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Products from Logitech , Microsoft , Sharp , Voxicon , added to list of TCO Certified products
In the last six months , four new IT brands , Logitech , Microsoft , Sharp , and Voxicon , have been added to the list of brands with products certified according to TCO Certified . The growing number of certified products helps purchasers make more sustainable choices .
The demand for more sustainable IT products remains high . TCO Certified is the world ’ s sustainability certification for IT products , and a tool that helps purchasers and purchasing organisations get sustainability right . Since December 2023 , four more brands , Logitech , Microsoft , Sharp , and Voxicon , have been added to the extensive list of well-known brands with products certified according to TCO Certified . All certified products are listed in Product Finder on tcocertified . com .
“ A wider selection is good news for purchasers wanting to make more sustainable choices , drive change and meet both internal and external sustainability goals ,” says Sören
Enholm , CEO at TCO Development , the organisation behind TCO Certified .
On 31 May 2024 , the following brands had certified products listed in Product Finder : Acer , AOC , ASUS , BenQ , DELL , EIZO , FAIRPHONE , FUJITSU , HP , iiyama , INSYS , Jabra , Lenovo , LG , Logitech , Microsoft , NEC , NTT Systems S . A ., Philips , Samsung , SHARP , Soundcore , SteelSeries , V7 , ViewSonic and Voxicon .
Any organisation citing TCO Certified when purchasing IT products can also use Report Generator to assess the impact of purchasing and using certified products . Report Generator allows organisations to create customised sustainability reports on their IT product portfolios – based on independently verified data and claims covered by the stringent social and environmental criteria of TCO Certified . The organisation behind the sustainability certification TCO Certified is TCO Development .
HPE and Danfoss partner to reuse excess heat from data centre
Hewlett Packard Enterprise , HPE and Danfoss announced their collaboration to deliver HPE IT Sustainability Services , Data Centre Heat Recovery , an off-the shelf heat recovery module , helping organisations manage and value excess heat as they transition towards more sustainable IT facilities .
The rapid integration of AI technologies across organisations and businesses is expected to have a dramatic increase in the power demand and utilisation of AI optimised IT infrastructure . According to the International Energy Agency , by 2026 the AI industry is expected to have grown exponentially to consume at least ten times its electricity demand in 2023 .
To mitigate these challenges , IT leaders and data centre facility operators are taking action to reduce energy usage , such as implementing modern power-efficient capabilities and improved cooling systems . Excess heat in the EU alone represents an estimated 2,860 TWh per year , almost equal to the EU ’ s total energy demand for heat and hot water in residential and service sector buildings .
The flow of excess heat from data centres is uninterruptible and therefore constitutes a very reliable source of clean energy .
HPE ’ s scalable Modular Data Centre , MDC , in the form of small footprint , high-density , kW , rack containers , can be deployed nearly anywhere in the total absence of heavy industry and incorporates technologies such as direct liquid cooling , reducing overall energy consumption by 20 %. p
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