Apple has revealed new details about the operations of its huge data center in Maiden, North Carolina, including plans to build a 20-megawatt solar power facility to support its operations. Apple also plans to use a fuel cell powered by biogas...
We wrap up our reader predictions on 2012 with a look at data center energy efficiency, and some of the strategies that we may see more of during the new year.
Facebook said yesterday that its data center site location policy "now states a preference for access to clean and renewable energy." Will other data center operators follow suit. Take our poll and share your opinion.
After two years of sparring over data center energy, Greenpeace and Facebook today announced a truce, with Facebook agreeing to prioritize the use of renewable energy for its data centers, and Greenpeace suspending its "Unfriend Dirty Coal" campaign.
A major concern for the IT professional administering the cost and efficiency of the data center is energy consumption. This information rich whitepaper, Tackling Today’s Data Center Energy Efficiency Challenges – A Software-Oriented Approach, is...
NTT America is set to collectively reduce the energy required to cool its two largest North American data centers by over 7.6 million kWh. NTT has selected Vigilent as its energy management partner after a successful pilot project at the NTT San...
On Thursday Facebook reported that it had gained LEED Gold status for its new data center in Prineville, Oregon and Yahoo said it had earned Silver LEED status for its facility in La Vista, Nebraska.
Green House Data to build second Wyoming data center, Interxion (INXN) to build sixth facility in Amsterdam, Nirvanix selected by USC for cloud storage, IO selected by Binary Pulse.
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.