IT

New AI and data centre competition co-hosted by CISL challenges students to deliver 'sustainable outcomes'

Just over half of respondents to new survey agree data centre approval should be conditional on plans to use surplus heat to warm nearby homes and buildings

Scottish government imposes more stringent environmental requirements on new data centres with a power capacity exceeding 50MW

AVEVA's Théo Farineau and Beth Barker from the Aldersgate Group argue more data sharing is needed to enable a more resilient, productive and lower carbon UK economy

Landmark funding to enable development of new data centres that promise to be powered by Scotland's expanding fleet of wind farms

Less than one per cent of UK government ICT waste also went to either landfill or incineration without energy recovery in 2024 to 2025, official report reveals

Data centre developers increasingly favouring sites with existing grid connections and in markets with abundant renewables amid queueing times of almost a decade, BNEF finds

The data centres that hold up over the next decade will not be the ones designed simply to withstand disruption, but those able to adjust to changing geopolitical and planetary climates, writes Arup's Gareth Williams

George Curtis at Carbon Neutral Group argues carbon accounting needs to get a grip on AI's fast-growing footprint

US tech and online retail giant's 'most comprehensive' sustainability report to date details how the firm is striving to meet its net zero by 2040 pledge, while ramping up its AI capacity