Data centers power the digital world, storing and processing the vast amounts of information that keep businesses and web-based services running. According to Wangda Zuo, Penn State professor of architectural engineering in the College of Engineering and associate director for research at the Global Building Network, the operating costs for data centers are rising. He said for data centers, cooling is often the primary expense after IT. Servers generate significant heat, requiring temperature regulation to prevent overheating and malfunctions. 

Dr. Young Cheol Park and his research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) have successfully developed a new solid adsorbent capable of directly capturing CO₂ from the atmosphere and recovering it at an average high purity of 96.5%.

As the global demand for sustainable energy solutions continues to grow, Lithuanian researchers have taken a step forward by developing a technology that not only transforms waste into valuable hydrogen but also eliminates a long-standing issue in gasification – the presence of tar. This new method offers an efficient and eco-friendly way to produce high-purity hydrogen from various waste materials, representing a significant advancement in clean energy production.