Google News is back online after an outage this morning, apparently to add video links to news searches. Meanwhile, there are widespread reports on Twitter of trouble reaching other Google services.
The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Google (GOOG) a patent for its proposal for a floating data center that uses the ocean to provide power and cooling.
Google (GOOG) invites reporters into its Goose Creek, S.C. data center, but says it has no current development plans for its 466-acre site in Blythewood, South Carolina.
Google (GOOG) spent $263 million on its infrastructure in the first three months of 2008, the lowest quarterly total since it began operating its own data centers, as it continued in cash conservation mode.
What's Microsoft's take on Google's disclosures about its highly-efficient data centers? An interestign encounter from this week's Uptime Institute event.
Google has built a 20,000 square foot water treatment plant at a data ceter in Belgium so it can use water from a nearby industrial canal to cool its facility.
Google has built a 20,000 square foot water treatment plant at a data ceter in Belgium so it can use water from a nearby industrial canal to cool its facility.
Google has now posted a full video recap of three key sessions at its Google Data Center Efficiency Summit held April 1 in Mountain View.