Environment

Apple iOS 26 set to dump 75M iPhones on the e-waste pile

XR, XS, and XS Max owners left with $268M worth of scrap

Personal Tech02 Sep 2025 | 98

Datacenters face rising thirst as Europe dries up

Analysts warn cooling demands could outstrip supplies as heatwaves intensify

Cloud Infrastructure Month27 Aug 2025 | 34

Everybody needs good neighbors – especially ones who sell you solar energy

P2P power networks beat stingy feed-in tariffs for Aussie households, study finds

Science18 Aug 2025 | 37

Datacenter lobby blows a fuse over EU efficiency proposals

Green rules risk short-circuiting AI ambitions, warns group including AWS, Microsoft and Google

On-Prem30 Jul 2025 | 20

Mistral AI environmental report confirms AI is a hungry, thirsty beast

French model dev hopes to inspire others to adopt standards-based reporting

AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 4

Sh!t happens, so Microsoft is paying biz to flush its carbon sins underground

Organic waste to be pumped out of sight as part of 4.9M-tonne CO₂ removal deal

On-Prem23 Jul 2025 | 15

Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants

Systems11 Jul 2025 | 11

Microsoft says regulations and environmental issues are cramping its Euro expansion

'I don't think there's a spare megawatt sitting anywhere idle in all of Europe, or the US, as a matter of fact'

On-Prem10 Jul 2025 | 50

Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry

Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal

Networks08 Jul 2025 | 56

Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg

Extending all the dumped devices' lives by 12 months? Like taking 2M cars off the road each year

Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 59

Brit telcos ask suppliers to clean up emissions mess – politely, with no teeth

Digital Connectivity Forum lays out climate goals, but enforcement is strictly optional

Networks07 Apr 2025 | 1

Microsoft throws more cash at its carbon guilt by replanting Brazilian rainforest

Updated Meanwhile, datacenter emissions continue to soar

On-Prem22 Jan 2025 | 14

Many people are saying a luxury Dubai property developer will blow $20B on US datacenters

A successful real-estate billionaire and Donald Trump walk into a bar...

On-Prem07 Jan 2025 | 3

How datacenters use water – and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible

Feature If they're not consuming H₂O directly, the power plant almost certainly is

On-Prem04 Jan 2025 | 72

SpaceX closing in on approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025

Draft environmental assessment ready for public scrutiny

Science22 Nov 2024 | 20

Meta's plan for nuclear datacenter reportedly undone by bees

Environmental and regulatory obstacles led to the cancellation of an AI bit farm, report claims

On-Prem04 Nov 2024 | 20

Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam

Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse

Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 84

Scientists demand FCC test environmental impacts of satellites

updated Boffins say it's absurd that the US comms watchdog won't consider atmospheric harms

Science24 Oct 2024 | 15

Norway datacenter dumps diesel diet, goes veggie with biofuel backup

Operator Stack Infrastructure is committed to reducing Scope 1 emissions from its facilities

On-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 33

AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright

So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels

Systems14 Oct 2024 | 23

Google bets on carbon capture tech to clean up its mess – in the 2030s

Mountain View backs startup Holocene, hoping to slash emissions costs

On-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 21

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change

Video $7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying

Science10 Sep 2024 | 104

atNorth plans mega datacenter that will help grow veggies and heat homes

It'll also do computery stuff

On-Prem04 Sep 2024 | 1

Meta digs deep to strike geothermal power deal for its US datacenters

Teaming up with Sage Geosystems, house of Facbook plans to tap into Earth's fiery underbelly

On-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 9

Microsoft tries to clear the air with mountains of CO2 credits

'Supply chains still powered by coal and gas' scoffs Greenpeace

On-Prem10 Jul 2024 | 21

Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer

Now that's what you call a golden harvest

Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 39

Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer

Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons

Science25 Jun 2024 | 91

Micron mega-fab mildly endangered by definitely endangered American bats

Updated Like a bat out of hell they'll be gone when November comes

Offbeat21 Jun 2024 | 12

Google datacenters in Nevada to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy

Part of Mountain View's aim for carbon-free power by 2030

On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 6

Graveyards a favorite haunt for solar farms in Valencia

Because the dead don't really need all this space to themselves, surely?

Offbeat04 Jun 2024 | 11

We polled thousands of IT pros – and sustainability just ain't a priority right now

Survey results The planet can wait, pal, we've got other problems

On-Prem28 May 2024 | 95

Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory

The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren't

Offbeat15 May 2024 | 8

Tech industry sheds some light on the planet's situation via LinkedIn

Comment Kyndryl exec ponders 'fragility of the planet,' as Intel and Amazon offer advice

Offbeat01 May 2024 | 14

Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai

There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water

Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17

Digital Realty ditches diesel for salad dressing in US to cut datacenter emissions

Hydrotreated vegetable oil to power bit barns stateside after successful Euro trial

Systems11 Apr 2024 | 17

Intel's green dream is chips without any dips in Mother Nature's health

Sustainability Summit pushes industry partners to reduce their environmental impact, including harmful chemicals

Systems28 Mar 2024 | 7

Tesla Berlin gigafactory to take week-long nap after suspected arson

Losses could surpass €1B as 1,000 vehicles a day go unfinished

Offbeat07 Mar 2024 | 9

Plans to heat districts with datacenters may prove too hot to handle

Report points out the difficulties of getting such a system right

On-Prem28 Feb 2024 | 28

Texas judge turns out the lights on federal survey of cryptominers' energy consumption

Washington sees potential emergency as miners power up to chase new BTC high

On-Prem28 Feb 2024 | 30

Greener, cheaper, what's not to love about a secondhand smartphone?

Price tag, hardware durability underpinning 'already lengthened replacement cycle'

Personal Tech26 Feb 2024 | 45

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste

Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win

CSO16 Feb 2024 | 12

Microsoft hires energy mavericks in quest for nuclear-powered datacenters

Industry vets specialize in the development of small modular reactors

On-Prem23 Jan 2024 | 41

Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet

Caltech looks back on the highs and lows of the SSPD-1 project

Science17 Jan 2024 | 89

Cutting-edge microscopy reveals bottled water has 'up to 100 times' more bits of plastic than previously feared

Gulp!

Science10 Jan 2024 | 46

New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law

Meanwhile, finding a public charge point that works and doesn't require a second mortgage remains a challenge

Offbeat04 Jan 2024 | 375

UK government lays out plan to divert people's broken gizmos from landfill

Right to repair meets right to recycle

Public Sector02 Jan 2024 | 122

Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap

In-depth As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need?

Science30 Dec 2023 | 246

Datacenters feeling the heat to turn hot air into cool solutions

It's tricky to pull off, but new rules may make reuse more common

On-Prem08 Dec 2023 | 12

Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite

A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe

Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 41

Vertiv goes against the grain with wooden datacenters for greener bytes

Will timber tech take root or just go up in flames?

On-Prem28 Nov 2023 | 15

Greenpeace calls out tech giants for carbon footprint fumble

Net-zero promises or zero-net progress?

Offbeat23 Nov 2023 | 172

Japan Airlines fuels up on hydrogen hype with eye on cleaner skies

Jet-setting to a greener future?

Science16 Nov 2023 | 44

Intel chips away at carbon footprint but skims over thirst for water, chemicals

Semiconductors are a dirty business

Systems15 Nov 2023 | 3

UK throws millions at scheme to heat homes with waste energy from datacenters

A load of hot air?

On-Prem06 Nov 2023 | 181

NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away

The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives

Science31 Oct 2023 | 24

Tenfold electric vehicles on 2030 roads could be a shock to the system

Robust policies for renewables needed to increase energy mix to nearly 50%

Offbeat27 Oct 2023 | 345