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Review of JRC report on energy consumption in data centres and broadband communication networks in the EU 2023 Data Centre EU estimates 45-65 TWh of electricity in 2022 (between 1.8-2.6% total energy). Colocation and Hyperscale account for 65% of the total. Enterprise the remaining 35%. Top...

Below is a brief review of the IEA’s Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment Technology Collaboration Programme Electronic Devices & Networks Annex. Its aims were: To provide an overview of policies to increase energy efficiency of data centres and to oblige reporting on the energy use...

The GHG Protocol lacks circular economy incentivisation. When it comes to the letter of the law the GHG Protocol doesn’t account for the benefits of re-use and product life extension. It encourages multi-stakeholder processes to develop guidance but doesn’t explicitly cater for circul...

Interact publishes in IEEE Journal of Sustainable Computing – Impact of temperature on data centre and server efficiency and performance.   The IEEE Journal of Sustainable Computing is in the top 5% of all academic journals published worldwide. We have published in this Journal befo...

Another important strand of Interact’s sustainability strategy has been achieved this month with the confirmation of Interact as a B Corp and also receiving our EcoVadis Silver rating (rated top 25% of all sustainable businesses). We went through the process last year and received ou...