An article, penned by staff reporter James Glanz and entitled ‘Power, Pollution and the Internet’, is causing a stir on both sides of the pond.

The practice of refreshing ICT hardware frequently is epitomised by the likes of Google and Facebook.

The recent utility failures in India show what can happen when creaking infrastructures with an expansion programme falling behind collide with an unprecedented growth demand curve.

I have been digesting the latest vicious assault that Greenpeace has made on the data-centre industry - with their naming and shaming of the social-network operators and their, so called, ‘dirty data’.

There has been a lot of talk for time now about adopting DC power for data-centres to improve their energy efficiency and, recently, ABB has purchased the sole vendor and the marketing money has stirred the debate even further.