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Difficulties of Going Green in the Data Center

April 16, 2012April 16, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

A concept little discussed in the business world as recently as a few years ago, green IT has entered the corporate mainstream with astonishing speed. Eager to lower energy spending and decrease their carbon footprint, companies of every size and description are working diligently to increase the energy efficiency of ... Read more »

Google Plans Thermal Storage System for Data Center

April 9, 2012April 10, 2012 by Leon Walker

A Google data center planned for Changhua County, Taiwan, is to use a thermal storage system, Data Center Knowledge reports. Thermal storage systems, typically made of ice or liquid coolant, are used to cool buildings in the day through a heat exchange when outside temperatures and electricity rates are at ... Read more »

Green Approach to Data Centers ‘Gaining Ground’

April 3, 2012 by Leon Walker

The proportion of IT professionals that say green initiatives are a key reason behind their data center consolidation efforts has risen from 34 percent in 2010 to 43 percent in 2011, according to research by technology firm CDW. In the 2012 Energy Efficient IT Report, some 54 percent of respondents ... Read more »

Amazon IT Guru Questions Facebook, Apple Solar Arrays

March 26, 2012March 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

One of Amazon’s leading data-center experts has called into question the environmental logic behind large solar farms recently installed or proposed by Facebook and Apple. In a recent blog post, James Hamilton writes that he couldn’t “make the math work” for the completed solar array at Facebook’s Prinevill, Ore., facility or ... Read more »

Reducing Data Center Power Consumption: Steps to Minimize Your Facility’s Carbon Footprint

March 26, 2012March 27, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

Commercial data centers are at the forefront of the growing and highly intense public debate over power consumption and carbon footprints. By assuming responsibility for corporate customers’ IT infrastructure and network operations, their services effectively reduce those companies’ own power consumption and carbon footprint. Conversely, by operating numerous networks on ... Read more »

Google Data Center Gets Water Reuse System

March 16, 2012March 26, 2012 by Leon Walker

A Google data center in Georgia is the internet firm’s first U.S.-based data center to conserve water using a water reuse system. The system, financed by Google and owned by the Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, is helping to keep the Chattahoochee River clean and conserving the reservoir’s water supply, ... Read more »

Ebay Data Center Achieves 1.35 PUE with Green Grid Techniques

February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Leon Walker

Internet auction site Ebay used guidelines set by nonprofit environmental IT consortium Green Grid to help build a modular data center with a power usage effectiveness ratio of 1.35. The data center in Phoenix, Ariz, recorded the PUE ratio – a measurement trademarked by the Green Grid – over the ... Read more »

Apple Facilities Report: ‘Biggest On-Site Fuel Cell’ Planned for N.C. Data Center

February 23, 2012March 26, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Apple is building the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the country, the company has announced in its 2012 facilities report. The 5 MW system at Apple’s Maiden, N.C. data center will be powered entirely by biogas and will generate over 40 million kWh a year. As previously reported, Apple ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Certification, Energy Star Builder, Cedar Grove Composting, IESO/RIA 6001-2011

February 21, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Primera Terra luxury condominium community, designed by KTGY Group and built by KB Home, has earned the National Association of Home Builders BALA platinum designation for neighborhood design. The community in Playa Vista, Calif., also achieved LEED Platinum certification. The community is 40 percent more energy efficient than the ... Read more »

Eco-mode UPS for Data Centers

February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

Microprocessor based loads for computer hardware need high fidelity voltage for continuous fault-free operation. For more than 20 years that power quality profile has been mandated by the CBEMA curve (Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers Association) that was embodied in IEEE466 and the Emerald edition of the IEEE Colour Series Books. ... Read more »

Power Assure Launches Data Center Management System

February 3, 2012 by Leon Walker

Data center energy management firm Power Assure Inc., has announced an integrated data center power monitoring and analytics system that it says improves the reliability and energy-efficientcy of data centers. The system uses Power Assure’s secure cloud-based EM/4 Energy Management software and Raritan’s intelligent power monitoring products. It provides accurate, ... Read more »

HireRight Data Centers Cut Energy 45%

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

Employment screening products firm HireRight has improved the efficiency of its data center infrastructure and technology. The improvements increase performance by 50 percent, decrease power consumption by 45 percent and reduce data center square footage by 60 percent, HireRight says. The new system features a 10-gigabit network capability from Cisco, ... Read more »

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