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 […]
Top 10: Most popular ecoINSITE posts of 2010
It’s that time. Before we welcome a brand new year, here are 2010’s most popular posts according to you! 1. Stats of the Day: BP Oil Spill Google Results Back in June, I ran a little experiment. In terms of Google search results, how did BP’s recent oil spill compare against the previous top environmental […]
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 IT “gelled” for CIOs in 2010, spells trouble for raised floors
CIOs are finally getting a handle on this Green IT thing, according to Gartner Research vice president John Phelps. SearchCIO.com reports that eco-consciousness and good ol’ cost savings initiatives have begun to align in earnest this year, resulting in IT strategies that are decidedly green. These include, according to Phelps,the steadily decline of raised floor […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Facebook weans itself off coal for second data center site
This is a step in the right direction. Facebook has selected Rutherford County, North Carolina for its second data center, largely sidestepping the furor that erupted early this year when it selected Prineville, Ore., which relies primarily on coal for power, for its first data center. As The New York Times’ Bit Blog notes, Forest […]
Capgemini’s green data center scores a 1.08 PUE rating
Capgemini, a technology consulting and outsourcing firm, today laid claim to the distinction of having the world’s most energy efficient data center with a PUE of 1.08. Named Merlin and located in Swindon, UK, Capgemini took an existing facility and transformed it into a 30,000 square foot, Tier 3 green data center as part of […]
