Digital Realty lines up hefty solar, wind projects for APAC datacenters

Datacenter biz Digital Realty has several renewable energy projects on the go in the Asia-Pacific region, among them a pretty hefty solar buildout. The global datacenter operator is hoping to hit its global carbon emissions targets by lining up renewable electricity supply contracts for its facilities located in Australia and …

[wiggers]

By how much...

will this policy "correct" or otherwise "fix" climate change? Please show working including cost/benefit analysis.

[Jellied Eel]

Re: By how much...

will this policy "correct" or otherwise "fix" climate change? Please show working including cost/benefit analysis.

Of course it will!

Thanks to the revolutionary virtue-signalling technology, whenever it gets dark, power to your racks (real, or virtual) will be reduced accordingly. This means green power may be unsuited to your IT needs, should you require overnight processing. Wind power will be provided as available, so please plan your demands accordingly. See-

https://gridwatch.co.uk/Wind

minimum: 0.634 GW maximum: 2.446 GW average: 1.361 GW

For examples of how your workload can be matched to prevailing weather conditions.

NB: Actual power will be provided (we hope, please refer to "Acts of Insanity" clauses in your contract) by the usual mix of gas, nuclear, coal and 'renewables', as available. But by choosiing to host your IT with us, you can tick those boxes on your ESG compliance forms, knowing that that's exactly why we've done it.

Please note that due to Germany taking the decision to close it's remaining nuclear power plants, additional SLAs (please refer to the "Good Luck!" clauses) apply to this region. Germany is, however in the process of building new coal powerstations to replace it's low-carbon nuclear.