Equinix joins European cloud and data centre providers to make pledge towards climate neutrality
NEWS quinix , a digital infrastructure company , has
E announced it will join European cloud infrastructure and data centre 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 centres 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 .
The pact also establishes a Self-Regulatory Initiative for the industry , which will set goals to facilitate the transition to a greener economy in Europe . Equinix , and other operator signatories , commit to the measurable and ambitious targets set for 2025 and 2030 , which include :
• Improving the efficiency of energy use
• Purchasing 100 % carbon-free energy
• Water conservation through the selection of efficient and appropriate cooling solutions
• Recycling of servers , electrical equipment and other related electrical components
• Reusing data centre heat where practical , environmentally sound and cost-effective
The European Commission will monitor progress on achieving the goals outlined by the initiative twice a year .
Equinix , along with a dozen trade associations and over 20 cloud and colocation data centre operators , announced the formation of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Operator Pact and the Self-Regulatory Initiative at Kickstart Europe .
Commvault debuts major new SaaS and hybrid cloud workloads for Metallic
ommvault , a recognised global
C enterprise software leader in the management of data across
cloud and on-premises environments , has announced another expansion of its award-winning Metallic Backup-asa-Service ( BaaS ) portfolio . On the heels of last quarter ’ s accelerated innovation , Metallic is adding new data protection solutions , features and enterprise workload support including : enhanced SaaS application protection with the introduction of Metallic Salesforce Backup and Microsoft Teams recovery enhancements ; the addition of Oracle and Active Directory to Metallic Database Backup ; and the expansion of its hybrid cloud capabilities with the addition of HyperScale X as a fully integrated appliance and Edge offering for Metallic .
In addition , Metallic is now generally available in 23 countries , announcing support for nine new countries in EMEA , including Austria , France , Germany ,
Norway , Poland , Portugal , South Africa , Spain and Switzerland .
“ As we continue our global rollout of Metallic , we ’ re finding more and more customers around the world are immediately grasping the value and inherent simplicity that cloud-native as-a- Service data protection can bring to their environments ,” said Manoj Nair , General Manager , Metallic . “ With our new offerings like Salesforce and Oracle backup and our unique SaaS Plus capabilities , Metallic solutions offer customers what no other cloud-delivered backup service can match – the most comprehensive portfolio of BaaS solutions and the flexibility to backup each data source to the optimal storage target – whether that be cloud or onpremises storage , or the new HyperScale X for Metallic at the edge for ultimate performance with BaaS simplicity .” www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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