Microsoft ran 10 racks on a hydrogen fuel cell for 48 hours. Here’s what comes next

Data center power consumption is costly - but servers are getting more efficient

There comes a point when water should be prioritized over air, but the question is when?

One degree warmer, and you might save three percent of your power

A sixfold increase in compute led to energy demands rising just six percent

We head to Sweden to watch data turn into pellets

You might expect the physical design of data center hardware to be pretty standard by now. Don’t be so sure…

Controlling failure rates and temperatures with AI

Machine learning will increase the demands on data center performance, leading to new ways to cool and power the systems there

We all know Intel for its chips, but perhaps we should be paying more attention to its data centers

Finding fresh talent to operate data centers is tough enough, and the industry is growing fast

How Google, Amazon and Microsoft create the illusion of infinite capacity

Look to the skies for an innovative approach to cooling

European regulations are phasing out certain refrigerants, with major effects on data center cooling

Fears over climate change and rising power densities led supercomputing designers to adopt hot water cooling

Thanks to its demographics, its energy grids, and its politics, Europe is getting ahead on energy efficiency

Upgrading a data center to get a lower PUE is a challenge, but in the sub-tropical South African climate, it is a serious achievement

Data center UPS systems can be used to support the electrical grid, creating a new revenue stream for operators

European Innovation Summit opens with a bid to stake out emerging territory 

We look at Microsoft, NREL and Daimler’s approaches to fuel cells in the data center

Expect hybrid cloud and edge to grow

Relocating to the Nordics, installing emergency gas generators, or sitting tight and waiting for distribution network operators to build the infrastructure?

The concept presents interesting challenges related to power, cooling and compliance - all of these were discussed in detail at DCD Zettastructure

Tall data centers could be the answer to a shortage of land. But they also have to be efficient in a tropical environment

Plus: How many gallons of diesel did Apple’s data centers consume in a year?

The external design is based on a broken phone, the internals contain a vertiginous chasm

Trump promised trade wars. What will we get?

In the first of a series, we look at how Trump’s energy policy could affect the industry