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Data Revealed: Google Uses More Power than Salt Lake City

September 9, 2011September 12, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Google has broken its silence on energy consumption, announcing that it consumed 2,259,998 MWh in 2010. In a new section on the Google Green site, called “The Big Picture,” Google also said that it generated 1.46 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year. Average annual carbon footprint per user ... Read more »

Dell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral

September 7, 2011September 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its 2011 corporate responsibility report, which shows that the computer manufacturer is no longer carbon neutral. Dell says that server hosting is becoming an important part of its ... Read more »

Level 3 Buys 100% Renewable Power for Three Data Centers

September 1, 2011September 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Level 3 Communications has taken three colocation facilities 100 percent renewable. The communications services provider has signed up to a 100 percent green energy product with the electricity providers for one colocation center in Amsterdam and two facilities in London. The green power product sources its energy from hydroelectric, wind ... Read more »

Contract Briefing: Xiolink, Siemens, Endesa, Ala. Corrections

August 30, 2011August 30, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Xiolink, a provider of private cloud computing and managed infrastructure, has selected Modius’s OpenData Enterprise Edition to monitor, maintain, and provide analytics about its power usage effectiveness (PUE). Xiolink says it has an aggressive PUE target of 1.25, and has deployed the platform in its newest data center to provide ... Read more »

AmeriPride Chooses JouleX for IT Efficiency

August 24, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

AmeriPride Services, one of the five largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in North America, is implementing a JouleX platform to improve IT energy efficiency and reduce power consumption. The workwear company will use JouleX Energy Manager across the company, starting with solutions for the distributed office and the ... Read more »

Sentilla Raises $15m, Targets Computing Efficiency

August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Sentilla, which makes efficiency software for data centers, has raised $15 million in its third round of funding. SingTel Innov8, the venture capital arm of a Singapore telecoms company, now owns 23.4 percent of Sentilla after joining existing investors, Green Tech Media reports. Sentilla’s software monitors and manages power consumption ... Read more »

Data Center Energy Growth Slows, Defying Predictions

August 3, 2011August 3, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Electricity use by data centers in 2010 was significantly below predictions, according to new research by a Stanford University professor. In research carried out for the New York Times, consulting professor and sustainability consultant Jonathan Koomey found that the growth in data centers’ electricity consumption slowed considerably from 2005 to ... Read more »

Plan to Consolidate Fed Data Centers Easier Said than Done

August 1, 2011August 1, 2011 by Leon Walker

Since 1998 the Federal government quadrupled the number of data centers in operation, and recently found that on average these centers have been using only 27 percent of their computer power. Additionally, taxpayers pay for the entire infrastructure, real estate and energy costs. In order to cut costs, the Obama ... Read more »

Modius and Intel Team Up on Data Center Management

July 29, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Modius’ OpenData Enterprise Edition will integrate with Intel Data Center Manager, Modius has announced. Modius says that the integration will enhance Open Data, a platform for data center infrastructure management, with increased visibility and analytics. Intel Data Center Manager will provide Open Data with energy intelligence about critical IT and ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: SEC Climate Disclosure, San Fran Gold, EPA Sued Over Smog

July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Environmental Leader

Wyoming senator John Barrasso on Wednesday reintroduced a bill to stop the Securities and Exchange Commission’s policy of requiring companies to reveal their climate change risks. The Hill article says the lawmaker would rather the agency focus on protecting investors and maintaining fair markets. The Bonneville Power Administration, which has ... Read more »

The Green Gap: Where’s the Green In Your Data Center?

July 14, 2011August 29, 2011 by Dean Smith

“Green” is a widely recognized, liberally utilized term to connote environmental responsibility, including its application to buildings for qualities like energy efficiency and low carbon footprint. These so called green buildings are governed by the U.S. Green Building Council through their Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, also known ... Read more »

Eaton Replaces Data Centers; Fed IT Doesn’t Know Its PUE

June 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Eaton Corporation has opened two new data centers projected to deliver $23 million in energy savings. The data centers in Louisville, Ky., and Simpsonville, Ky., will replace two data centers located near Cleveland, Ohio, one of which is 43 years old. Both of the old centers are beginning to run ... Read more »

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