Tech giants push the green data center

IT for Manufacturing Executives (Nov 3 2009) Cloud Computing

1. In catching up on Green IT news the other day, I came across an announcement about a data center of the future project from T-systems and Intel. T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom, and Intel, have dubbed the project DataCenter 2020. The partners aim to improve data center energy and cooling efficiency by measuring variables in this test setting. The data center has sophisticated gear such as sensors to measure humidity, a smoke generator to visualize air flows, and an adjustable ceiling height. Obviously, not many companies can afford or justify such advanced gear in even a large data center, but surely there will be lessons learned from this test setting that could be applied to data center products and configurations. ... (Read Full Article)

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