Sustainable IT

America’s data centers are getting a lot more efficient

Virtualization, cloud and smarter cooling management have all contributed to reduced power consumption in U.S. data centers.

Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says

Server growth rate at 3% with gains in server utilization and cloud

Networked clothing getting closer

Sewing machines create micro-thin embroidered antennas that could bring cheap, comfortable e-textiles to the IoT

No, Apple didn’t make $40 million mining gold from discarded iPhones

Envisioning a 65-story data center

Architects break free of box-like data center designs to create a tower-shaped, sustainable structure

Grow lunar-based solar panels to eliminate fossil-fuel reliance, says kid

Self-replicating solar panels located on the moon could be the answer to fossil-fuel elimination on Earth, says a high school senior. The youngster is being taken seriously by academics.

Facebook’s Open Compute Project helps competitors build hyperscale data centers together

Facebook’s open source hardware development and procurement strategy grows with new competitors and new industries.

Power stations gone by 2030, report suggests

Large-scale, conventional power plants will ultimately be replaced by rooftop solar panels and wind turbines, says an official power-industry body.

MIT wearable tech gives ‘power walk’ a whole new meaning

Charge up your fitness tracker with every step you take

NSF puts $30M behind software bug killing, synthetic biology & computational sustainability

Boston University, Cornell and Princeton lead the way on these National Science Foundation funded efforts