O2 outlines plans to slash data centre emissions
Telecommunications giant O2 is set to cut emissions from its data centres by more than half a million kilograms within a year, after investing in natural cooling technologies and energy efficiency.
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In what it has described as a “radical overhaul”, the firm has invested in innovative energy-efficient cooling equipment to regulate the temperature of data centres and core network sites. These will replace traditional electric-powered air conditioning and transitional gas-based refrigeration.
The new equipment will use natural cold air outside of locations to cool inside. It is being paired with energy management software from EkkoSense, which uses smart sensors fitted to data centre equipment to monitor exactly how much cooling each site needs at any one time and how the delivery of this cooling can be optimised for energy efficiency.
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European industry is becoming increasingly vocal regarding the challenges it faces in decarbonising production while remaining competitive, a view supported by a recent think-tank report.
“The European Union needs to urgently create the conditions necessary to accelerate the industrial transformation if it wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050,” said Patrick Graichen, executive director of Agora Energiewende, a German think-tank.
“It has only one investment cycle left to do so,” he added, also pointing out that carbon emissions in the industrial sector merely decreased by 5% between 2010 and 2018.
“It’s about where the future of the competitiveness of the EU economy and many prosperous businesses lies,” said Eliot Whittington, director of CLG Europe at an event last week (11 May) where political leaders came together with members of the industry and think tanks to discuss how to scale up demand for climate neutral basic materials and products.
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