Green IT stories
Rising AI hardware heat loads are pushing data centres towards liquid cooling, and Iceotope's latest cash injection is aimed at scaling its systems.
Enterprises facing heavier AI workloads and tighter rules may get more control over data, power use and resilience with Scality's new platform.
KOcycle wins King's Award as channel partners face rising scrutiny over IT waste, with its zero-landfill model and KODI scheme in focus.
The award spotlights rising demand for software that helps refurbishers resell compliant devices faster as second-life tech sales expand.
Recognition comes as more buyers scrutinise IT spending and waste, with Sumillion saying sustainable procurement can cut both costs and emissions.
The open-source tool could cut AI token use by up to 90%, reducing processing costs and energy demand for WordPress sites.
New Zealand firms gain a local cloud option as OVHCloud opens its first Asia-Pacific zone in Auckland, boosting resilience and data sovereignty.
The service aims to ease maintenance and fault diagnosis as AI-driven data centres increasingly rely on direct-to-chip liquid cooling.
Retrofitting old cooling units at Acciona's Madrid headquarters data centre has freed capacity and is expected to repay in about three years.
Architectural firms could save GBP £21,500 a year under a new metered model after telemetry showed cloud workstations rarely use full GPU capacity.
The win underlines growing demand for UPS systems that cut energy use, waste and downtime as AI-driven data centres expand.
The refurbished IT hardware supplier will expand under Claudio Christensen as demand grows for cheaper, lower-waste enterprise technology across Europe.
Greater demand for sovereign cloud and repeatable platform tools is driving Cycloid's channel strategy as it adds a senior Europe partner lead.
Only 42% of organisations are data mature, leaving many unable to turn AI pilots into reliable enterprise-wide returns.
Rising power and water demand from AI data centres could wipe out some sustainability gains unless firms demand stricter vendor transparency.
Buyers across Europe are trading up to higher-spec refurbished notebooks, lifting revenue 10% even as unit sales stayed broadly flat.
AI workloads could add more than 150 GW of data centre demand, pushing operators to rethink power, cooling and grid resilience.
The deal gives NTT DATA a way to offset hard-to-abate emissions as it presses ahead with net-zero targets for its data centres and offices.
It aims to cut manual work for IT teams by unifying multivendor infrastructure management through natural language prompts and human oversight.
Customers could benefit as Fortinet expands AI threat protection, adds quantum-safe features and says some products now use up to 62% less energy.
