Growing Energy Costs Driving Hyperscalers to Reimagine SustainabilityThe War in Ukraine and the subsequent impact on Europe’s energy security has led industries and consumers alike to radically adapt their behaviour. Take for example, the data centre industry. Europe, once viewed as a haven for major data centre companies, is home to a plethora of data centres belonging to hyper-scalers such as Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. While the data centre industry in Europe is pivoting due to energy shortages, similar changes may be coming to Canada, but for different reasons. Foremost, data centres are major energy consumers because they are required to both run and cool infrastructure equipment 24/7/365.

Source: CBC News December 07, 2022 21:28 UTC