Facebook has joined the chorus of major data center operators opposing new guidelines on data center cooling being considered by ASHRAE, a key HVAC industry standards body
The government of the state of Montana recently become the first data center in the United States to deploy a heat wheel system (also known as "Kyoto cooling" to cool its data center.
What's ahead in the relationship between the data center industry and utilities? Mark Bramfitt shares his insights on how the two industries can work together on improved efficiency and renewable energy.
Economic development officials love clusters of huge Internet data centers. But environmental officials are less enthused about large clusters of diesel generators. Quincy, Washington has both.
For the first time since 1995, IBM has begun shipping a water-cooled mainframe. Big Blue will now offer a version of its huge zEnterprise mainframe that uses a water-cooled heat exchanger.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are running several racks of servers using 400 Volt DC power to analyze how this approach compares with the use of traditional AC power.
Austin-based Midas Networks will soon offer colocation customers the opportunity to submerge their servers in a liquid cooling enclosure from Green Revolution Cooling.