Tag: sustainability

Turning the energy crisis into opportunity

With energy prices escalating across the globe, most businesses are having to pay more for the energy they use. The impact of that on businesses is clear: weakening margins, reducing their ability to invest, and in some cases a need to streamline in order to survive. But how are those escalating prices impacting the executives at organizations?

Employee Spotlight: Q&A with Sophie Reinius, Group CFO at Arelion

Among telecom’s many moving parts, there is strength in numbers. Sophie Reinius, Group CFO, joined Arelion in November 2021 to drive our financial strategy. We spoke with Sophie to learn more about her experience at Arelion and how her financial vision helps Arelion become more agile as we continue our global network expansion.

Enabling sustainable networking in Europe and the US

Arelion is building sustainable networks for service providers, content providers and enterprises at every tier in the global Internet backbone, benefiting our customers and the environment in the process.

Lifting the lid on sustainability at Arelion

If just the mention of the word “sustainability” sends your eyes rolling into the back of your head, it won’t be because you don’t care, but because you hear the word A L-O-T. Our industry talks at length about what it needs to do to meet its sustainability goals, and even more is said by […]

Top telecom trends in 2023

This article was originally published by Fibre Systems   It has been a chaotic year across the world – one that has been difficult to predict, and that has required all of us in telecoms and beyond to keep a watchful eye on events. We’ve all had to work harder than ever to try and […]

Employee Spotlight: Q&A with Malin Clarstedt, Group Sustainability and Quality Manager at Arelion

Sustainable networking is vital to the future of our global society. Malin Clarstedt, Group Sustainability and Quality Manager, joined Arelion in August 2022 to further drive our sustainability strategy. We spoke with Malin to learn more about her vision of sustainable connectivity at Arelion through Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) initiatives, circularity, lifecycle management and more. […]

The business of subsea cabling

When you look at the industry, what is your assessment of where we are on sustainability in subsea cabling? I think, as an industry, we can all honestly say that we are not where we want to be, but progress is being made and there are some great opportunities coming along. 

Cleaning Out the Server Closet

With so many different cloud platforms, applications, and services, an open ecosystem model plays an important role in sustainable networking.

Open optics mean sustainable networks

As we discussed in the first blog of this series on sustainability, Dirty data: reducing the Internet carbon footprint, we are working to reduce our eco-footprint and draw on renewable energy resources. One way we are working to make this happen, and increase our sustainability as an organization, is to take the lead in introducing […]

Earth-Friendly Networks, NaaS, and Fiber Frenzy

As one of the 2022 ‘ICT Visionaries’ selected by ISE Magazine, our VP Strategy Johan Ottosson will be sharing his expertise on various topics throughout the year. His first article for ISE Magazine covers earth-friendly networks, Network-as-a-Service, and the ongoing fiber frenzy. The article was originally published in the April issue found here.    Topic: […]

Dirty data: reducing the Internet carbon footprint

More and more organizations realize the importance of sustainability and integrating sustainability into their business strategy. From a business perspective, sustainability is defined as doing business without negatively impacting the environment, community, or society as a whole. Organizations are making the shift to be more sustainable, in part, due to consumer demand. Consumers are becoming […]
Bernd Hoogkamp, Telia Carrier

Data center capacity will ramp up in 2021

Europe’s four leading data center markets (London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris) are expected to see 415 megawatts of capacity coming online in 2021, a 22.5% increase over the previous year’s total supply. This year of record growth is forecasted to be followed by two more of similar magnitude, with 370 and 440 megawatts coming online in […]