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Inventing the Clean Room
The energy problem is humanity's greatest challenge. Here's how information technology can provide some answers.
Date: 04/02/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: clean web, computing, data centers, internet, renewable energy, solar
data center
IT Comes First for Data Center Efficiency
There’s a divide within data centers today between the people who manage data center cooling, power and security systems, and the IT folks that buy and run the servers, but the efficiencies of IT have a lot to offer the future of greener data centers.
Date: 02/22/2011
Type: Blog
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: cloud-based storage, cooling, data center efficiency, green data centers, IT, server efficiency, virtualization
It’s Official: Google Can Sell Power Like a Utility
The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission has granted Google Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the search giant, to behave like a utility.
Date: 02/19/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers, Utilities
Tags: energy management systems, FERC, google
Juggling the Electric Car Influx: A $1.5B Job
The sale of 800,000 plug-in vehicles during the next five years could create a whole mess of challenges for utilities, automakers and consumers, but IT companies have a shot at building new businesses to help ease the pain of that influx, according to a new report out today on GigaOM Pro.
Date: 04/26/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Energy Storage, Transportation, Utilities
Tags: hybrids, plug-in vehicles, V2G programs
Justin Rattner: Video & Presentation
IT is a small, but rapidly growing, part of US energy use demand that needs to be addressed.
Date: 05/20/2009
Type: Slides, Video
Technologies: Computing and Networks
Tags: computing, IT
Power management.
Microsoft to App Developers: Time to Think About Power Management
According to Microsoft, the need for third-party application developers to accommodate power management modes has become acute.
Date: 09/15/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Computing and Networks
Tags: computer efficiency, Microsoft, power management, software
Microsoft Data Center
Microsoft-Backed Research Suggests Big Energy Reductions from Cloud
A new report from Microsoft suggests that large businesses could reduce their direct energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30 percent by moving certain on-premise applications into the cloud. Small business could see even greater gains of up to 90%.
Date: 11/04/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: carbon emissions, cloud computing, cooling, data centers, energy consumption, energy-efficient computing, power consumption, servers
Millimeter-Scale, Energy-Harvesting Sensor System Can Operate Nearly Perpetually
A 9 cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.
Date: 02/09/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Computing and Networks, Energy Conversion
Tags: battery, processor, solar
Data center
More Data, Less Power
Computing providers such as HP and Yahoo are developing innovative energy-saving strategies for new data centers that focus on using building siting and design to maximize natural cooling potential.
Date: 01/13/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: cooling, data center energy use, data centers, energy-efficient computing
New Advances in Excitonics Promise Faster Computers
Excitonics could provide us with faster computers and better communication speeds - but at this stage is only possible at very low temperatures. Researchers at UCSD have taken a step toward creating exciton-based devices operational at room temperatures.
Date: 10/01/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Electronics
Tags: communication, computing, electronics, excitonics

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