Interact launched on January 12th, 2021 to help data centers optimize their servers' energy consumption and reduce their overall environmental impact. Since the launch, we have been able to present our research at several events, make various amendments to enhance the tool, and provide servic...

Rich Kenny is Managing Director at Interact. He is also Group Sustainability and Research Director at Techbuyer, an influencer for the Northern Intelligence forums, and an expert in leading technical, research and innovation projects. We caught up with Rich to ask how he got into the IT...

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is a widely used metric by data centres as a proxy for energy efficiency. Though PUE could indicate the power and cooling infrastructure overhead compared to IT, it does not provide a reliable overall picture of efficiency as it fails to capture IT efficiency and e...

A large managed service provider in Northern England recently carried out a snapshot report on the energy efficiency of their server estate. The initial report gave some interesting data on energy and space savings opportunities...

Astrid Wynne is Head of Partnerships at Interact and Sustainability Lead at Techbuyer. She is also a part of numerous Circular Economy organisations and recently became a member of the Free ICT Europe board. From lobbying the latest sustainability legislations to never looking at 10 Green Bottles...