ENERGY & POWER into a far more rigorous standard: 24 / 7 Carbon-Free Energy( CFE).
This“ moonshot” goal, championed by Google and now adopted by Microsoft, requires matching energy consumption with clean energy generation on the same local grid, every hour of every day.
While sustainable progress is being made by companies around the world, there are challenges associated with renewables that must be addressed.
“ The challenge lies in matching the 24 / 7 reliability data centres require with sources like wind and solar, which are intermittent by nature,” says Caroline Hargrove, Chief Technology Officer at Ceres Power.
“ To go further, we need to rethink system design. Renewables must be paired with advanced technologies, like energy storage, smart grid integration, and on-site generation, to deliver the kind of reliability mission-critical facilities like data centres demand.”
Sustainability’ s shift from an annual accounting exercise to an hourly, grid-aware operational challenge
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