Several high performance computing veterans are advocating the loop heat pipe, a cooling technology used in space satellites, as a solution for custom cloud computing platforms.
The Red Rocks Data Center in Colorado is documenting its air-side economization project on a company blog, including photos, energy usage data and a real-time indicator of when the system is running.
A relatively new approach to data center cooling known as a "heat wheel" is gaining momentum, and likely to gain a higher profile from an upcoming demonstration of the technology.
Could new miniature nuclear reactors be a workable solution for the data center industry? The reactors are set to be commercially available in 2013 and generate 27 megawatts of power.
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving closer to finalizing an Energy Star efficiency rating for servers, which will help data center managers compare energy usage among vendors.