New emissions reporting scheme for European datacentres approved

2024-03-21 06:48 AM by Wanda Parisien

The European Commission has given the go ahead for a new, mandatory reporting programme which will form part of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The EED aims to reduce energy use by 11.7% by 2030, and subsequently cut carbon emissions across Europe by 55% by the same date. The reporting scheme will apply to …

New optical disk tech promises petabit-level storage

2024-02-26 02:56 AM by Wanda Parisien

Using 3D storage techniques, scientists at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology developed an optical disk capable of accommodating 1.6 petabits of data (that’s 1.6 million gigabits). The data density surpasses that of a Blu-ray disc by a factor of 4,000 and exceeds the storage capacity of the most advanced hard disks currently …