• Microsoft’s Energy Practices in Quincy Under Fire

    September 25th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft'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

  • Data Center Links: Colt, IBM, Schneider

    September 7th, 2012 : John Rath

    Colt 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

  • Q&A: John Collins on Rehabilitating ‘Vintage’ Data Centers

    August 30th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    But 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

  • Panduit Acquires Unite Technologies

    August 22nd, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Panduit 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

  • Roundup: Power Assure, Dell, Violin Memory

    August 13th, 2012 : John Rath

    New UN framework based on Power Assure technologies, Dell helps power NASA Mars mission, Violin Memory helps virtualize 1,000 desktops at university. Read More

  • Facebook’s Energy Use Focused in Colo Space

    August 8th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Facebook 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

  • Q&A: Clemens Pfeiffer on Data Center Efficiency

    July 30th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

    While 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

  • IntelliBatt Gets $22 Million in Funding, New CEOs

    July 18th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    IntelliBatt, 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

  • Hosts: Leap Second Caused Spike in Power Usage

    July 3rd, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Several 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

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