Having read more articles on renewable energy and so-called 'carbon-neutrality' I am beginning to wonder is there actually, with servers getting more and more dense, any practical possibility of a carbon-free datacenter?
Obviously there are various options depending upon where you are geographically but surely there must be scope not only to reduce a DC carbon footprint or buy carbon credits but to actually physically find a workable solution to this growing problem.
Governments are of course aware of the now massive effect on the environment of datacentres so it is only a matter of time before a green tax is levied on operators.
With solar power nowhere near at the levels required to power a rack of Blade servers let alone a data center, wind power being useful only in massive numbers offshore and other renewables in their infancy has anyone seen any innovative ideas for utilising carbon-free fuel for datacenter operations?
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