Can Facebook's Data Center be Green if it Runs on Coal?

1. I may have to de-friend Facebook's green data center. The Prineville, Ore., facility the company announced at the end of last month, received kudos and accolades for its innovative and dedicatedly green features, including a low-energy evaporative cooling system, an airside economizer for using outside air to cool the facility, a system to re-use of server heat, and a target of hitting a PUE of 1.15. But at least some of the power going in to the data center will be from a notoriously non-green energy source: Coal. Not even "clean coal," just coal. (Read Full Article)
   
   

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