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  • Greenpeace vs. Apple Feud Fueled by Strange Math

    July 13th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Greenpeace has issued a "regrading" of Apple's data centers that gives the company Cs and Ds - as opposed to its earlier Ds and Fs. But the environmental group continues to use an estimate of Apple's power use in its North Carolina data center that is four times higher than Apple's numbers. Read More

  • eBay: Bloom Boxes Will Power Utah Data Center

    June 21st, 2012 : Rich Miller

    The newest eBay data center project in Utah will run entirely on power generated by fuel cells from Bloom Energy, the company said this week. eBay will overhaul its power infrastructure to dramatically reduce its reliance on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units and backup generators. Read More

  • Solar-Powered Micro Data Center at Rutgers

    May 31st, 2012 : Rich Miller

    The Rutgers Computer Science Department has built a solar-powered "micro data center" comprised of a small container, a set of solar panels, and batteries. The Rutgers team is also developing GreenNebula, a customization of the OpenNebula cloud management software designed to eventually maximize renewable energy use by migrating virtual machines across green data centers. Read More

  • HP Developing ‘Net-Zero’ Data Center Concept

    May 30th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Can existing energy strategies be tied together to create a "net zero" data center that requires no net energy from traditional power grids? HP Labs said this week that it is developing such a concept, which is being tested at a 3,000 square foot facility at the company's campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Read More

  • Apple: iDataCenter Power Will Be 100% Green

    May 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Apple is doubling the size of its already-huge solar array at its data center in North Carolina, buying another 100 acres of land to house a second large installation of solar panels. The company said the expansion, along with its plan to use fuel cells from Bloom Energy, will allow it to supply 60 percent of the power requirements for its data center through on-site generation of renewable energy. Read More

  • QTS Data Centers Add 1 Megawatt of Solar

    May 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Data center service provider QTS (Quality Technology Services) is building new solar power installations at its Richmond and Atlanta Metro Data Centers that will provide a total of one megawatt of power generation capacity upon completion. Read More

  • Data Centers Scale Up Their Solar Power

    May 14th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    What would an aircraft carrier look like when it's covered with an array of solar panels? The 2 megawatt solar array atop the DuPont Fabros Technology data center in New Jersey will give you an idea. Read More

  • How to Choose a Green Colocation Provider

    May 4th, 2012 : Michael Potts

    Increases in energy costs have greatly impacted the operational costs of data centers, especially the costs to cool and power facilities.  Going in a more “green” direction within the data center can significantly reduce an organization’s costs as well as its carbon footprint.  Deciding which green service provider to choose for your data center can [...] Read More

  • iDataCenter Will Use Landfill-Powered Bloom Boxes

    April 30th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Apple will use biogas from landfills to generate electricity for its massive data center in North Carolina, the company said in a regulatory filing. The biogas will be converted into power using fuel cells from Bloom Energy, Read More

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