Facebook's rapid growth has created some data center management challenges, particularly with cooling.
A data center controlling California's power grid was knocked offline when a disgruntled tech hit the facility's 'emergency power off' button.
Oklahoma's governor has signed a law exempting disclosure of power usage by large data center customers.
A British company has announced plans to cool servers by submerging computer chips in oil to make them more energy efficient.
The Wall Street Journal has a story today about the cooling challenges faced by data center managers.
Google Distinguished Engineer Luiz Barroso's talk on data center power efficiency is being discussed in many places.
HP technologist Ken Baker discusses Dynamic Smart Cooling, which will debut in fall 2007.
As more data center providers adopt liquid cooling, ASHRAE has published a book of guidelines.
Developing practical approaches to data center efficiency was a major theme at last week's Uptime Institue conference.