As the environmental and energy costs of Earth-based data centres rise sharply, companies are beginning to test whether space could offer a more sustainable and resilient place to store critical data. Rising Pressure On Earth-Based Data Centres The global data centre industry has faced increasing pressure in recent years as […]
Posted in News Also tagged Data Centres, SpaceJapan has lifted a prototype offshore wind turbine wall above the ocean, demonstrating how a new clustered turbine design could dramatically increase renewable energy output while reshaping the economics of offshore wind. A Different Way Of Thinking About Offshore Wind For more than two decades, offshore wind has largely followed […]
Posted in News Also tagged Offshore, Power, Wind TurbinePerplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has warned that if capable AI can run locally on personal devices, the economic and environmental case for endlessly expanding large data centres could start to weaken. Data Packed Locally On A Chip Instead For most users today, artificial intelligence follows a simple pattern. A request […]
Posted in News Also tagged Data CentresAn international research team has proposed using bacteria to bind Martian soil into concrete-like structures, offering a lower-energy and more sustainable way to build future habitats on Mars. What The New Research Is Proposing A new perspective paper published in Frontiers in Microbiology examines whether biomineralisation, a natural process driven […]
Posted in News Also tagged Building Material, Martian, SoilAs climate change drives more frequent and unpredictable drought, scientists are studying resurrection plants to understand how their extreme survival traits could help agriculture become more resilient and sustainable. What Are Resurrection Plants? Resurrection plants are a small and exceptional group of flowering plants capable of surviving the loss of […]
Posted in News Also tagged Agriculture, TechnologyB&Q has added a brick described as the world’s most sustainable to its online marketplace, making a low-carbon construction material previously used mainly on commercial projects available to UK consumers for the first time. Kenoteq The product in question is the K-Briq, developed by Scottish cleantech firm Kenoteq, and its […]
Posted in News Also tagged B&Q, Brick, Online RangeGlobal data centre electricity demand is now forecast to almost triple by 2035, forcing urgent questions about how to power the AI boom sustainably. The Forecasts Point To A Steep Rise New analysis from BloombergNEF suggests data centres could be drawing around 106 gigawatts of power by 2035, up from […]
Posted in News Also tagged Data Centre, PowerGreen hydrogen was expected to become one of the most important clean fuels for decarbonising heavy industry, yet many projects across Europe, the United States and Australia are now slowing, shrinking or being cancelled altogether. What Is Green Hydrogen? Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen […]
Posted in News Also tagged Green Hydrogen, RolloutResearchers 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 […]
Posted in News, Sustainability Also tagged Data Centres, SmartphonesExowatt, 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 […]
Posted in News, Sustainability Also tagged AI, Data CentresAn 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 […]
Posted in News, Sustainability Also tagged Data Centre, EssexArgyll 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 […]
Posted in Sustainability Also tagged AI, Cloud, Renewable
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