Smaller, cheaper and making more electricity - Semprius claims a breakthrough in solar panels

Saveaged by Parliamenteray committees and consumer watchdogs, the people behind the government's smart meter plan need to get work on their figures, says Peter Judge

The majority of data centres in the UK will fail to cut energy use in 2012, despite environmental and economic pressure

Virtualisation and cloud computing continue to grow but Panduit’s David Palmer-Stevens stresses the importance of the underpinning physical infrastructure

The 2011 predictions cover green power, mind-reading machines, desirable junk mail, DNA passwords, and digital profusion

The EIA has called for the “global elimination” of HFCs, commonly used in data centre cooling systems

Solar power has been only capable of producing a small part of data centre energy needs, but this may change, says Peter Judge

Batteries only last a few years and contain noxious chemicals, says Active Power

Cutting costs and carbon is critical, but Romonet’s Zahl Limbuwala says the way data centre services are ‘charged back’ is the key

UK data centres currently cover three square miles - says DatacenterDynamics Research