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• PDI Acquired by Smiths in $235 Million Deal

  September 2nd, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Power Holdings Inc., the parent company of power equipment specialist Power Distribution Inc. (PDI), has been acquired by Smith Interconnect for $235 million, the two companies said today. Read More

• Report: Data Center Energy Use is Moderating

  August 1st, 2011 : Rich Miller

  The upward trend in the growth of data center energy usage has slowed, according to a new study from Stanford professor Jonathan Koomey. The report found that data center power consumption increased by 36 percent from 2005 to 2010. Read More

• NTT America Deploys Bloom Energy Servers

  July 29th, 2011 : John Rath

  NTT America announced Thursday that it has deployed Bloom Energy Servers at its Lundy Data Center in San Jose, California. The five Energy Servers will supply 500 kW of total capacity. Read More

• AT&T Will Use Bloom Boxes in Data Centers

  July 14th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Telecommunications giant AT&T will install Bloom Energy fuel cells at 11 sites in California, including some of the companies' data centers and network facilities. The company will use Bloom Energy Servers - known as "Bloom boxes" - to supply 7.5 megawatts of power at its properties. Read More

• Roundup: DC Power Distribution Making News

  July 13th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  DC power distribution is making news: ABB installs a Validus DC power system at Swiss hosting firm green.ch, Taiwan's Delta Electronics has a new DC solutions suite featuring UPS units, PDUs and power supplies. Read More

• Roundup: Cotendo, Power Analytics, Limelight

  June 17th, 2011 : John Rath

  Cotendo announces $17 million in funding, Power Analytics introduces Paladin DesignBase 4.0, Cariden updates MATE software, Limelight Networks (LLNW) gets patent. Read More

• ABB Targets DC Power Market with Validus Deal

  May 12th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Global power specialist ABB has purchased a controlling interest in Validus DC Systems, a leading provider of direct current (DC) power infrastructure equipment for data centers. Read More

• Power Monitoring for Modern Data Centers

  April 27th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

  Modern data center power monitoring systems look nothing like the basic electricity meters from which they evolved. Today’s systems comprise sophisticated metering devices, communication networks and software. This brief white paper from Schneider Electric looks at the evolution of the data center monitoring systems and outlines several key guidelines for deployment. Read More

• PowerHouse Supports Merlin Data Center

  April 20th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Capgemini is using Active Power’s PowerHouse system to provide containerized power infrastructure at its Merlin modular data center in Swindon, England, the company said today. Read More

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