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Kiwi Stories

Green IT stories

The missing link in your disaster recovery strategy

Is New Zealand prepared for power outages? Recent events highlight the importance of a steady power supply for businesses.

By John Atherton • 4 min read • Thu, 7th Sep 2017

Partner Programmes

Green still a 'low priority'

An IDC study reveals New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme is failing to drive green tech investment over two years after its implementation.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Sun, 1st Apr 2012

Clean technologies

Green IT 'still a low priority': IDC

Despite the ETS's introduction to promote green technology, IDC reports no uptick in sustainable tech investments in NZ.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 7th Mar 2012

Clean technologies

Going green

Turning your office green doesn't need to be a chore. Follow simple steps, switch to energy-efficient gadgets and recycle for substantial savings.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 9th Nov 2011

Global Stories

Green IT stories

Public Cloud

The green future of the public cloud

As data centres grow by 14% annually, a shift to sustainable cloud practices, advocated by Accenture, could slash CO2 emissions by 59 million tonnes each year.

By Nick Forrester • 4 min read • Thu, 1st Oct 2020

DataCentre infrastructure

CyrusOne updates outlook for Frankfurt data centre

CyrusOne has revealed details about the first phase of its newest data centre, which is being constructed in Frankfurt, Germany.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Jul 2019

Hyperscale

Akamai's Texas data centers soon to be powered by wind

Akamai's Texas data centres will soon be powered by the Seymour Hills Wind Farm, delivering 8MW of renewable energy, part of a push for 50% renewables by 2020.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 7th May 2019

Smart Cities

Smarter cities through cross-border and G2G collaborations

Singapore Tops the List of Smart Cities but the Environmental Impact Remains a Concern, Warns Industry Expert.

By Tay Kok Chin • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2019

Hyperscale

Hyve's new innovation trims power bills and employee fat

It's in dark times like these with Brexit looming above that it's great to see some reassurance with classic British innovation.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 1st Apr 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Beyond renewables: Emerging technologies for “greening” the data centre

Park Place Technologies' CEO shares his views on innovations aside from renewable energy that can slim a data centre's footprint.

By Chris Adams • 5 min read • Sat, 16th Mar 2019

Hyperscale

CyrusOne switches London data centres to green energy

CyrusOne's two London data centres are now running on a 100% renewable energy tariff, with the third one on the way.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Mar 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric greens the data center with new EcoBlade

Schneider Electric is going green with a smart, scalable energy storage solution to increase the use of renewable energy.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Wed, 16th Dec 2015

Hyperscale

Equinix wins for green innovation leadership

Equinix has been awarded Frost & Sullivan's 2015 Asia Pacific Data Center Green Innovation Leadership award for the second year in a row.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Oct 2015

Clean technologies

How brother tackles recycling in NZ

Noticed those email taglines which ask you to consider the environment before printing? They make a good point, but it isn't quite what you think.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 12th Dec 2014

Unified Communications

Travel is not a sustainable business model

Videoconferencing offers a good opportunity to go green, says Tim Fulton, LifeSize Communications ANZ managing director.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Jul 2012

Clean technologies

Smart thinking; big gains

Businesses embrace green IT, achieving cost savings and reducing their environmental footprint by optimising their printing and IT processes.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Jul 2012

Virtualisation

Sustainability: Should CIOs still care?

In a changing IT landscape, CIOs play a crucial role in steering their organizations towards genuine sustainability, not just Green IT.

By Staff Writer • 9 min read • Fri, 25th May 2012

Stories from Other Regions

Green IT stories

Hyperscale

YTL unveils development of solar-powered data center campus

YTL Power (YTL) has announced the development of a 500MW data center campus in Johor, the first data center park in Malaysia to be powered by solar energy.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2022