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Top 10 Data Center Stories, May 2012
A photo Google released recently showing servers in one of its facilities. Our readers liked this story so much, it hit the top of the list of our popular articles this month. Click for larger version of the image. (Photo: Google)
During the month of May, Data Center Knowledge readers were interested in the news that was focused on hardware from the look inside Google’s facility to see their hardware to the revelations about racks, servers and open source hardware at the Open Compute Summit. Also, energy was a popular subject with stories on solar deployments and HP’s “net-zero” energy concept ranking high on the list as well. Here’s the most popular stories on Data Center Knowledge for May 2012, ranked by page views:
- A Glimpse Inside Google’s Data Centers – May 22
- Open Compute Wants to Overhaul Data Center Racks – May 2
- How Open Compute is a Win for Rackspace – May 23
- Alcatel-Lucent Introduces New Core Routers – May 24
- HP Developing ‘Net-Zero’ Data Center Concept - May 30
- Data Centers Scale Up Their Solar Power – May 14
- EMC News: Facebook, VCE, Greenplum – May 24
- Data Center Racks Getting Taller, Wider, Deeper – May 9
- Why Facebook’s IPO is Good for the Data Center Industry – May 18
- Emerson Launches Trellis DCIM Software – May 15
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About Colleen Miller
Colleen Miller is a journalist and social media specialist. She has more than 25 years of writing and editing experience, with her most recent work dedicated to the online space. Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data.
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