Is the data center industry on the verge of a revolution in which open source hardware designs transform the process of designing and building data centers? The Open Compute Project is gaining partners, momentum and structure. Yesterday it...
Data center solutions provider Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has just been awarded three new LEED certifications for locations in Virginia and Georgia, bringing the company’s total LEED certified locations to nineteen.
Is data center infrastructure management (DCIM) beginning to mean too many different things to different people? Schneider Electric is emphasizing the comprehensive nature of the latest release of its StruxureWare software for managing data center...
This video gives an overview of new sustainability metrics in addition to Power Usage Effectiveness or PUE. The new sustainability measures for datacenters include Energy Reuse Effectiveness (ERE), Water Usage Efficiency (WUE), and Carbon Usage...
Microsoft's data center design can change significantly from one phase to the next, as seen in this aerial view of Quincy, Washington. The huge building on the left is Phase 1, while the smaller building at lower right is the second phase...
In a move that will save millions of gallons of potable water for the local community, Microsoft has teamed with the city of Quincy, Washington to retool the city's water treatment infrastructure.
The Open Data Center Alliance and Open Compute Project are working together to bring highly efficient compute infrastructure to enterprises as well as accelerate the creation and adoption of standards and interoperability in cloud computing.
Hardcore Computer's Liquid Blade immerses blade servers in a clear dielectric fluid that is odorless and biodegradable. At the recent Data Center World expo in Orlando, we got a video overview of Liquid Blade and how it works.
Industry veteran Dennis Cronin has been named Chief Operating Officer of Steel Orca, an innovative Pennsylvania company that is developing a large data center that plans to tap the Delaware River for its cooling system and power its servers using...
A new Atos data center in Helsinki incorporates sea-water cooling and district heating, building upon a design that Helsinki Energy and IT service provider Academica developed in a cavern underneath Helsinki's historic Uspenski Cathedral.