Today: Intel gets serious about ARM’s data center ambitions; Seagate busts out new SSDs for enterprise environments; and Ted Turner dishes on where he’d place his bets if he got his start today.

And in a geeky way of commemorating this St. Patrick’s Day, a link to a Data Center Knowledge post on how Dublin’s free-cooling-friendly charms and IT-savvy workforce are turning the region into a cloud computing magnet.

Xeon, Atom Chips for Micro Servers on Intel’s Roadmap – Channel Insider
Intel to ARM: No data center for you!

Seagate Unveils Enterprise SSDs – InformationWeek
Company’s Pulsar.2 cranks at 6 Gbps over SAS and SATA.

Ted Turner: I’d Be An Energy Entrepreneur – GigaOM | Earth2Tech

Good Timing: Red Hat Adds Data Virtualization, Data Services Tool – IT Business Edge

Dublin Emerges as Cloud Computing Hub – Data Center Knowledge
Fitting!

Data Center Designs a Major Factor in New IT: Gartner – eWeek

Tips for data center efficiency – Consulting-Specific Engineer

Harris Alliance addresses cloud computing’s missing ingredient – CRN
Take a wild guess…

Hardware-assisted security kills drive to create malware – ZDNet
Exploring how the Intel-McAfee tie-up can help secure systems and dis-incentivize virus makers.

Data Centers – Key Communications Hubs in Japan – Continue Work After Quake – Seeking Alpha
Despite a disaster of unimaginable scope, data centers soldier on.

Speaking of which, consider helping out our friends in Japan with these resources from Time.