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Microsoft’s Energy Practices in Quincy Under Fire
September 25th, 2012 : Rich MillerMicrosoft's commitment to sustainability was challenged by a report Monday that it was prepared to waste tens of megawatts of electricity at its Quincy, Washington data center in order to reduce a potential fine from the local utility. Read More
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Data Center Links: Colt, IBM, Schneider
September 7th, 2012 : John RathColt awarded Tier III Design Certification for modular data center, IBM opens data center in Mexico, Schneider UPS achieves ENERGY STAR qualification for several smaller UPS products. Read More
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Q&A: John Collins on Rehabilitating ‘Vintage’ Data Centers
August 30th, 2012 : Rich MillerBut there may be quite a bit of life left in these "vintage" data centers, according to John Collins, the Global Segment Director for Data Centers at Eaton Corporation. We recently conducted a Q&A with Collins, who will discuss the topic at Data Center World Fall 2012. Read More
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Panduit Acquires Unite Technologies
August 22nd, 2012 : Rich MillerPanduit Corp. said today that it has acquired Unite Technologies Ltd. to expand its capabilities for energy management and environmental monitoring solutions for the enterprise and data center. Read More
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Roundup: Power Assure, Dell, Violin Memory
August 13th, 2012 : John RathNew UN framework based on Power Assure technologies, Dell helps power NASA Mars mission, Violin Memory helps virtualize 1,000 desktops at university. Read More
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Facebook’s Energy Use Focused in Colo Space
August 8th, 2012 : Rich MillerFacebook has been building some of the world's most efficient data centers. But its leased space accounts for 85 percent of its data center energy use, and will continue to have a big impact on its carbon footprint for several more years. Read More
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Q&A: Clemens Pfeiffer on Data Center Efficiency
July 30th, 2012 : Colleen MillerWhile there is much discussion and theorizing about data center efficiency in the industry, some individuals are focused on driving efficiency on a daily basis. This email Q&A with the CTO of Power Assure considers some of the significant issues in efficiency. Read More
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IntelliBatt Gets $22 Million in Funding, New CEOs
July 18th, 2012 : Rich MillerIntelliBatt, which provides batteries, cabinets and monitoring technology for data center UPS systems, has secured a $22 million equity investment led by Columbia Capital. The company also announced that two veterans of Rackable Systems will share the CEO duties. Read More
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Hosts: Leap Second Caused Spike in Power Usage
July 3rd, 2012 : Rich MillerSeveral large web hosting providers, including Hetzner and OVH, say the "leap second" last weekend caused power usage to spike on their Linux servers, which continued drawing power at above-average levels until the server was restarted. 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
