Data Center

White Paper: IT Buyers Need to Look at the Total Cost of Data Centers

In data centers, all costs related to the purchase of electricity and almost all facility costs are directly related to the power use of IT equipment, ...

August 20, 2009

Dell Cuts Power Use by 48M KWH, Saves $5.8M

Dell expects to save about $5.8 million a year as a result of energy-saving initiatives and building upgrades in its facilities worldwide. The computer maker expects ...

August 13, 2009

ACT Data Center Passes LEED Platinum Test

If there's one thing the people at ACT know, it's how to take a test. When it came to making the grade for a new data ...

August 13, 2009

Intel Uses Facebook App to Help Power Climate Research

Facebook users who acquiesce to an Intel application that operates on idle computer power are helping researchers conduct models on climate change and other global problems. The ...

August 10, 2009

Nations to be Graded on Ability of ICT to Cut Emissions

A new grading system will look at nations' information and communications technology (ICT) abilities as they relate to the ability to cut emissions. The grading system, being ...

August 10, 2009

AT&T Optimizes Operations Via Efficiency

AT&T continues to improve technical efficiency as a means toward reducing its environmental impact, according to its 2008 CSR report. Above is a look at AT&T's ...

August 6, 2009

LL Bean, Emerson Data Centers Use Natural Light to Reduce Power Use

Companies are employing natural light in their new data centers to help reduce power use. This approach used in data centers at L.L. Bean and Emerson ...

August 5, 2009

Data Centers Power Up Savings With Renewable Energy

New data center projects are taking a closer look at renewable energy sources including solar and wind as a way to improve corporate sustainability, cut energy ...

July 29, 2009

Emerson Data Center Has Solar, is 31% More Efficient

Emerson's new $50 million data center is 31 percent more efficient than other similar versions, thanks to precision cooling ...

July 28, 2009

Google Turns to Belgium for Data Center Free Cooling

With summer temperatures topping out in the low 70s in Belgium, Google has decided to forego the use of chillers at its data center there. The data ...

July 22, 2009

The Sustainability Potential of Cloud Computing: Smarter Design

If you listen to venture capitalists and tech gurus, cloud computing is “the new dot-com," the “biggest shift in computing in two decades” or ...

July 20, 2009

Lighting Retrofits Help Hotels and Data Centers Cut Energy Costs

Lighting and compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) retrofits are some of the easiest ways businesses including luxury hotels and data centers can cut their energy costs. Hotel ...

July 17, 2009

Microsoft, Oracle, NSA Plan for Green Data Centers

Two leading software providers, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp., along with the National Security Agency, are moving ahead with their "green" data center plans, although Oracle's ...

July 14, 2009

Fairmont Adopts Green IT Strategy

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is adopting a green technology infrastructure and IT strategy, with the aim of conserving energy, reducing the company's overall carbon footprint, limiting ...

July 8, 2009

Data Center Efficiencies Wait in the Wings

For companies looking to slash their carbon footprint and gain energy efficiencies, the IT data center is a logical first choice. From re-evaluating the equipment in place ...

July 8, 2009

IBM Plastics Recycling Performance Wanes

Compared to heady growth in recycling figures from 2004 to 2006, IBM's more recent performance on using recycled plastics has dropped slightly, with the percentage of ...

July 6, 2009

Data Centers – Where Did All the Water Go?

I'd like you to start thinking about how much water your data center uses a day, a month, and a year. Not just for personnel, but ...

July 6, 2009

Sony Europe Goes to 100% Renewable Energy

Sony Europe has taken a leading role in the use of renewable energy, achieving 100 percent renewable energy usage in FY08, according to a press release. Globally, ...

July 2, 2009

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

A new online calculator allows companies to estimate the carbon footprint and related costs from their data centers, as well as from co-location facilities. The Eco-IT Monitor is a project between SGI, Intel ...

July 1, 2009

Carbon Management IS Information Management

For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, gathering, assessing, and analyzing the necessary information is a considerable challenge. In some ...

July 1, 2009

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