Technology

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management & Soroban Capital Partners each build sizable stakes in smart building technology provider Johnson Controls, reports state. Are changes coming?

Microsoft, Qualcomm & PC partners unveil Copilot+ PCs to run AI-intensive applications. Dell touts energy efficiency efforts. But are AI PCs worth the money?

The ZYZYGY-Centreon partnership further blurs the line between RMM software, managed IT services, green software development & sustainability.

Microsoft reveals AI data centers don't need water for cooling. But cloud services & software company needs partner help to meet Scope 3 emission reduction goals.

Podcast: How is Dell Technologies engaging customers and partners on the sustainability front?Jamila Cowan, director, customer & regional sustainability & ESG, offers these perspectives.

Spencer Low, head of sustainability for Google Asia Pacific, is part of the company's Global Sustainability Team. Here are the net-zero & cloud data center goals.

ESG software, Palladium & Booz Allen veteran Christina Shim named IBM chief sustainability officer (CSO) ahead of IBM Think 2024 conference.

Prime Data Centers, led by CEO Nicholas Laag, embarks on enhanced sustainability strategy. Hires ESG VP Sarah Martinez. Data center companies seek energy efficient solutions for generative AI applications.

Roughly 2,000 partners join Lenovo 360 Circle sustainability community. New LISSA software gives Lenovo customers "actionable sustainability insights."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Katherine Boyle, and multiple VCs fund Exowatt, a renewable energy startup that wants to offer cost-effective power for generative AI applications and data centers.

Keysource, an MSP (managed IT service provider) that offers sustainable data center solutions & strategic advisory services, acquires 2bm for data center design & build expertise.

Uptime Institute Sustainability Assessments may give MSPs & channel partners visibility into third-party data centers & public cloud services.

Google Cloud Next 2024 conference: In addition to AI (artificial intelligence), plenty of sustainability cloud & data center chatter will emerge.

Private investment & asset management firm Ardian acquires green data center company Verne from Digital 9 Infrastructure. Here's what's next.

Verrus, backed by Google parent Alphabet, launches to solve generative AI, data center & cloud energy consumption challenges.