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Seven Ways to Extend Power and Cooling in the Data Center
January 6th, 2010 : Kevin NormandeauIs your data center running out of power or cooling? To keep pace with business demands, data centers pack in more power-hungry, heat generating IT systems than ever. Read More
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Mark Bramfitt on Data Centers and Utilities
December 30th, 2009 : Rich MillerWhat's ahead for Mark Bramfitt, who has been the electric utility industry’s most visible ambassador to the data center sector? Bramfitt, who is departing PG&E, discusses his plans and utilities' role in the data center sector in an interview with Data Center Dialog. Read More
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Is Your Data Center Draining Your Bottom Line?
November 30th, 2009 : Kevin NormandeauWhite Paper: Major advancements in UPS and server designs have improved energy efficiency in data centers in recent years. The key to improving overall power efficiency is to look at end-to-end power distribution. Read More
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Should Servers Come With Batteries?
November 27th, 2009 : Rich MillerWill the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should. Read More
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Facebook Follows Google to Data Center Savings
November 27th, 2009 : Rich Miller[caption id="attachment_18889" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="A graphic of the new data center power distribution system being implemented at Facebook, which replaces a central UPS with a battery built into the power supply."]
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Facebook is stepping up its efforts to make its data centers cheaper and more efficient, and is following in the footsteps of Google in several of its key initiatives. Facebook says it's streamlining its servers, and also plans to adopt a novel power distribution design pioneered by Google.
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Power Densities Likely to Drive Expansions
November 19th, 2009 : Rich Miller
Average power densities continue to rise in data centers, and are affecting the lifespan of existing data center facilities, according to new survey data from Emerson Network Power. A majority of data centers say they will run out of capacity within two years, suggesting a wave of expansions is in the pipeline. The survey reinforces the prevailing wisdom that data centers are running out of power before they run out of physical space. Thirty four percent of respondents cited power as the primary factor limiting data center capacity, while just 14 percent cited floor space. Read More
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Data Center Leasing: It's All About the Megawatts
November 11th, 2009 : Rich MillerThe growing importance of power is remaking the business of leasing data center space, with megawatts replacing square feet as the primary benchmark for real estate deals. Read More
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Data Center Leasing: It’s All About the Megawatts
November 11th, 2009 : Rich MillerThe growing importance of power is remaking the business of leasing data center space, with megawatts replacing square feet as the primary benchmark for real estate deals. Read More
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Power Grid Hacking Back in the News
November 9th, 2009 : Rich MillerCan hackers disable the U.S. power grid? This issue, which has been debated for years in the security community, is once again in the news after a segment on cybersecurity on CBS' 60 Minutes Sunday night, which reports that hackers disabled parts of the power grid in Brazil in 2005 and 2007. 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
