Green ICT

Using ICT to cut emissions.

 
More Energy Efficient Data Centers

More Energy Efficient Data Centers

The cool Nordic climate give the Nordic data centers a head start on energy efficiency, as half of the energy used in traditional data centers traditionally is used to cool the centre down. In addition, the cool climate means that there is good use for the excess heat that is generated.

Keeping energy use down

Keeping energy use down

Shutting down one computer is easy, shutting down thousands can be trickier. But the rewards are great. Learn more about how upKeeper can help you.

Thor goes green

Thor is the norse god for thunder and lightning. The brand new Thor data center on the other hand delivers data. Lightning fast and environmentally friendly.

Cleaner clouds from Iceland

Datacenters are energy-intensive facilities that account for a considerable amount of the global CO2 emissions. Why should you care? Because the datacenters are what keep the internet alive. And because the internet is here to stay we should find a cleaner way of powering it.

Carbon neutral cloud computing

Greenqloud is the world's first truly green public compute cloud.

Smarter buildings – ICT-enabled

People can be wasteful, why not let a computer control your energy use?

Smarter Transportation

ICT-Enabled energy efficiency in the transportation sector.

Dematerialisation

ICT-enabled reduction of energy intensity.

Cool computers

With the advent of cloudsurfing and mass data storage, we have seen an increase in the construction of data centers and server parks. Servers need cooling, and cooling requires energy. Ideally servers should be somewhere cool with energy in abundance. Somewhere like Iceland.

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