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Mazzarella Named President & CEO at Graybar
June 1st, 2012 : Rich Miller
Kathleen Mazzarella is the new President and CEO of Graybar, a major distributor of electrical and communications products for the data center industry. She succeeds Robert Reynolds, Jr. who now serves as Graybar’s executive chairman, overseeing the company’s strategy and providing guidance to the executive team. Read More
ABB & Green Unveil DC-Powered Data Center
May 30th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Swiss IT provider Green and power conglomerate ABB today unveiled a new data center in Zurich that they are touting as "the most powerful application of DC in a data center to date." The facility features a 1 megawatt DC power distribution solution for the 1,100 square meter (11,800 square feet) expansion of the its Zurich-West data center. Read More
Maintaining Long-Term Reliability of Critical Power Systems
March 28th, 2012 : Michael Potts
Critical applications require uninterruptible, high quality power. The most advanced of these systems are found in data centers where uninterruptible power supply and generator equipment maintain the continuity of power without one cycle of interruption. Effective maintenance is required to keep these systems dependable. Read More
Bloom Energy Sharpens Focus on Data Centers
March 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Two years after unveiling its fuel cell technology, Bloom Energy is focusing on the data center sector, and has hired industry veteran Peter Gross to head its new Mission Critical Practice. Read More
Power Monitoring for Modern Data Centers
March 15th, 2012 : Michael Potts
Mission critical facilities such as data centers are prime candidates for power monitoring systems. By employing monitoring systems to analyze system-wide real-time power data, facility managers can reduce the cost of electricity and improve its quality and reliability. Read More
Can Data Centers Can Make the Grid Greener?
March 15th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Can the combined purchasing power of the data center industry make renewable energy more accessible? Google's Joe Kava this week challenged the industry to work together to build a consortium to buy renewable power and push it to the grid. Read More
Software-Based Energy Efficiency Strategies
March 14th, 2012 : Michael Potts
Advances in server technologies and increased load densities have lead to a growing energy consumption concern among data centers. Energy efficiency is thus of high priority to the data center and its operators. This white paper outlines a software-based approach to the data gathering, trending, and analysis that are necessary to apply successful energy efficiency measures within the data center. Read More
‘Energy Park’ Proposed at Nexus of Fiber, Power
March 9th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Developer Craig Harrison has put together a proposal for an "energy park" on land near the Colorado-Wyoming border, at the intersection of key fiber, power and natural gas infrastructure. Read More
A Software-Oriented Approach to Energy Efficiency
February 27th, 2012 : Michael Potts
To satisfy increasing load densities created by advances in server equipment as well as an increased demand for computing power, greater data center power consumption is necessary. Energy efficiency measures are therefore highly important considerations for data center designers, operators and owners. Read More