What's ahead for Mark Bramfitt, who has been the electric utility industry’s most visible ambassador to the data center sector? Bramfitt, who is departing PG&E, discusses his plans and utilities' role in the data center sector in an interview...
White Paper: Major advancements in UPS and server designs have improved energy efficiency in data centers in recent years. The key to improving overall power efficiency is to look at end-to-end power distribution.
Will the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should.
[caption id="attachment_18889" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="A graphic of the new data center power distribution system being implemented at Facebook, which replaces a central UPS with a battery built into the power supply."][/caption]...
Average power densities continue to rise in data centers, and are affecting the lifespan of existing data center facilities, according to new survey data from Emerson Network Power. A majority of data centers say they will run out of capacity wit...
Two UK companies are introducing a new cooling product that immerses servers in liquid coolant, an approach they claim can dramatically reduce data center energy costs - if IT managers can get comfortable with the idea of liquids in their data...
Cummins Power Generation (CMI) today announced price increases for all commercial generator sets between 6 kW and 2500 kW, citing "current industry dynamics." Cummins gensets are used by many data center facilities.
The growing importance of power is remaking the business of leasing data center space, with megawatts replacing square feet as the primary benchmark for real estate deals.
The growing importance of power is remaking the business of leasing data center space, with megawatts replacing square feet as the primary benchmark for real estate deals.
Can hackers disable the U.S. power grid? This issue, which has been debated for years in the security community, is once again in the news after a segment on cybersecurity on CBS' 60 Minutes Sunday night, which reports that hackers disabled parts...