1. Microsoft: Green IT Means More Than a Low PUE

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    1. Microsoft: Green IT Means More Than a Low PUE Power Usage Effectiveness has become the de facto standard for green IT around the world, but a new white paper from Microsoft says that PUE shouldn't be the only focus of an IT department. PUE -- the ratio of a data center's energy use that goes to computing instead of HVAC or lighting -- was developed by The Green Grid to move the IT industry toward more efficient operations. But according to Dileep Bhandarkar, a Distinguished Engineer in Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Global Foundation Services, PUEs can be a misleading figure because it is inconsistenly reported. (Read Full Article)

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