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Green Data Centers on Pace for Rapid Growth
A report from Pike Research indicates that investment in greener computing facilities and data centers will grow rapidly over the next five years.
Date: 08/11/2010
Type: News, Report
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: cooling, energy efficient computing, energy management systems, green data centers, power consumption, virtualization
Green Data Center Design and Build Strategies
By building a data center in a climate where not much cooling is needed, large electricity savings can be realized.
Date: 08/12/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data centers, green building
Google tops Greenpeace IT ranking
The prominent environmental group praised Google for renewable energy purchases and climate change goals while criticizing Apple's lack of progress in green IT efforts.
Date: 02/08/2012
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: data centers, green IT, information technology
Google Seeks to Tap Power Markets
Google Energy LLC applies to become an electricity marketer to help better manage energy supplies for its operations.
Date: 01/07/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers, Energy Conversion, Utilities
Tags: energy market, FERC, google, renewables
Google Awards $1 Million For University Research Effort To Slash Energy Consumption In Internet Data Centers
Google awards $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large Internet data centers
Date: 02/04/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, energy efficient computing, green computing
Global Agreement Struck on Data Center Energy-Efficiency Metrics
The Green Grid consortium, together with several global government and industry organizations in the U.S., Europe and Japan, has nearly solved a problem that has plagued IT and data center managers for quite some time — how to monitor and measure energy use in data centers.
Date: 04/14/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: guiding principles, IT output, metrics
GE Looks to Data Center Efficiency
After completing an energy efficiency upgrade at one of its data centers, GE is now marketing their services to IT companies looking for efficiency upgrades.
Date: 02/02/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center, data center efficiency, IT
GE Invests in Green Data Center Startup SynapSense
GE has invested in SynapSense, a startup that makes wireless sensor technology and software to monitor and reduce power usage and cooling in data centers.
Date: 07/26/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: cooling, data center energy use, energy management systems, energy monitoring, general electric, SynapSense
Fjords, Caves and Mines: The New Tools for Building Data Centers
Local Host is completing a feasibility study to build the world’s largest green data center in an abandoned mine in Norway, utilizing the country’s hydro-electric and wind power and its supply of freezing water for efficient cooling.
Date: 04/28/2010
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, hydro, wind
Five Benefits of Data Center Energy Management
Actively managing energy in data centers through processes such as virtualization and storage consolidation can result in energy savings of at least 40 percent.
Date: 07/20/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, energy management systems, servers, virtualization

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