Displaying items by tag: Energy efficiency

Nokia has announced that its AirScale 5G mMIMO Base Station will "achieve an average power consumption reduction of 50% by 2023, outlining its commitment to climate change and zero emissions."

Some technologies, like laser printers, can have high energy and environmental costs, but new “ground-breaking research” shows that the latest tech can significantly reduce those costs - while delivering other genuinely useful tech improvements.

Extending production-like performance to the office environment

COMPANY NEWS: RICOH, a leading provider of workplace technology, has launched the high-end IM C8000 A3 colour multifunction printer (MFP) featuring a range of smart applications, enhancements and software which enable businesses to deliver a great customer experience while achieving workplace efficiency.

Renewable electricity is slated to power all city-owned properties in Sydney from July 2020 with the unveiling by the Sydney City Counci of what’s been described as the biggest standalone renewables deal for an Australian council.

Data centre operator NextDC’s S1 Sydney data centre has been certified as a NABERS 5-star rated data centre infrastructure facility for energy efficiency.

The CSIRO had launched a new data portal to track residential energy efficiency progress to support the next wave of sustainable homes.

Data centre operator NextDC is claiming Australia’s first NABERS 5-star rated data centre with the official certification of its M1 Melbourne facility.

Data centre and cloud services provider, iseek Communications, is partnering with Schneider Electric and Optus to build a new energy-efficient Tier 3 managed data centre in Townsville.

Australian energy-tech startup BidEnergy has announced its first US acquisition, buying RealWinWin (RWW), a company which secures rebates from utilities on behalf of customers via energy efficiency programmes.

Data centre provider Metronode now has three of its data centres with a Nabers 4.5-star rating for energy efficiency with two of its facilities just awarded the ratings, joining the Silverwater data centre in Sydney awarded at the start of this year.

National data centre operator, Metronode, has sealed a deal with an unnamed, major international company, to provide 8MW of capacity at its Melbourne data centre.

Queensland-based property industry construction, engineering and support services company, FKG Group, has engaged Schneider Electric to provide expertise for the development of its new Tier 3, 10 megawatt regional data centre to be built in Toowoomba.

Data-Centre-as-a-Service provider NextDC’s Melbourne data centre — which uses solar power as a supplementary energy source — has been certified to operate at a NABERS 4.5 star level of energy efficiency.

Data centre provider Metronode has achieved the highest NABERS rating for Australian data centre energy efficiency for its facility in the Sydney suburb of Silverwater.

Scalable energy storage is the transformative physical component driving changes in how the energy grids of the world will work in the future.

Fujitsu now has five of its six major data centres in Australia certified under the national NABERS rating system. The company’s Perth Data Centre has just achieved a NABERS Energy for Data Centres rating of 3.5 stars and its Eight Mile Plains facility in Queensland has been awarded a rating of 3 stars.

Global electronics company Hitachi has selected Australian Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices and solutions provider NetComm Wireless (ASX:NTC) to enable its remote energy monitoring and management systems for international customers.

Energy retailer AGL has released a free smartphone app which it says will give its 2.55 million residential customers greater visibility and control over their energy usage.

Fujitsu has consolidated its Australia operations into its new Oceania headquarters building officially opened in Sydney today with a traditional sake ceremony.

Big data, virtualisation and business continuity is driving data centre growth in Australia with over three-quarters of local businesses and organisations expected to increase spending on data centre facilities in the next 12 months.