Wipro Technologies, the global IT consulting and outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, has achieved LEED Gold certification for its flagship data center at Kings Mountain.
BMW Group says it expects to see dramatic improvements in its energy efficiency and sharp reductions in its carbon emissions by moving 10 clusters of high-performance computing gear from Germany to a Verne Global data center in Iceland that uses...
The Green Data Center Conference and Exhibition (known as GDCON) – Bay Area will kick off next Tuesday and go through Thursday at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara.
Currently, there are many data center providers offering “green” solutions. The question becomes this: How do I know these data centers are truly green and how do I know that this will save me money? This white paper offer Internap's view on the...
Google has cut a deal with a local utility to provide wind energy for the power grid supporting a large Google data center in Pryor, Oklahoma. The environmental group Greenpeace hailed the agreement as a model for how cloud computing firms can...
The New York Times today kicks off a series of articles on the data center industry,offering a tough indictment of the data center industry and its energy use and environmental impact. But is this a current picture of the state of "cloud factories...
Ron Vokun of Gray Construction, in his continuing series on green data centers, covers the pros and cons of Energy Star for Data Centers and concludes with some discussion of which certification to pursue.
The largest data center operators have made significant strides in slashing their water use, and the industry has developed metrics and best practices to encourage broader participation in the effort. The focus on data center water usage made...
Rising energy costs are at the forefront of most IT decisions, and impact operational expenditures considerably. Green initiatives vary widely in data centers and colocation providers. Having green initiatives is a start, but acting on them and...
