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Microsoft pulls underwater data center back to the surface to assess benefits of deep-sea cloud

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Members of the Project Natick team power wash algae, barnacles and sea anemones off the Northern Isles underwater data center, which was retrieved from the seafloor off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The tubular data center, containing 864 servers, was pulled up earlier this summer after sitting on the seafloor at a depth of 117 feet.

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A Closer Look at eBay’s Bloom-Powered Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

Last week eBay went live with a new data center power design that abandons diesel generators and UPS units in favor of Bloom Energy fuel cells powered by natural gas. In this video, eBay''s Dean Nelson and Bloom''s Peter Gross provide an overview of the new facility design. Data Center Design eBay'

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10 reasons to keep that data center running

CIO Business Intelligence

There are many practical reasons driving this movement away from the data center as a hallmark of information technology. But for all the undeniable reasons driving the transition to the cloud, there are a few arguments that don’t fit the narrative, a few rationales for bucking the trend and keeping your own data center running.

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

CIO Business Intelligence

Sustainability Leaders Video Series In this APAC Network video series hosted by Equinix, meet Asia-Pacific’s most inspiring people and companies leading the green revolution and charting a sustainable future for our planet. Depending on location and climate conditions, Equinix’s new data centers are designed to achieve under 1.20

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4 paths to sustainable AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. Salesforce’s AI Research team has also developed methods such as maximum parallelism, he adds, which split up compute-intensive tasks efficiently to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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A Look Inside Apple’s iDataCenter in North Carolina

Data Center Knowledge

Apple has provided the first look inside its data centers in a series of media interviews designed to promote its use of green energy, including a short video clip inside its iDataCenter in North Carolina. Featured'

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO Business Intelligence

But the requirements, difficult in areas with an already mature sustainable energy infrastructure in place, were overwhelming in sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, partners would be required to commit that their data centers achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030, an effort that would require the use of 100% renewable energy.

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