Solar power stories

As tech titans eye orbital servers, sun-rich Namibia emerges as a cheaper, greener and sovereign hub for Africa's booming data demand.

Atombeam and Trilliant team up to compress grid-edge data for AMI networks, promising faster, more secure smart meter traffic for utilities.

Edifier charts next phase of global audio push, targeting hybrid workers with HDMI eARC speakers, studio monitors and planar earbuds.

New underground data centres paired with agrovoltaic farms and solar cooling offer a sustainable model supporting agriculture, food security and climate goals.

Global electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double by 2030, driven largely by AI-optimised servers doubling their power use share.

Emirates Flight Catering adopts Informatica's cloud-based data platform to boost efficiency, supplier collaboration and sustainability in its meal production.

Canada grants CAD $33m to George Gordon First Nation's solar project in Saskatchewan, pioneering industrial clean energy supply via a 30-year pact.

Canadian firms Deep Sky and Skyrenu achieve North America's first underground carbon storage via direct air capture at Innisfail, Alberta facility.

The quA-ymn Solar Project in British Columbia now powers over 2,400 homes, marking the province's largest commercial solar facility to date.

Hitachi Vantara's FY2024 Sustainability Report highlights strides in reducing emissions, boosting energy efficiency, and advancing eco-friendly tech in data centres.

Hitachi Vantara boosts energy efficiency in its storage solutions and sets carbon neutrality targets for FY2030 and FY2050, enhancing sustainability efforts worldwide.

BLUETTI unveils SwapSolar, a pioneering outdoor power solution featuring an LFP-powered portable fridge and hot-swappable battery station.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has introduced new innovations to simplify network management and improve operational agility with HPE Aruba Networking Central.

The report named three new threat groups targeting ICS/OT environments, including two that gained access into OT systems of industrial organisations.

Simply Energy will provide 10 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy for the NZ data centre through 'demand flexibility' technology.

Alibaba Cloud, Facebook, and Oracle - among others - have already opened major facilities this year, so here's a round-up.

CIM Group and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty acquire a 42,000-square-foot data centre in Markham, expanding their international portfolio.

Fuze expands in APAC with three new data centers and a Sydney office, as it aims to dominate the UCaaS market.