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With the rapid spread of artificial intelligence (AI), the importance of data centers is increasing. Currently, there is a potential shortage of data centers to support generative AI and the AI of the next few years, and there are challenges such as how to secure the large amounts of electricity consumed by data centers. While […]

Irish government restricts data center development   Ireland’s The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has decided to limit the impact by imposing a de facto moratorium on new data center development in the Dublin metropolitan area.   Ireland’s national transmission operator EirGrid said in response that it would only consider new applications for grid […]

NTT DATA Co., Ltd. is working to remote/automate equipment inspection work using robots at the data center “NTT Shinagawa TWINS DATA Building” (hereinafter referred to as “Shinagawa Data Center”) operated by the company. announced that it has confirmed that it is possible to reduce the equipment inspection work that was previously done by about 50%. […]

On November 24, 2022, Kyocera Communication Systems Corporation (KCCS) announced that KCCS will begin construction of a zero-emission data center in Ishikari City, Hokkaido, Japan, in December 2022, with the data center scheduled to open in the fall of 2024.   In 2019, KCCS announced plans for a zero-emission data center in Ishikari, Hokkaido, which […]

What is Water Positive   Water positive means providing more water than you consume. With freshwater shortages becoming an issue around the world, companies are making various efforts to secure water. There are two main ways to do it: either reduce consumption or increase supply. There are ways to reduce water consumption, such as water […]

Google and Microsoft, two of the world’s largest companies specializing in cloud computing, are considered to be constantly competing for business in the enterprise market. These two companies share one important sense of urgency. That means that the environmental impact of the ever-expanding number of data centers around the world needs to change drastically. Both […]

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) announced on November 17 that it will build a new system module building within its own data center, Matsue Data Center Park (Matsue DCP), which has been operating in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture since April 2011. . Construction is scheduled to begin in February 2024 and operations are scheduled to […]

As the Earth is threatened by climate change, the entire world is accelerating its movement toward carbon neutrality. Recently, many executives may have become interested in achieving ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) goals.   For those who are interested in ESG, we would like to introduce sustainable innovations and initiatives by companies that handle data […]

We hear that the enormous amount of power consumed by data centers have a significant impact on investment sentiment to data centers. It is critical to realize power supply generated by a sustainable and reliable renewable energy system. 　 Underwater power generation has the potential to be one of the solutions to this issue. Unlike […]