Sustainable Data Centres and ICT – Events

The event will be held virtually. 2019 has been a pivotal year for climate change awareness, where corporate organizations are now racing not only to join the fight against climate change, but also to avoid shrinking profits or funding restrictions as consumers and investors alike demand green-friendly sustainable businesses. “The SDG goals represent a call for action by all countries […]

Datacenters have an important role to play in digital transformation. Today’s datacenters have the potential to become a dynamic change agent within smart urban systems. The growth of inefficient datacentre brings irreversible economic and environmental ramifications to the society. Currently, the world’s datacentres consumed 3% of global electricity with a growth project to 20% by 2025. These power hungry datacentres […]

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNEP DTU Partnership and The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, furthers work on sustainable datacentres and energy efficiency in the Digital sector. The collaboration agreement was signed by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology – Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute and UNEP DTU Partnership – Copenhagen Centre […]

Data centres have become key in supporting ICT services in modern societies, and with their growing use and importance comes an ever-growing carbon footprint. In the first issue of the new Data Centre brief series, published by UNEP DTU Partnership’s Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, the question of how we can ensure environmentally sustainable data centres is analysed through the […]

This week, UNEP DTU Partnership joined the DTU High Tech Summit highlighting the needs and possibilities for green solutions within the energy and datacentre sectors. The DTU High Tech Summit is part conference and part exhibition with a vision to create the largest research-based meeting place in Denmark within the field of digitization. The summit aims to create the perfect […]

The data center industry is facing significant energy challenges as demand for data is escalating worldwide, while the severity of climate change and urgency of climate action is increasing. Denmark, being at the forefront of cleantech innovation and renewable energy, is the host for a sustainability call to action event on 15th May 2019 at the UN City in Copenhagen. […]