Green Data Centers

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• Google, Microsoft Respond to Greenpeace

  April 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Google and Microsoft respond to a Greenpeace report asserting that cloud computing will contribute to climate change. Their response: the Internet is mighty green, and our data centers are getting greener all the time. Read More

• PUE Goes Global

  April 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  The Green Grid today is announcing that leading data center consortiums in the U.S., Europe and Japan have agreed to make Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) "the industry’s preferred energy efficiency metric." Read More

• Guiding Principles for Energy Efficiency Metrics

  April 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Here is the full text of the agreement between data center industry consortiums in the U.S., Europe and Japan that designates Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as the industry’s preferred energy efficiency metric. Read More

• The SEC and Your Data Center

  April 2nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  In January the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that public companies must disclose to investors the risks they face related to climate change. What does that mean for the data center? Read More

• Greenpeace: Cloud Contributes to Climate Change

  March 30th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  In a report today on the carbon impact of cloud computing, Greenpeace called on data center operators to power their data centers using renewable energy and use their business clout to pressure utilities and Congress to make renewable energy more readily available. Read More

• Datapipe Taps Wind Power for NJ Site

  March 24th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Managed hosting provider Datapipe said today that it will offset the carbon impact of its data center in Somerset, New Jersey by purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs) based on wind power. Read More

• LEED Gold for Allstate Data Center

  March 23rd, 2010 : John Rath

  Allstate Insurance Company announced that its new data center in Rochelle, Illinois has been awarded LEED gold certification as an energy efficient building. Read More

• Bay Area Gets $750,000 Energy Rebate

  March 17th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Bay Area Internet Solutions (BAIS) will receive a $750,000 rebate from Silicon Valley Power for the energy-efficiency measures the company has implemented in its newest colocation facility in Santa Clara. The incentive s the maximum available from Silicon Valley Power. Read More

• Inside HP’s New Green UK Data Center

  February 19th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  We've put together a photo feature providing a look inside HP's new Wynyard data center along the North Sea in the UK, which documents the facility's innovations in cooling and airflow design, which have helped the data center record an estimated PUE of 1.2. Read More

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