I hope your mouse wheel’s up to the task because this one’s a scroll-a-thon. (That up there is a mere sampling.) Peer-1 Hosting, which knows a thing or two about green data centers, has cooked up a spiffy, super-sized infographic of today’s most visited online destinations and the power it takes to keep their IT […]
Facebook shares its secret to green data centers
Literally, in fact. Today, Facebook took a dramatically different course than its peers and let the world look behind the curtain. Whereas other big Internet firms consider the “nuts and bolts” details of their IT infrastructure a competitive advantage, Facebook open sourced its custom, energy efficient server and data center tech under the Open Compute […]
The 10-year server?
How many of your servers have been around for a decade? Not many, it’s safe to assume. (None ideally.) Chances are that the servers you deployed in 2001 were replaced 3-5 years later. And if there are a couple stragglers still around, they’re costing you a bundle in electricity and rack space. Fortunately, longevity is […]
Mark Monroe heads The Green Grid, expands data center sustainability mission
Some significant changes this week at The Green Grid. Mark Monroe, a Sun veteran and a Center for ReSource Conservation board member, will be taking over as Executive Director following the departure of Larry Vertal from the post. The appointment also marks a subtle but important shift in the group’s mission. Though energy efficient IT […]
Cloud, data center growth drives GE’s $520M Lineage Power buy
GE is venturing into the green data center energy space by acquiring Plano, Texas-based Lineage Power for just over a cool half-billion dollars. Citing growth in cloud and mobile computing — thanks, in part, to the 1.1 billion new smartphones the company expects to hop on wireless networks this year — GE’s Energy Services president and […]
U.S. Government’s $1.5B cybersecurity data center: Yes, it’ll be green
Don’t expect to glean too much information about the U.S. Government’s new $1.5 billion data center in Camp Williams, Utah, which just broke ground and will be operated under the auspices of the NSA. Little is publicly known about the (take a deep breath) Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center (CNCI) except its […]
Compellent: Dell’s $960M green storage acquisition
About month and a half ago, buzz began to surround Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Compellent Technologies based on reports that Dell was interested in acquiring the storage startup. Rumor became reality today when it was revealed that Dell is acquiring Compellent for $960 million. The firm specializes in storage technologies that improve energy efficiency in data […]
Cloud to slash data center energy costs by 38 percent in 2010
A new forecast from Pike Research points not only to the accelerated growth of cloud services, but also huge energy savings in the coming decade. According to the research firm’s “Cloud Computing Energy Efficiency” report, cloud computing is projected to cut worldwide data center energy costs by 38 percent, from $23.3 billion in 2010 to […]
The Green Grid: Meet the new carbon and water data center metrics
The Green Grid took the wraps off two new metrics this week, carbon usage effectiveness (CUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE), that will help data center operators paint a clearer picture of just how sustainable their facilities truly are. And just in time, too. As Facebook has discovered, a green data center is judged by […]
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 […]
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