2022年11月15日

上周四，來自弗吉尼亞州北部數據中心社區的誌願者聚集在一起，支持該地區最重要的居民:蜜蜂。JK社區農場、7x24 Exchange、勞頓縣經濟發展和愛爾蘭的Host組織了“蜜蜂DC”活動，誌願者們鏟土、種木樁、搭建並填充凸起的花園床。JK社區農場的執行董事薩曼莎·庫恩告訴數據中心知識，這些床將用於種植有利於該地區傳粉昆蟲的植被。這些蜜蜂和蝴蝶等其他傳粉者每年將為JK社區農場增加2萬英鎊的產量。庫恩說，這些額外的糧食將用於養活勞頓縣麵臨糧食不安全的家庭。根據勞頓的說法，由數據中心行業誌願者種植的新苗床每年將生產1000頓飯。這是第一次在美國舉辦的蜜蜂數據中心活動。愛爾蘭主辦了一個來自愛爾蘭的促進數字基礎設施的組織，負責蜜蜂數據中心項目，並在歐洲舉辦了幾次活動，以幫助拯救愛爾蘭不斷下降的蜜蜂數量。據估計，世界上70%的農作物依賴於蜜蜂授粉，愛爾蘭的Host在其網站上說。愛爾蘭Host公司總裁兼創始人加裏•康諾利在接受《數據中心雜誌》采訪時表示:“蜜蜂根本不在乎你是為Digital Realty還是Equinix工作。”“但是，如果你能把所有這些數據中心公司的一群人聚集在一起，讓他們有一個共同的目標感，這比他們所在的行業本身要大得多，那就能產生真正的影響。” More than 140 volunteers lent their efforts to fighting food insecurity in Loudoun County, Virginia. With 145 volunteers who constructed and filled the raised beds, along with $18,000 in donations, Kuhn is optimistic about the event’s success. “It’s nice to see the data center community come together to help families facing food insecurity, the environment, and local pollinators,” Kuhn told Data Center Knowledge. The money raised will go toward obtaining more raised beds to attract even more pollinators. Bees, Data Centers, and a Sustainable Future Stack Infrastructure hosts more than 200,000 bees on the roof of its Milan data center . CyrusOne installed bee hotels and bee-friendly landscaping at its Dublin data center campus . Equinix’s Dublin campus hosts pollinators as part of Host in Ireland’s Orchards in the Community program. In Vienna, NTT has a green roof area at its Vienna 1 data center facility. Data centers have a positive impact during a time when the industry comes under fire for its carbon footprint. Bloomberg recently released a scathing report of the usage of renewable energy credits to obscure true environmental impact. The report mentioned several data center industry giants including Microsoft (Azure), Equinix, and Digital Realty. Data centers again came under fire in recent weeks. Prince William County’s Digital Gateway to expand land use regulations to include data center development drew loud critics from the local community. The Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted 5 -2 in favor of the Digital Gateway project, which is on land that is said to be the burial ground of enslaved Africans and their descendants and the indigenous inhabitants of the area. The land is also adjacent to a Civil War-era battleground, Manassas National Battlefield Park, which is now part of the U.S. National Park Service.