Remember Microsoft’s underwater datacenter concept from a couple of years ago? Where the company stuffed servers and other IT equipment into a big metal tube and dropped it off the coast of California? Microsoft has done it again, this time off the coast of Scotland as part of the second phase of Project Natick, an effort […]
Microsoft sets record 315-megawatt solar deal in the U.S.
Microsoft is set on making its cloud-computing operations are as environmentally-friendly as possible. The Redmond, Wash. tech titan announced on March 21 that it had inked a deal for 315 megawatts of solar power for its cloud data centers across two projects in Virginia, the largest corporate agreement of its kind in the United States. […]
Most data centers are energy hogs
Bad news. While tech giants boast super-low power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratings, most corporate data centers aren’t following suit. A recent eWEEK article by Scot Petersen, a technology analyst at Ziff Brothers Investment, noted that while Google and Facebook are edging ever closer to a coveted 1.0 PUE score — the closer to 1.0 the […]
Used Chevy Volt batteries help provide power for GM data center
General Motors (GM) is recycling used Chevy Volt batteries and putting them to good use by providing renewables-sourced power for the company’s new data center at its Milford Proving Ground. GM’s June 16 press release explains: Because the Volt typically draws its power from a band of energy in the battery pack, there is a lot […]
Amazon looks to the solar to power its cloud
Some neat news from my colleague Jeffrey Burt over at eWEEK today… Amazon is working with Community Energy to build an 80-megawatt solar farm in Virginia to help power its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Virginia. Jeffrey writes: The solar farm—which will be built in Accomack County, Va., and will power up as early as October […]
Rackspace to build green data center in the U.K.
Add Rackspace to the growing list of tech companies that are bringing energy efficient innovations to their cloud data centers beginning at the planning stage. Like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, the San Antonia-based cloud computing company plans to increase its cloud footprint by constructing a new data center using green design principles from the start. Gary Boyd, […]
Another green data center from Microsoft in Quincy, Wash.?
Microsoft has confirmed that it is getting ready to build a data center on land that the company is now in the midst of buying in Quincy, Wash. where the company already operates a modular computing facility. The 200-acre site will cost Microsoft $11 million and is expected to produce 100 full-time jobs. Construction starts […]
Microsoft researches rackmounted fuel cells
Microsoft’s research arm and its Global Foundation Services unit are investigating ways of building the next-generation of energy efficient data centers with fuel cells. But rather than bolt Bloom Energy Servers onto their IT facilities, the company is looking into a more integrated solution. In a research paper, Microsoft describes how placing compact fuel cells in […]
IBM patents a greener cloud
Cloud computing is really taking off, a trend that requires more big data centers to be built. For the most part, cloud providers are doing a great job of erecting green facilities, but what if they could tweak things further? IBM has a new patent that may help organizations extend their green initiatives to the […]
Defying downtime: PEER 1 Hosting’s data center withstands Hurricane Sandy [VIDEO]
New Jersey, New York and surrounding states are still dealing with the devastation that Hurricane Sandy unleashed on region last year. Wrecked homes, livelihoods derailed, and in some tragic cases, lost lives… The super storm took its toll on people, businesses and vital infrastructure. Yet despite the chaos, one company not only managed to keep the lights […]
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