-based GDC recognised for 'eco-friendly' data center cooling tech

Wed, 12th Oct 2016
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Green Data Center LLP, a Malaysian-based green data center equipment provider, has won the Chairman's Award at the Global ICT Excellence Awards 2016.
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Microsoft: Data and data centers to drive fourth industrial revolution

Mon, 3rd Oct 2016
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Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, says that the cloud must be built responsibly to power a data-driven world.
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Google runs data centers without waste in Singapore and Taiwan

Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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Singapore's landfill space is projected to run out by 2035, but Google's data centers there have achieved a 100% landfill diversion rate.
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Google strives for 'zero waste to landfill' in its data centers

Thu, 15th Sep 2016
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Google is working towards achieving zero waste to landfill from its data center operations, according to a blog post from the company.
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Green data centers: Good for the planet, good for the market

Mon, 1st Aug 2016
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Increased use of big data analytics drives global data center market, set to grow by 11% between 2016-2020, says Technavio.
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Change is in the air: Digital Realty to power data centers with wind

Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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Digital Realty Trust agreed to buy enough wind power to offset all of the energy spent in its colocation and interconnection facilities in the U.S.
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Construction of 'green' data centers to continue to surge

Wed, 22nd Jun 2016
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Surge in eco-friendly data centres set amid soaring demand for containerised solutions, Technavio report reveals.
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NEXTDC M1 data centre achieves NABERS 4.5 star rating

Tue, 21st Jun 2016
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NEXTDC has achieved a 4.5 rating from NABERS for its Data-Center-as-a-Service provider technology at its M1 center in Port Melbourne, Australia.
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Fujitsu awarded Australia's first NABERS data center portfolio ratings

Tue, 21st Jun 2016
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Fujitsu Australia awarded Australia's first NABERS data center portfolio ratings across six of its sites, resulting from a focus on sustainability.
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Preparing the business for end of financial year

Thu, 9th Jun 2016
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Konica Minolta advises businesses to use the end of the financial year to reinvigorate strategic direction and take advantage of tax breaks.
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Siemens, ZNV team up for green data centers

Thu, 2nd Jun 2016
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Siemens and security and monitoring company ZNV Technology have teamed up to drive more efficient, intelligent and reliable data center technologies.
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World's first tropical data center on trial in Singapore

Wed, 1st Jun 2016
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Singapore is trialling the world's first tropical data centre, which could reduce global energy consumption by data centres by up to 40%.
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Technavio Southeast Asia forecast: Big trends & 16% growth

Tue, 24th May 2016
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Technavio forecasts 16% growth in Southeast Asia. Big trends: green data centers, modular data center models, liquid cooling solutions and economisers.