Sustainable data center projects from top tech companies

Google expands its European holdings
In a push to open data centers running on 100 percent renewable energy, a goal trending in the industry that has been echoed by rivals Facebook and Microsoft, Google has planned a slew of high efficiency data centers in Europe, according to Data Center Knowledge. The company's new Eemshaven data center in the Netherlands is set to run on 100 percent renewable energy from the get go when it opens, running on 63 megawatts of wind power from a farm just over 10 miles away.

Google's new data center will cost a total of $750 million, and is the company's third super-efficient data center in the region. The company's previous two data centers in Hamina, Finland, are powered by wind and cooled by frigid seawater. Taking advantage of nearby climates has become a staple for companies developing large data centers, and the often areas overlooked for human habitation have become the perfect spot for new data centers.

Microsoft and Facebook get down to green business
Fellow tech titans Microsoft and Facebook have recently dabbled in efficiency-focused data center design as well. Facebook's newest facility in Iowa is currently supplemented with nearly 140 megawatts of renewable energy. The area is expected to reach 3.5 gigawatts of wind power capacity by 2015, making Iowa an even more ideal location for building sustainable data centers. In line with its competition, Microsoft opened an impressively efficient data center of its own this year - the computer company's Wyoming facility that runs on biogas made from waste products, said Environmental Leader.

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