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cooling technology like evaporative cooling . “ By reporting our own water consumption , we hope that we can encourage others in the industry to follow suit and to work together to develop reporting standards to integrate water into energy and carbon reporting to tell the full picture of a data centre ’ s impact on resources and the local region .”
Data centres harnessing the potential of future technologies Legislation is often important within the data centre industry as it often ensures that the ambitious climate targets set by businesses are met . Through an ESG lens , CyrusOne hopes that its future sees the improvement of capturing waste heat from data centres .
Moloney says : “ We have set lofty ESG goals for ourselves and thanks to the dedication of our teams , have managed to meet some of these earlier than planned , such as how as of June 2021 , CyrusOne ’ s European facilities met their 2030 carbon reduction commitments to the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact eight years early , achieving 100 % renewable electricity .”
However , despite these achievements , Moloney acknowledges that there is still progress to be made . He says : “ There is more we want to achieve by 2030 ,
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