Eaton, an industrial power distribution and control firm, acquired Worcester, Mass.-based Wright Line, a maker of energy efficient server racks, enclosures and hot/cold aisle containment systems. The two companies are a perfect match, according to Jerry R. Whitaker, Eaton’s president for its Electrical Americas division. “Combining Wright Line’s strong enclosure and air management portfolio along […]
Fannie Mae's LEED data center turns five, saves $1.7M
As strange as it sounds, the first LEED-certified data center didn’t belong to an IT giant, not Google, not Microsoft and not even Apple. Five years ago, Fannie Mae had the distinction of having the first LEED-certified data center. Now,…
Greening a Legacy Data Center? Ask a Pro
Unless you’re Microsoft, Google or Facebook, chances are that you can’t simply build a new data center when yours starts getting a little long in the tooth. So how do you cope with an older computing facility that wasn’t exactly…
Facebook Breaks Ground on Green Data Center
In a departure from signing leases with data center companies like Fortune and Digital Realty trust, Facebook broke ground on its own $180 million facility in Prineville, Oregon. Why Prineville? According to the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal,…
No More Raised Floor
Photo credit: Flickr user information services@bond – Creative Commons It may soon become a signature of green data centers, according to Matthew D. Sarrel of the Sarrel Group. Over at eWeek, he writes that it may come time to say…
2009: Year of the Green Data Center
Photo Credit: Flickr user SunGardAvailabilitySvcs – Creative Commons I’ve been covering Green IT for a while now, but this is the first year I that recall not being able to keep track of all the new green data center…
Students Banking on Green IT
An interesting story out of Yonkers, N.Y. Students from Polytechnic Institute of New York University performed a little before-and-after analysis of Hudson Valley Bank’s efforts at improving energy efficiency at its data center. All told, the bank was able to…
'Tri-generation' takes Syracuse University's Data Center Off-grid
It seems that every new data center that opens its doors these days is billed as green, doesn’t it? The $12.4 million, 12,000-square-foot building from IBM and Syracuse University is no different. However, this is one green data center with…
Green IT News Roundup: Friday, September 25
Apple and the Environment Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Apple and its impact on the environment. Gartner: Turn server heat up to 75 – Computerworld In addition to Gartner’s report, a recent survey by CDW illustrates…
Green IT News Roundup: Wednesday, September 16
Six Tips For Green (and Greenwash-Free) Data Center Storage – Reuters/GreenBiz Four billion dollars is spent every year on data center energy consumption and this number will only continue to climb. The type of data growth is also a…
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