Today: Yahoo wants to replicate its success with a chicken coop inspired green data center design with a new facility in Quincy, Washington; virtualization is helping to lift server sales; and energy efficiency is emerging as a strong driving force in chip design. Yahoo Brings its Computing Coop to Quincy – Data Center Knowledge The […]
Archives for November 2010
Green data center guru Olivier Sanche passes away
Sad news. Olivier Sanche, a pioneer in energy-efficient data centers, passed away on Thanksgiving. Most recently, he was in charge of getting Apple’s new data center in North Carolina up and running. Before that, he headed eBay’s data center group and helped the company’s IT operations chart a path toward a more sustainable path, culminating […]
Green IT News Roundup – Mon., Nov. 29
You guys clicked and I listened! Today: Toshiba and Fujitsu deliver on their data center IT infrastructure visions; signs that Kleiner Perkins’ cleantech love affair is coming to an end; and a profile on Cisco’s Smart Grid maven, Laura Ipsen. Fujitsu touts ‘green datacenter in a box’ – GreenTech Pastures Fujitsu to mid-sized businesses: You […]
Cities rolling out “Google Maps for solar”
Can I? Should I? Will it cost an arm and a leg? Installing solar is not for the faint of heart. Apart from determining if the sun shines strongly enough to make solar viable in your neck of the woods, there’s a maze of regulations and incentives that can make or break the case for […]
Will the 2011 MacBook Pro be the greenest of them all?
Rumors are swirling that next-gen Apple MacBook Pros will not only mimic the MacBook Air’s svelte proportions, but that it will be among the greenest notebooks around. According to some early buzz surrounding an April 2011 MacBook Pro refresh, the new notebooks will ship with Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs, solid-state drives (SSDs) standard with capacities […]
Green IT News Roundup – Tues., Nov. 23
So, it’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup. If you like ’em, I’ll keep posting ’em! Today: utilities are dropping virtualization from their incentives plans, Gartner recommends hiring green IT managers pronto and green jobs are just around the bend. Utilities Dropping Virtualization Incentives – Data Center Knowledge Makes sense, since in some […]
Nlyte banks $12 million for Green IT software
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Nlyte Software attracted $12 million in a Series C round of financing led by NGEN Partners. The funds will go toward product development and staffing up as the data center infrastructure management firm faces increased demand for its software and cementing its partnerships with the likes of HP, BMC and VMware. Nlyte […]
ZT Systems get in on the ARM server fun
The ARM-based server buzz continues this week with an announcement from Secaucus, NJ-based ZT Systems. The server and PC maker unveiled the R1801e, a 1U unit with up to 16 ARM Cortex-A9 processor cores that operates at a mere 80 watts. That includes eight server modules, storage in the form of eight SSDs and dual […]
Gartner on green data centers: 300 percent capacity growth, 60 percent less space
Need another reason to hop on the green data center bandwagon? Ahead of its Data Center & IT Operations Summit, research firm Gartner predicts that employing energy efficient data center strategies will have a dramatic impact on how businesses accommodate IT growth. The advice couldn’t come at a better time since companies are currently rushing […]
Smooth-Stone’s now Calxeda, ARM servers by 2011?
Good-bye Smooth-Stone, hello Calxeda (pronounced “Cal-Zeh-Dah”). The startup, which specializes in server designs using ARM’s low-power processor technology, is not only undergoing a name change, new staffing developments point to a company that’s gearing up to take on server vendors that have made their fortunes on Intel’s and AMD’s x86 processors. Earlier this summer, the […]
