Making use of renewable energy to power the data centre is something I have been thinking of for a while but only recently have I started to dig deeper. It has been hard to juggle the commercial feasibility vs. the moral and environmental arguments. So as someone on the fence I have done nothing.
A friend is starting an interesting business in financial structuring and securitising of renewable energy and green technology. We had a chat around the dynamics of renewable power demand and supply and this started me thinking of how one could with minimal economic impact bring renewable energy into the data centre.
I have come across a very interesting and informative blog maintained by Dave Ohara, it is an aggregation of interesting news, articles and opinions mostly around the topic of the green data centre.
I am not aware of any alternative investment or finance companies in general that have clear strategies on reducing their carbon footprint and general environmental impact of their data centre. I wonder how long before these will form part of an investor mandate for a hedge fund?
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