green IT
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The world is becoming increasingly data centric. CIOs are facing growing pressures to
source clean, reliable and affordable energy to power their data centres. In this article,
Jorge Balcells of Verne Global explores the optimal locations for providing abundant
renewable energy resources, and whether green resources are actually always truly green.
F
or the best part of a
decade businesses have
been trying to find better
ways to become greener
and reduce their carbon
footprints. This is particularly evident
in the IT sector where CIOs are
facing increasing pressure to source
clean and reliable energy to power IT
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operations. But they are also being
tasked to do so with dwindling budgets.
Necessity for stability
Data centres represent one of the
fastest growing users of electricity
in the world. The UK’s ageing power
grid is vulnerable. It is constantly
facing unprecedented changes,
creating a hurdle for companies
that want to expand their high
performance computing (HPC) and
other compute intensive programmes.
These factors are further complicated
by the recent uncertainty surrounding
Hinkley Point, infiltrating anxiety
among CIOs and the future of their
business. If the state of the UK’s