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Energy Star for Data Centers is Launched
June 8th, 2010 : Rich MillerData centers can now earn the Energy Star label seen on TVs, refrigerators and computer monitors. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially launched a program that allows data centers to receive an Energy Star rating based on a PUE score. Read More
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ABB Tops Emerson Bid for Chloride
June 8th, 2010 : Rich MillerABB Ltd today made an offer of $1.3 billion for UK-based critical power firm Chloride, topping a $1.1 billion offer made in April by American critical power firm Emerson Electric. The Chloride board has accepted ABB's 325 pence per share offer. Read More
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Best Practices for Data Center Power Systems
June 3rd, 2010 : Kevin NormandeauThis white paper from Schneider Electric describes the challenges that a typical data center presents to the system study engineer, common pitfalls that must be avoided, and how a system study is crucial to the successful performance of a data center power system. Read More
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Tusha: Power Economics Favor Huge Data Centers
June 3rd, 2010 : Rich MillerQTS chief technology officer Simon Tusha says the cost of power is transforming the economics of building and operating data centers. Tusha says it doesn't make sense to build data centers with less than 30 megawatts of power capacity. Read More
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$8 Million Container Order for Active Power
May 19th, 2010 : Rich MillerActive Power (ACPW) has received an $8 million order for its PowerHouse container solution, which the company says its the largest single order in its history. Read More
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Optimizing Power Distribution for Higher Density
April 27th, 2010 : Kevin NormandeauThis white paper from Eaton discusses criteria to help data center managers choose the right power distribution units for today and prepare for the future demand of high density computing. Read More
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Emerson Bids $1.1 Billion for UPS Maker Chloride
April 26th, 2010 : Rich MillerEmerson Electric (EMR) is making another run at acquiring UK company Chloride Power (CHLD), making a $1.1 billion offer to combine two leading makers of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment. The deal was promptly rejected by Chloride, which said Emerson's offer undervalued the company. Read More
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Power Monitoring 101
April 19th, 2010 : Kevin NormandeauPower now represents the single largest component of operating cost. Yet, rarely is energy as closely managed as it should be. This white paper from Eaton looks at power monitoring options that are available for organizations of any size. Read More
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Roundup: Active Power, Interxion, Amazon
March 25th, 2010 : John RathActive Power (ACPW) reports $6 million in orders, Interxion expands Amsterdam data center, Equinix (EQIX) and Switch & Data (SDXC) disclose another extension for closing their merger. Read More
RESOURCE LINKS:
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
