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Google’s Energy Story: High Efficiency, Huge Scale
September 8th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google 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
Gmail: Greener Than Your Email?
September 8th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google 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
Report: Google Uses About 900,000 Servers
August 1st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Have 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
Google Buying Land for Future Data Centers
July 18th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google 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
Google’s Moves at 111 8th Focus on Office Space
June 1st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Manhattan 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
Video: Inside Google’s Newest Data Center
May 24th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google 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
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. Read More
Google: No ‘Secret Sauce’ in Recipe for Efficiency
May 11th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google'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
Video: Google’s Data Center Security
April 22nd, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google today released a video showcasing the security and data protection practices in its data centers, which includes some interesting footage from the company's data center in South Carolina - and a brief glimpse of the data center and tape libraries. Read More