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How Google’s Data Centers Use Renewable Energy
September 8th, 2011 : Rich MillerAs part of its new initiative on discussing its energy usage, Google has put together a video that provides an overview of its Power Purchase Agreementsand how renewable energy fits into its data center strategy Read More
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Google’s Energy Story: High Efficiency, Huge Scale
September 8th, 2011 : Rich MillerGoogle used about 2.26 million megawatt hours of electricity to run its operations in 2010, generating a carbon footprint of 1.46 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the company said today in its most thorough disclosure yet of its impact on the power grid and the environment. Read More
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Gmail: Greener Than Your Email?
September 8th, 2011 : Rich MillerGoogle has released a case study outlining the energy and carbon savings available to small businesses from using its Gmail service instead of in-house email servers In fact, Google argues, the scale of its highly-optimized data centers makes Gmail substantially more energy efficient than all but the most advanced corporate data centers. Read More
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Report: Google Uses About 900,000 Servers
August 1st, 2011 : Rich MillerHave Google watchers been overestimating the number of servers in the company's data center network? Recent guesstimates have placed Google's server count at more than 1 million. But new data on Google's energy use suggests that the company is probably running about 900,000 servers. Read More
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Google Buying Land for Future Data Centers
July 18th, 2011 : Rich MillerGoogle invested $917 million in its Internet infrastructure in the second quarter of 2011, including land purchases that are likely related to future data center expansion. Read More
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Google’s Moves at 111 8th Focus on Office Space
June 1st, 2011 : Rich MillerManhattan real estate watchers are scrutinizing Google's actions as the search giant settles in as the new landlord of 111 8th Avenue. Early indications are that the company's strategy is all about the office space. Read More
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Video: Inside Google’s Newest Data Center
May 24th, 2011 : Rich MillerGoogle is preparing to open its newest data center, a large facility in a former paper mill in Hamina, Finland. The facility uses the sea to replace the chiller in its cooling system.Here's a video overview from the Google European Data Center Summit. Read More
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Google on Data Center Efficiency: ‘Just Do It’
May 24th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Projects using best practices to capture "low-hanging fruit" efficiency improvement was the theme of the Google European Data Center Efficiency Summit held Tuesday in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Google: No ‘Secret Sauce’ in Recipe for Efficiency
May 11th, 2011 : Rich MillerGoogle's PUE ratings keep getting better, with one of its data centers hitting 1.09 in the 1st quarter. Google's Chris Malone says PUEs of 1.5 to 1.6 can now be achieved by data center operators using off-the-shelf equipment. "There'sno magic or secret sauce to get to these levels," said Malone. Read More
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