Energy efficient stories - Page 8

AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.

Smart appliances are spreading faster in the Global South than Western Europe, as households chase lower running costs over green credentials.

Snowflake and TVS Next partner to run NexOps on Snowflake's AI Data Cloud, unifying plant and enterprise data for manufacturers.

Picanol broadens its use of Siemens Xcelerator to engineer, manage and simulate next-gen weaving machines and controller platforms.

Vertiv expands its CoolPhase Perimeter PAM cooling range across EMEA, boosting free-cooling, efficiency and EU F-Gas compliant operation.

Schneider launches 2.5MW coolant unit for liquid-cooled AI data centres, scaling to 10MW+ to match next-gen GPU and AI factory demands.

Preston's restored red phone boxes are set to become a permanent LED art canvas, blending heritage street furniture with digital culture.

Berlin's Cloover secures USD $1.222bn to scale AI-powered financing for home solar, batteries and heat pumps across Europe.

Schneider Electric has launched Resource Advisor+, an AI-first platform unifying energy, emissions and supply chain data for smarter decarbonisation.

OMS orders two Ulstein-designed cable ships for 2028 delivery, boosting its GREAT-Class fleet and targeting lower-emission installations.

Smart speakers and TVs dominate UK smart homes as Argos index shows rising demand for security, heating and energy-saving tech.

Siemens' “digital-native” Nanjing plant joins the World Economic Forum's Global Lighthouse Network for AI-driven productivity gains.

Broadband Forum updates TR-181 with new power controls so home routers, repeaters and set-top boxes can slash energy use across Europe.

Schneider Electric and NVIDIA unveil high-density, liquid-cooled AI data centre blueprints to meet megawatt-scale power and cooling demands.

Dell boosts PowerStore with 30TB QLC drives, metro sync replication and new NFSv4.2 features to pack in more data and harden resilience.

Siemens and Nvidia are deepening ties to build an “industrial AI operating system” spanning design, factories and global supply chains.

HPE targets always-on retail with new Aruba switches, Mist AIOps analytics and boosted Nonstop systems for high-pressure transactions.

Data centres can't PR their way out of scrutiny; only clear, consistent brands will rebuild trust in power-hungry infrastructure.

Vespertec says AI growth will slam into hard data centre limits by 2026, as chip, memory and cooling bottlenecks reshape infrastructure plans.

Westcon-Comstor deploys Europe-wide energy management platform with ecoDriver and Powercor to cut emissions and hit 2050 net-zero goals.