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IT Leaders’ Green-Tech Predictions for 2009

December 19, 2008October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

InfoWorld’s Ted Samson recently asked IT leaders to share their green-tech predictions for 2009. Most said economic and political conditions will continue to embrace greener practices, albeit sometimes at a slower pace. Robert Aldrich, director of data center solutions at Cisco, predicts that green IT in the U.S. market will ... Read more »

Server MPG – It’s Time for Action

November 24, 2008September 13, 2010 by Jack Pouchet

Would you buy a car if you had no idea about its MPG rating? Especially with today’s volatile fuel prices, it seems like a crazy idea. But that’s the situation in data centers today, because there’s no industry-wide standard for how to measure “useful work” in data centers. If we’re ... Read more »

Green Grid Supports EU’s Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency

November 20, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Green Grid announced support for the recently-released European Commission’s Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency. The Code of Conduct is a voluntary commitment of European companies, and aims to reduce data center energy consumption through the adoption of best practices leading to agreed energy savings targets. The ... Read more »

AT&T Expects To Save 135 M kWh Electricity With 1E Software

October 30, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

AT&T is launching 1E’s NightWatchman PC power management solution on 310,000 desktop computers across its domestic operations to help improve energy efficiency. The company says powering down corporate PCs during non-work hours is expected to save AT&T more than 135 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, equivalent of power ... Read more »

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

October 9, 2008 by Paul Nastu

AT&T Inc. released its 2007/2008 Citizenship and Sustainability Report (PDF). The company says it is reducing the environmental impact of its operations and helping customers find ways to reduce their impact through the use of information and communication technology. In 2008, the company introduced a new fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles ... Read more »

Ways To Fuel Green IT

September 22, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Sustainable data centers are something companies must look into because “energy costs are punching holes in profits, making this a fight the IT team can’t sit out,” writes J. Nicholas Hoover of InformationWeek. Hoover offers some ideas to kick start brainstorming green strategies: 1. Look beyond data centers Powering down ... Read more »

Emerson Builds New Energy-Efficient Data Center

September 8, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Emerson announced it has begun construction on a 35,000-square-foot energy efficient data center at its corporate headquarters in St. Louis. In addition to installing energy saving features, the facility will also showcase technologies from Emerson Network Power. Fox Architects, the project’s lead architect, estimates that the facility’s design will provide ... Read more »

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

August 26, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Power Utilization Effectiveness metric can potentially be useful for determining the gross performance of data center electrical and mechanical systems. However, Kenneth Brill, executive director at Uptime Institute, which developed the concept, warns that PUE claims of 0.9, 1.2 or 1.6 in marketing materials are probably misleading. The typical ... Read more »

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

August 1, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

AT&T Services has joined The Green Grid and also announced it will supply data center performance information to assist the EPA in developing a new Energy Star rating for data center infrastructure. The Green Grid is a global consortium working to advance energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ... Read more »

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

July 2, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects a move from PCs to HP thin clients will cut energy consumption by 5 million kilowatt-hours, save about $500,000 annually, and reduce CO2 emissions by 6.5 million pounds per year, Computerworld reports. The network of more than 45,000 thin client terminals – operated through 743 terminal servers ... Read more »

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%

June 11, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A new IBM modular data center that mimics the power and energy efficiency of IBM’s computing hubs can reduce energy costs by up to 50 percent, the company says. IBM says it designed the new data center, an expansion of Project Big Green, which the company launched last year, because ... Read more »

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%

June 9, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

SoftLayer says it has received its first delivery of servers under a new server packaging program that reduces packing materials by 80 percent. Based on EPA figures, its new packaging program will save over 750 trees per year, the company says. Since the shipment of its first server in 2006, ... Read more »

IT Leaders’ Green-Tech Predictions for 2009

Server MPG – It’s Time for Action

Green Grid Supports EU’s Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency

AT&T Expects To Save 135 M kWh Electricity With 1E Software

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Ways To Fuel Green IT

Emerson Builds New Energy-Efficient Data Center

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%

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