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Ozzo: Energy-Focused Data Center Design
June 4th, 2010 : John Rath
What might a data center look like if its entire design was guided by the use of renewable energy? The ambitious Ozzo project in the Netherlands seeks to marry IT, architecture, ecology and energy. Read More
e-shelter Zurich Project Targets LEED Platinum
May 31st, 2010 : Colleen Miller
Data center developer e-shelter is set to begin construction of a 26,000 square meter (279,864 square foot) data center near Zurich that the company expects to gain LEED Platinum certification. Read More
Farm-Powered Data Center Being Built in UK
May 20th, 2010 : Rich Miller
HP Labs got a lot of press attention Tuesday for describing a way to use methane harnessed from cow manure to power a data center. But the concept HP described in an research paper is already being built into a UK data center. Read More
Microsoft, HP, Savvis Earn Green IT Awards
May 18th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Microsoft, HP and Helsingen Energia were the winners of the major categories at the Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented yesterday by The Uptime Institute at its annual symposium in New York. Read More
How Google Energy Might Green Its Data Centers
April 29th, 2010 : Rich Miller
There's been lots of speculation about Google Energy, a new subsidiary the Internet giant has formed to buy and sell power on the wholesale market. Google energy czar Bill Weihl today laid out a scenario in which Google Energy might help the company access renewable energy to support its data centers. Read More
Greenpeace: Cisco is Greenest IT Company
April 29th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Smart grid technology and solutions for renergy reduction in offices and networks from Cisco Systems have earned the company a top ranking in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard ranking from the environmental group Greenpeace. Read More
As Fanara Exits, an Energy Star Update
April 27th, 2010 : Rich Miller
The EPA's Andrew Fanara, who has worked closely with the data center industry, will soon be departing. Fanara provides an update on his transition and the progress of the various Energy Star projects for the data center industry. Read More
LEED Gold for Intel’s Newest Data Center
April 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller
Intel (INTC) said today that it has earned a LEED Gold rating for IDC 9, its new data center in Israel, which is scheduled to open in June and features numerous design and technology innovations. Read More
The LEEDiest Data Centers
April 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller
For Earth Day 2010, we're looking at the progress of the data center industry in adopting the LEED standard, including the upper tiers of the rating system. Here's a list of the exclusive club of data centers that have earned LEED Platinum status. Read More