by staff | Dec 12, 2024 | Sustainability in Tech
Amazon Web Services is to pilot a new AI designed carbon removal material at one of its data centres as part of a new strategic partnership with AI start up Orbital Materials. Why? As data processing and storage requirements increase, data centres must handle...
by staff | May 16, 2024 | Sustainability in Tech
The world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) plant, dubbed ‘Mammoth’ has started operating in Iceland. The plant can suck polluting carbon from the air to help tackle global warming. Mammoth Started on the 28th June 2022 and now completed and operating, Mammoth was...
by staff | Feb 15, 2024 | Sustainability in Tech
Stanford researchers have discovered a simple way to boost the range of lithium metal batteries to twice the range of conventional lithium ion batteries, which could provide a massive boost to the EV market. Lithium Ion Batteries Rechargeable lithium ion batteries...
by staff | Jan 31, 2024 | Sustainability in Tech
A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that almost a third of electricity demand in Ireland is expected to come from data centres by 2026. Doubling Of Electricity Demand The IEA’s ‘Electricity 2024 – Analysis and forecast to 2026’ highlights...
by staff | Jan 16, 2024 | Sustainability in Tech
An online map from non profit climate science organisation ‘Climate Central’ shows which areas of the UK could be underwater due to climate change by 2050. Sea Level Rise As highlighted in a 2021 report by Benjamin H Strauss et al, if a high emissions scenario raised...
