1. Simple Data Center Best Practices Can Cut Energy Use by 20 Percent

    greenercomputing.com (Oct 29 2009)

    1. Simple Data Center Best Practices Can Cut Energy Use by 20 Percent As part of a partnership with The Green Grid, the U.S. EPA made a number of small tweaks to how it managed one of its data centers, and ended up saving $15,000 per year in energy costs as a result. That was one of the examples on offer today in a free webcast hosted by GreenBiz.com, and bringing together some of the industry leaders behind The Green Grid, an industry consortium dedicated to improving energy efficiency in data centers. "The data center itself has always been a capital asset, but it's becoming a fundamental business differentiator for almost any industry," explained John Tuccillo, a vice president at APC by Schneider Electric and the president of the Green Grid. "Essentially, the data center has become the epicenter of business value: It provides tremendous opportunities to improve your business and the flexibility of your business, and our focus ... (Read Full Article)

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