BNY Mellon's Northpointe Data Center, located near Pittsburgh, has earned an Energy Star designation. The 71,000-square-foot data center houses the operations of the global financial services firm.
The nation's leading users of data center space continue to increase their use of mission-critical facilities, as nearly two-thirds are in active expansion mode, according to a survey of Data Center Knowledge readers.
Pike Research says investment in greener data centers will increase from $7.5 billion in global revenue to $41.4 billion by 2015, representing 28 percent of the total data center market.
TelecityGroup, an European data center provider headquartered in the United Kingdom, has become the first provider to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard for its UK operations.
The Green Grid has released consolidated recommendations for measuring and reporting the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric in dedicated data center facilities.
NetApp (NTAP) announced that its dynamic data center located at the NetApp technology center in Research Triangle Park (RTP) has become the first facility to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Energy Star for Data Centers rating
In our Special Report: Data Centers and Renewable Energy, we look at the challenges of implementing renewable energy solutions in data centers, and also highlight early adopters who have implemented on-site renewable solutions.
The Green Data Center Alliance has received a $500K grant that will underwrite the creation of guidelines and best practices to help data centers to significantly lower their energy consumption.
Next Generation Data has arranged for a UK power supplier to provide renewable energy to the company's huge new data center in Newport, Wales, which is one of the largest data centers in the world.