Author Archive for: Jay Dietrich, Research Director of Sustainability, Uptime Institute, [email protected]

About Jay Dietrich, Research Director of Sustainability, Uptime Institute, [email protected]

Jay Dietrich is the Research Director of Sustainability at Uptime Institute. Dietrich looks beyond the hype to analyze the transformations required in energy and IT systems, data centers and software management systems, and intra-organizational collaboration, both within and between companies, to deliver sustainable data center operations.

Entries by Jay Dietrich, Research Director of Sustainability, Uptime Institute, [email protected]

Renewable energy and data centers: Buyer, be aware

April 26, 2021/in Executive, Operations/by Jay Dietrich, Research Director of Sustainability, Uptime Institute, [email protected]

Across the world, data center owners and managers are striving to buy more renewable energy and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. The global internet giants and the largest colocation companies have led the way with huge green energy purchases. But the impact of renewable energy on the grid operator’s economics, and on the critical […]