Roundup: Will Google build a new data centee in Australia to support Google Apps? Also, VISI announces an expansion of its St. Paul data center facility, Level 3 (LVLT) expands in Florida, and Active Power (ACPW) reports strong flywheel sales in...
Google's plans for an experimental 1 gigabit per second fiber network brought lots of reaction from the blogosphere and Internet pundits. Here's a roundup of notable analysis and commentary from around the Web.
Google has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers developing low-energy modes on servers, part of a larger funding of university research projects aimed at slashing energy use of Internet data centers, including "radical experiments" in data...
When Google makes changes to its network, it gains attention. In recent days Google has reportedly cranked up usage of IPv6 for YouTube, and begun routing large volumes of traffic through a "mystery domain."