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Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy

The GreenTouch industry consortium says new technologies could cut power consumption by 90 percent

Vodafone, Ericsson test feature to make rural mobile coverage cheaper

By allowing three antennas to share one radio unit, operators can expand networks to remote parts of the world

EBay develops 'miles per gallon' metric for data centres

The auction site has shared a new methodology for tracking energy efficiency

Almost half of IT pros unaware of EU 20-20-20 energy directive

Only 21 percent of IT professionals have taken actions to address the Directive

Tablets to get Energy Star ratings

Energy Star ratings could lead to more power-efficient tablets

New NEC server has built-in batteries for backup power

The electronics conglomerate says the new server can eliminate the need for UPSs in data centres

Autumn statement: CRC energy efficiency scheme to stay put until 2016

CRC is thought to be particularly damaging to the data centre industry

Birmingham to open new green £60m data centre

The Data City Exchange data centre is a 10MW (megawatt) modular and scalable facility

Green Grid offers guidelines for data centre life cycle assessments

New report calls for data centres to be assessed in a comprehensive and flexible way

PUE data centre efficiency metric to be standardised 'within months'

Forthcoming standard could help the industry secure a Climate Change Agreement

Dell: ARM needs 64-bit processors for server take-off

More to an ARM server than running the LAMP stack, says top Dell system designers

Smartphone usage driving up greenhouse gas emissions: report

Public policy makers need to support the deployment of smart infrastructure

Most energy-efficient servers to be identified by new SPEC benchmarks

The EPA and other government agencies will use the tool to award Energy Star ratings

Smart energy IT market growing quickly

Software and IT services in the worldwide smart energy delivery market is likely to grow by 23% between 2011 and 2012, a study predicts

Google invests £124 million in Texas wind turbine project

The investment is part of a continuing interest by the Internet giant in renewable energy

British start-ups scoop top prizes at Tech Trailblazers Awards

SaaSID, Iceotope and VentiSys Technology represented the side for Europe

'Industrial Internet' to add trillions to global GDP by 2030

Enabling Internet-connected machines to communicate and operate automatically can bring substantial efficiency gains

European Commission turns up the heat on data centre equipment vendors

Many data centres could be running at higher operating temperatures with little impact on resilience

BCS proposes FVER data centre efficiency metric to complement PUE

FVER helps data centre operators monitor energy usage further up the stack

Methanol to power mobile networks during electricity outage

Nokia Siemens Networks says methanol-powered fuel cells are cheaper than diesel and take up less space than batteries


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