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Sustainability-In-Tech : Old Smartphones Find A Second Life As Tiny Data Centres

Published 4 December 2025

Researchers have developed a low cost way to turn discarded smartphones into tiny data centres that can support real world environmental and civic projects. Why Old Smartphones Still Matter More than 1.2 billion smartphones are produced every year, yet most are replaced within two or three years even when they […]

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Sustainability-In-Tech : Powering AI Data Centres Using Hot Rocks

Published 25 November 2025

Exowatt, a Sam Altman-backed energy startup, plans to revolutionise AI data centre energy consumption by harnessing the power of concentrated solar energy stored in high-temperature hot rocks to provide round-the-clock, dispatchable electricity. A Viable Alternative to Traditional Grid-Based Power? Co-founded by Hannan Happi, who has a background in energy innovation […]

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Sustainability-In-Tech : Want A Data Centre In Your Shed ?

Published 19 November 2025

An Essex couple have become the first in the UK to heat their home using a mini data centre in their garden shed, in a trial designed to cut energy bills and support low income households through the transition to net zero. Pilot Scheme Terrence and Lesley Bridges live in […]

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Sustainability-in-Tech : UK’s First Renewable-Powered Sovereign AI Cloud

Published 12 November 2025

Argyll Data Development has signed a landmark deal with AI infrastructure company SambaNova to build the UK’s first sovereign AI cloud in Scotland, powered entirely by renewable energy, marking a major step towards sustainable data sovereignty and low-carbon artificial intelligence. Who Is Behind The Project? Two companies from opposite sides […]

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Sustainability-In-Tech : Europe’s First Underground Mine Data Centre

Published 7 November 2025

Europe’s first full-scale data centre built inside a working mine in northern Italy is being hailed as a landmark in sustainable digital infrastructure, combining high-performance computing with energy efficiency and circular use of underground space. Who’s Behind the Project and Where Is It? The project, known as Trentino DataMine, is […]

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