Today’s modern diesel engine is an impressive feat of innovation. Cummins Inc. is no stranger to innovation. In fact, the company spends $1 billion annually on research and technology across its product portfolio with 11,000 of the brightest engineers innovating for their customers. Today the company is taking a look at three of the innovations that have shaped the advanced diesel engines that are relied upon by so many different industries.

Advanced diesel engines are some of the most fuel and energy-efficient options in the market, but those are just the beginning of their advantages. Some of their advantages are emotional. For a hundred years, people have been firing up a diesel engine to start their work day. But the environmental impact of that economy is now under increasing regulations. Innovative aftertreatment systems and cutting-edge engineering allow owners to operate with net zero emissions and supplement operations with biodiesel blends. This addresses diesel’s main disadvantage—its environmental impact, and allows this fuel to be part of powering the future.

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) marks the fifth anniversary of International Data Center Day and its continued support of the globally recognized and celebrated event. Powered by the 7x24 Exchange International, Data Center Day was created to raise awareness about the industry and the multitude of career opportunities in the data center space.

Cummins Inc. is rebranding its New Power division as Accelera to get more credit for embracing a portfolio of zero-emission propulsion technologies instead of just improving diesel powertrains. The global power and technology provider is concerned that the public thinks of it primarily as a maker of diesel engines, which has been its identity for more than a century.