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Board: No Health Threat From Quincy Generators
May 11th, 2012 : Rich Miller
The diesel generators at a Microsoft's data center present no health threat to residents of Quincy, Washington, an independent board found this week, affirming a ruling by state officials. Read More
7×24: Generators Are Key to Improving Reliability
November 15th, 2011 : Rich Miller
When it comes to reliability, diesel generators are far and away the most important pieces of equipment in a data center, and regulatory mandates on fuel may be creating new problems that could raise generator failure rates, according to Steve Fairfax, the Tuesday keynoter at the 7x24 Exchange Fall Conference. Read More
Japan May Prioritize Power for Data Centers
March 15th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Equinix has arranged for priority deliveries of diesel fuel to ensure that its two data centers in Tokyo can continue operating through planned utility blackouts. The colocation company said Tuesday that the Japanese government is working to ensure that data centers have power so that communications services remain available across the nation. Read More
Quincy Generator Cluster Draws Scrutiny
September 13th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Economic development officials love clusters of huge Internet data centers. But environmental officials are less enthused about large clusters of diesel generators. Quincy, Washington has both. Read More
Biodiesel Mandates and Backup Generators
August 24th, 2010 : Rich Miller
State legislation in Minnesota, Washington and Oregon will require the use of biodiesel in backup generators, and several other states are considering similar measures, according to SearchDataCenter. Read More
Generators Installed at Yahoo NY Site
March 8th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Diesel generators are big and powerful, and attract lots of attention during tours and installations. Last Friday three 2 megawatt generators were installed at the new Yahoo data center under construction in Lockport, New York. Read More
Cummins Hikes Prices for Generators
November 11th, 2009 : Rich Miller
Cummins Power Generation (CMI) today announced price increases for all commercial generator sets between 6 kW and 2500 kW, citing "current industry dynamics." Cummins gensets are used by many data center facilities. Read More
Video: Data Cave Installs 2MW Generator
December 31st, 2008 : Rich Miller
Here's a video showing the delivery and installation of a 60,000 pound, 2 megawatt diesel generator at Data Cave, a new data center facility in Indiana. Read More
Cummins Hikes Prices on Diesel Generators
November 6th, 2008 : Rich Miller
The price of diesel generators from Cummins Power Generation (CMI) is going up by 2 to 7 percent as of Jan. 1. Read More