What’s driving the industry shift to circularity?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
For some industries, rising consumer demand and expectations are a clear driver. In others, there's regulatory pressure.
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Data Centers Are Not The Energy Hogs We Thought
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FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Data centers ran 550 percent more applications in 2018 than they did in 2010, but they only used 6 percent more energy to do so, according to a paper published today in the journal Science.
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What’s driving the industry shift to circularity?
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
For some industries, rising consumer demand and expectations are a clear driver. In others, there’s regulatory pressure. Read more here: What’s driving the industry shift to circularity?
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