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Relationships: The Key Ingredient to a Green Data Center
Vendors and local utilities may help the growth of green data centers by providing incentives and rebates and promoting energy efficient products.
Date: 11/13/2009
Type: Article
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: green data centers
Rethinking Energy Use in Data Centers
Programmers and hardware designers look for energy efficiency solutions as data center energy use continues to climb.
Date: 09/11/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, data centers, data storage, green data centers
Secretary Chu Announces $47 Million to Improve Efficiency in Information Technology and Communications Sectors
Projects to lower energy use by data centers and telecommunications systems recieve funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Date: 01/06/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers, Economic Impact
Tags: ARRA, DOE
Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet
As data centers are becoming significant consumers of electricity, seeking data center efficiency is becoming a big deal.
Date: 10/11/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center, data center efficiency, green internet
Sun, Emerson Partnership to Boost Data Center Efficiency
In an effort to make retooling a data center for improved energy efficiency easier, Emerson Network Power and Sun Microsystems have pair pair their products and services.
Date: 08/03/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center, data center efficiency, Emerson Network Power, Sun Microsystems
Task Force Recommends a Metric for Measuring Data Center Efficiency
DOE/EPA/industry task force recommends Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) to measure data center efficiency.
Date: 07/16/2010
Type: Article, Report
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, energy efficiency metrics, energy efficiency standards, power usage effectiveness (PUE)
SeaMicro Server
To Curb Power Consumption, SeaMicro Rethinks Servers
SeaMicro's new computer consists of 256 independently functioning servers; the computer contains about the same amount of computing power as a full rack of standard servers, but consumes one-fourth of the power and one-fourth of the space.
Date: 02/28/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, data center energy use, energy-efficient computing, power consumption, server efficiency, servers
Training for the Future: An IT Degree in Energy Efficiency
In an effort to train students for jobs of the future, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska now offers a two-year associate degree in the design and management of energy efficient data centers.
Date: 09/14/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers, General Information
Tags: data center efficiency, energy education, green data centers, IT
Two Big Shifts Taking Us to More Resource-Efficient Computing
The tech industry is pushing toward more resource-efficient computing architectures in two ways: integrated systems and modular data centers.
Date: 04/26/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: cloud computing, energy efficiency, smart gadgets
Utility ComEd Launches Data Center Efficiency Program
ComEd, a Chicago based utility company, has introduced an efficiency program aimed at reducing the energy use of data centers. The program will help data centers improve cooling, power delivery, and IT capabilities.
Date: 08/10/2012
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: Chicago, ComEd

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