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Data Center Building Regulations in Europe Point to Sustainability Goals

Eric Boonstra, VP & GM of Iron Mountain Data Centers Western Europe explores how Amsterdam’s data center industry is working toward a more sustainable future. Explore sustainability goals in the European data center market.  Eric Boonstra, VP & GM, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Western Europe Sometimes challenges can lead to unexpected benefits. That was the case recently in the data center industry here in Amsterdam. In June 2019, Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands announced that no new data centers would be approved until 2020. Existing data center projects could continue construction, but all new permits were paused for one year. Local administrators had seen the Dutch data center industry’s rapid growth of 10-15% annually over the past seven years. They felt there was no mechanism to manage the sector’s increasing demand for land and power. They were concerned that the industry used many resources, but seemingly employed very few people. They wanted a

Equinix Joins European Cloud and Data Center Providers to Make Historic Pledge Towards Climate Neutrality by 2030

Equinix Joins European Cloud and Data Center Providers to Make Historic Pledge Towards Climate Neutrality by 2030 News provided by Share this article Share this article AMSTERDAM and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Equinix, the world s digital infrastructure company, today announced it will join European cloud infrastructure and data center providers and European trade associations, to form the Climate Neutral Data Centre Operator Pact and Self-Regulatory Initiative. The Pact marks the first time the industry has come together to solidify its commitment to ensure that European data centers are carbon neutral by 2030. The industry is seeking to play a leading role in transitioning Europe to a climate neutral economy, in support of the European Data Strategy and the European Green Deal, which aims to make Europe the world s first climate neutral continent by 2050.

Cloud and datacentre giants unite to create climate neutral EU datacentre industry by 2030

Cloud and datacentre giants unite to create climate neutral EU datacentre industry by 2030 Major players from the world of public cloud and colocation have joined forces with trade associations from across the continent to create a climate neutral datacentre industry by 2030 Share this item with your network: By Published: 21 Jan 2021 13:30 Twenty-five European cloud and colocation providers have formed a pact centred on accelerating the datacentre industry’s progress in becoming a climate neutral market by 2030. The providers have joined forces with 17 trade associations – including TechUK – to form the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, as a show of its commitment to supporting the wider effort to cut carbon emissions across Europe.

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