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Datacenters are making significant strides in addressing environmental considerations, including energy usage, water use, and carbon emissions. Many companies are leading the way by switching to renewable energy and adopting energy-efficient technologies like advanced cooling systems.
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**References for this module include:**
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- US Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: https://www.energy.gov/femp/energy-efficiency-data-centers
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- Microsoft: Sustainable by design: Transforming datacenter water efficiency:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/07/25/sustainable-by-design-transforming-datacenter-water-efficiency/
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- Encor: Green Data Center – The Complete Guide for 2024: https://encoradvisors.com/green-data-center/
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- Sustainability Magazine: Top 10: Sustainable Data Centre Companies: https://sustainabilitymag.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centres-across-the-world
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- Sustainability Magazine: Top 10: Sustainable Data Centre Providers: https://sustainabilitymag.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centre-providers
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- Ramboll: Biodiversity and Data Centers: What's the connection?: https://www.ramboll.com/galago/biodiversity-and-data-centers-what-s-the-connection
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- Microsoft: Life and growth in the ideal habitat: https://blogs.microsoft.com/bayarea/2020/04/21/life-and-growth-in-the-ideal-habitat/
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- Microsoft: How businesses, educators, and communities found common ground in a tiny forest: https://local.microsoft.com/blog/how-businesses-educators-and-communities-found-common-ground-in-a-tiny-forest/
- DataCentre Magazine: Top 10 Sustainable Datacentre companies: https://datacentremagazine.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centre-companies
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- DataCentre Magazine: Predictive Maintenance in the Data Centre: The Power of AI: https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/predictive-maintenance-in-the-data-centre-the-power-of-ai
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- BrightStar Systems: Used Data Center Equipment: https://brightstarsystems.com/product-information/used-data-center-equipment/
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- DataCentre Magazine: How AWS Recycles 99% of its Data Centre Hardware: https://datacentremagazine.com/data-centres/how-aws-recycles-99-of-its-data-centre-hardware
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- Datacenter Dynamics: AWS using reclaimed wastewater for data center cooling at 20 locations: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-using-reclaimed-wastewater-for-data-center-cooling-at-20-locations/
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- Microsoft: Modern datacenter water conservation and reuse: https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Water-Conservation_Infographic.pdf
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- The Fast Mode: Water Cooling in Data Centers: Efficient and Sustainable Solutions: https://www.thefastmode.com/expert-opinion/39419-water-cooling-in-data-centers-efficient-and-sustainable-solutions
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- Meta: CASE STUDY Denmark data center to warm local community: https://sustainability.atmeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FB_Denmark-Data-Center-to-Warm-Local-Community.pdf
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- Microsoft: Modern datacenter cooling: https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Modern-Datacenter-Cooling_Infographic.pdf
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- Microsoft: Sustainable by design: Next-generation datacenters consume zero water for cooling: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/09/sustainable-by-design-next-generation-datacenters-consume-zero-water-for-cooling/
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- Microsoft: Liquid Cooling in Air Cooled Data Centers on Microsoft Azure: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/liquid-cooling-in-air-cooled-data-centers-on-microsoft-azure/4268822
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- Microsoft: To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid: https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/datacenter-liquid-cooling/
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- Microsoft: Microsoft announces pioneering green hydrogen pilot project with ESB: https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2024/09/microsoft-announces-pioneering-green-hydrogen-pilot-project-with-esb/?msockid=35637ae0b54c676403ff6f64b401661c
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- CCN: Role of Blockchain in Climate Change: Is Crypto Contributing to Sustainability?: https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/blockchain-climate-change/
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- Shell: How can blockchain support the energy transition?: https://www.shell.com/what-we-do/digitalisation/blockchain/blockchain-building-trust-to-enable-the-energy-transition.html
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- Siemens: WHITE PAPER How Artificial Intelligence Is Cooling Data Center Operations: https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid:fdf5b798-479e-4f74-80d2-e472daf1f09a/Final-WSCO-White-Paper-AI.pdf
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- Sustainalytics: How Blockchain Technology can Unlock Climate Solutions: https://www.sustainalytics.com/esg-research/resource/investors-esg-blog/how-blockchain-technology-can-unlock-climate-solutions
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- ABB: Microgrids: Integration for power cost and control: [https://library.e.abb.com/public/67d130471f5442d882ddf881b9b7d0f8/microgrids%20for%20data%20centers.pdf](https://library.e.abb.com/public/67d130471f5442d882ddf881b9b7d0f8/microgrids for data centers.pdf)
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- Reason Foundation: The future of data center electricity use and microgrids: https://reason.org/commentary/the-future-of-data-center-electricity-use-and-microgrids/
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- AWS: AWS Announces New Data Center Components to Support AI Innovation and Further Improve Energy Efficiency: https://press.aboutamazon.com/2024/12/aws-announces-new-data-center-components-to-support-ai-innovation-and-further-improve-energy-efficiency
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- ITExchange: Sustainable Datacenters: Innovations in Energy Efficiency: https://www.itexchangeweb.com/blog/sustainable-data-centers/
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- NREL: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Data Center Applications Project Meeting: Workshop Report: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/75355.pdf
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- DataCenter Knowledge: Hydrogen Power: Microsoft, Caterpillar Data Center Partnership Earns Top DOE Award: https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/hydrogen-power-microsoft-caterpillar-data-center-partnership-earns-top-doe-award
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-Springler Nature: Hydrogen as power storage technology, polymeric, and interconnect material innovations for future AI datacenter applications: a review: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-024-13705-y
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- BNGAi: Using remote sensing and IoT sensors to measure biodiversity: https://www.bng.ai/blog/using-remote-sensing-and-iot-sensors-to-measure-biodiversity/
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- FutureBridge: Biomimicry in datacenter design: https://netzero-events.com/biomimicry-in-data-center-design-learning-from-nature-efficiency/
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- Datacenter Dynamics: Google claims it replenishes 120 percent of the water it uses by 2030: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-claims-it-will-replenish-120-percent-of-the-water-it-uses-by-2030/
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- EY: How to enable data center growth and advance sustainability simultaneously: https://www.ey.com/en_us/data-centers/enable-data-center-growth-and-advance-sustainability
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- Jacobs: Driving sustainability in data centers: https://www.jacobs.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/wp_-_driving_sustainable_data_centres_--_2023_05_17.pdf
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- World Economic Forum: Six ways data centres can cut their emissions-without compromising the AI boom: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/6-ways-data-centres-can-cut-emissions/
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- MIT: The multifaceted challenge of powering AI: https://news.mit.edu/2025/multifaceted-challenge-of-powering-ai-0121
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- MIT Management Sloan School: AI has high data center energy costs-but there are solutions: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-has-high-data-center-energy-costs-there-are-solutions
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-[US Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency in datacenters](https://www.energy.gov/femp/energy-efficiency-data-centers)
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-[Microsoft: Sustainable by design: Transforming datacenter water efficiency:](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/07/25/sustainable-by-design-transforming-datacenter-water-efficiency/)
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-[Encor: Green datacenter – The Complete Guide for 2024](https://encoradvisors.com/green-data-center/)
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-[Sustainability Magazine: Top 10: Sustainable datacenter Companies](https://sustainabilitymag.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centres-across-the-world)
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-[Sustainability Magazine: Top 10: Sustainable datacenter Providers](https://sustainabilitymag.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centre-providers)
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-[Ramboll: Biodiversity and datacenters: What's the connection?](https://www.ramboll.com/galago/biodiversity-and-data-centers-what-s-the-connection)
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-[Microsoft: Life and growth in the ideal habitat](https://blogs.microsoft.com/bayarea/2020/04/21/life-and-growth-in-the-ideal-habitat/)
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-[Microsoft: How businesses, educators, and communities found common ground in a tiny forest](https://local.microsoft.com/blog/how-businesses-educators-and-communities-found-common-ground-in-a-tiny-forest/)
-[DataCentre Magazine: Top 10 Sustainable Datacentre companies](https://datacentremagazine.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centre-companies)
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-[DataCentre Magazine: Predictive Maintenance in the datacenter The Power of AI](https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/predictive-maintenance-in-the-data-centre-the-power-of-ai)
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-[BrightStar Systems: Used datacenter Equipment](https://brightstarsystems.com/product-information/used-data-center-equipment/)
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-[DataCentre Magazine: How AWS Recycles 99% of its datacenter Hardware](https://datacentremagazine.com/data-centres/how-aws-recycles-99-of-its-data-centre-hardware)
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-[Datacenter Dynamics: AWS using reclaimed wastewater for datacenter cooling at 20 locations](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-using-reclaimed-wastewater-for-data-center-cooling-at-20-locations/)
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-[Microsoft: Modern datacenter water conservation and reuse](https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Water-Conservation_Infographic.pdf)
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-[The Fast Mode: Water Cooling in datacenters: Efficient and Sustainable Solutions](https://www.thefastmode.com/expert-opinion/39419-water-cooling-in-data-centers-efficient-and-sustainable-solutions)
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-[Meta: CASE STUDY Denmark datacenter to warm local community](https://sustainability.atmeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FB_Denmark-Data-Center-to-Warm-Local-Community.pdf)
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-[Microsoft: Modern datacenter cooling](https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Modern-Datacenter-Cooling_Infographic.pdf)
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-[Microsoft: Sustainable by design: Next-generation datacenters consume zero water for cooling](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/09/sustainable-by-design-next-generation-datacenters-consume-zero-water-for-cooling/)
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-[Microsoft: Liquid Cooling in Air Cooled datacenters on Microsoft Azure](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/liquid-cooling-in-air-cooled-data-centers-on-microsoft-azure/4268822)
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-[Microsoft: To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid](https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/datacenter-liquid-cooling/)
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-[Microsoft: Microsoft announces pioneering green hydrogen pilot project with ESB](https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2024/09/microsoft-announces-pioneering-green-hydrogen-pilot-project-with-esb/?msockid=35637ae0b54c676403ff6f64b401661c)
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-[CCN: Role of Blockchain in Climate Change: Is Crypto Contributing to Sustainability?](https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/blockchain-climate-change/)
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-[Shell: How can blockchain support the energy transition?](https://www.shell.com/what-we-do/digitalisation/blockchain/blockchain-building-trust-to-enable-the-energy-transition.html)
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-[Siemens: WHITE PAPER How Artificial Intelligence Is Cooling datacenter Operations](https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid:fdf5b798-479e-4f74-80d2-e472daf1f09a/Final-WSCO-White-Paper-AI.pdf)
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-[Sustainalytics: How Blockchain Technology can Unlock Climate Solutions](https://www.sustainalytics.com/esg-research/resource/investors-esg-blog/how-blockchain-technology-can-unlock-climate-solutions)
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-[ABB: Microgrids: Integration for power cost and control](https://library.e.abb.com/public/67d130471f5442d882ddf881b9b7d0f8/microgrids%20for%20data%20centers.pdf)
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-[Reason Foundation: The future of datacenter electricity use and microgrids](https://reason.org/commentary/the-future-of-data-center-electricity-use-and-microgrids/)
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-[AWS: AWS Announces New datacenter Components to Support AI Innovation and Further Improve Energy Efficiency](https://press.aboutamazon.com/2024/12/aws-announces-new-data-center-components-to-support-ai-innovation-and-further-improve-energy-efficiency)
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-[ITExchange: Sustainable datacenters: Innovations in Energy Efficiency](https://www.itexchangeweb.com/blog/sustainable-data-centers/)
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-[NREL: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for datacenter Applications Project Meeting: Workshop Report](https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/75355.pdf)
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-[DataCenter Knowledge: Hydrogen Power: Microsoft, Caterpillar datacenter Partnership Earns Top DOE Award](https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/hydrogen-power-microsoft-caterpillar-data-center-partnership-earns-top-doe-award)
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-[Springer Nature: Hydrogen as power storage technology, polymeric, and interconnect material innovations for future AI datacenter applications: a review](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-024-13705-y)
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-[BNGAi: Using remote sensing and IoT sensors to measure biodiversity](https://www.bng.ai/blog/using-remote-sensing-and-iot-sensors-to-measure-biodiversity/)
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-[FutureBridge: Biomimicry in datacenter design](https://netzero-events.com/biomimicry-in-data-center-design-learning-from-nature-efficiency/)
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-[Datacenter Dynamics: Google claims it replenishes 120 percent of the water it uses by 2030](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-claims-it-will-replenish-120-percent-of-the-water-it-uses-by-2030/)
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-[EY: How to enable datacenter growth and advance sustainability simultaneously](https://www.ey.com/en_us/data-centers/enable-data-center-growth-and-advance-sustainability)
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-[Jacobs: Driving sustainability in datacenters](https://www.jacobs.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/wp_-_driving_sustainable_data_centres_--_2023_05_17.pdf)
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-[World Economic Forum: Six ways datacentres can cut their emissions-without compromising the AI boom](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/6-ways-data-centres-can-cut-emissions/)
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-[MIT: The multifaceted challenge of powering AI](https://news.mit.edu/2025/multifaceted-challenge-of-powering-ai-0121)
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-[MIT Management Sloan School: AI has high datacenter energy costs-but there are solutions](https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-has-high-data-center-energy-costs-there-are-solutions)
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One of the primary strategies for achieving sustainability in datacenters is the adoption of renewable energy sources. Many datacenters are now powered by solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy, significantly reducing their reliance on fossil fuels. Additionally, energy efficiency measures, such as optimizing server utilization and implementing advanced power management systems, are crucial. These efforts not only lower energy consumption but also reduce operational costs. Here are two of the primary considerations when adopting more sustainable practices:
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## Adoption of solar, wind, and other green energy sources
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- Solar and wind power: Many datacenters now directly procure renewable energy from solar and wind farms or through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Examples include Google's wind energy contracts and Microsoft's solar investments.
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- Energy-efficient hardware: Adoption of low-power servers, energy efficient processors, and intelligent power supplies reduces energy consumption.
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