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Google Provisions Wind Power in Oklahoma
September 26th, 2012 : Rich MillerGoogle has cut a deal with a local utility to provide wind energy for the power grid supporting a large Google data center in Pryor, Oklahoma. The environmental group Greenpeace hailed the agreement as a model for how cloud computing firms can influence electric utilities to boost their use of renewable energy. Read More
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The New York Times Blasts “Cloud Factories” on Energy Use
September 23rd, 2012 : Rich MillerThe New York Times today kicks off a series of articles on the data center industry,offering a tough indictment of the data center industry and its energy use and environmental impact. But is this a current picture of the state of "cloud factories?" Here's our two cents Read More
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Fortune Gets $500,000 Award for Oregon Facility
August 29th, 2012 : Rich MillerFortune Data Centers says the efficiency initiatives in its Oregon data center have will bring a $500,000 award from Energy Trust of Oregon. Read More
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What is Energy Star for Data Centers?
August 27th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
RON VOKOUN
Gray Construction Ron Vokun of Gray Construction, in his continuing series on green data centers, covers the pros and cons of Energy Star for Data Centers and concludes with some discussion of which certification to pursue. Read More
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Data Center Water Use Moves to the Forefront
August 14th, 2012 : Rich MillerThe largest data center operators have made significant strides in slashing their water use, and the industry has developed metrics and best practices to encourage broader participation in the effort. The focus on data center water usage made headlines last week when Facebook released its initial data on water usage effectiveness (WUE) at its data center in Prineville, Oregon. Read More
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Best Practices for a Green Data Center
August 13th, 2012 : John RathRising energy costs are at the forefront of most IT decisions, and impact operational expenditures considerably. Green initiatives vary widely in data centers and colocation providers. Having green initiatives is a start, but acting on them and having tangible results from them to demonstrate cost savings can often times be a different story. Embarking on a path to reduce costs and your carbon footprint starts with knowing the right questions to ask. Read More
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Microsoft’s Top 10 Business Practices for Sustainability
August 9th, 2012 : Rich MillerMicrosoft Global Foundation Services, the business unit that runs the company's data centers, today published an updated list of its Top 10 Business Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers. Read More
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Wind-Powered Data Center Project On Hold
July 23rd, 2012 : Rich MillerAn oft-delayed project to build a major wind-powered data center is on hold again. Backers of WindData have scrapped plans to build a campus in a suburb of Austin that was to feature as many as five data centers. The Baryonyx Corp. says it is no longer considering a 50-acre site in Pflugerville that had been the focus of its development efforts over the past year. Read More
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The Green Grid and Climate Savers Will Merge
July 20th, 2012 : Colleen MillerThe Green Grid, a global consortium focused on improving energy efficiency in data centers, announced today that the Climate Savers Computing Initiative will merge with The Green Grid, moving its programs and membership into The Green Grid brand. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
