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Is Curbing Data Center Power Consumption Enough? What’s Beyond It?
Alta Terra blog post relating to looking at the big picture around Data Center energy consumption.
Date: 08/31/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers, Smart Grid
Tags: data center efficiency
Is Greener Code the Answer to Greener Data Centers?
The tech industry has been exploiting data center energy saving opportunities by retooling software to be more energy efficient.
Date: 05/04/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, green code, green computing, green programming
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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
It’s the Off-Grid Data Center
IBM and Syracuse University plan to build a 6,000 square foot data center that runs on gas turbines and cools with waste heat.
Date: 12/02/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center, IBM
Luiz Barroso: Video & Presentation
Google spends lots of money on electricity use in their data centers, so they invest heavily making their data centers more efficient.
Date: 05/20/2009
Type: Slides, Video
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: computing, data centers, google
Massachusetts Breaks Ground On $110 Million Springfield Data Center
The Springfield Data Center in Massachusetts is being constructed with state of the art technologies in energy efficient data center infrastructure, sustainable building design and consolidated computer technology, which will make it one of the most efficient data centers in the country.
Date: 06/23/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Data Centers
Tags: data center efficiency, energy efficient buildings
Meeting the Demand for Data Storage
As the demand for data storage grows, the energy use associated is no longer negligible. This growing demand can be reduced by simply tracking all stored data, not making excessive copies, and purging older files.
Date: 06/01/2008
Type: Article
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: data center, data storage, IT
Memory Trick Could Speed Up the Web
Despite higher costs, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) may eventually supplant traditional hard disks because of DRAM's significantly quicker access speeds.
Date: 10/17/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Data Centers
Tags: cloud computing, data transfer, DRAM, dynamic random access memory
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013
Microsoft has pledged to reach net-zero emissions with its operations in over 100 countries. They will retrofit offices, data centers, and software development labs with the latest energy-efficient technologies.
Date: 05/10/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Buildings, HVAC, Data Centers
Tags: carbon neutrality, data centers, HVAC, LED, Microsoft, retrofitting

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