1. Can Bloom Boxes Power Data Centers?

    Data Center Knowledge (Mar 2 2010) Fossil Fuel

    1. Can Bloom Boxes Power Data Centers? Is the Bloom Energy Server the future of data center power? Or is it the latest promising energy technology to fall short of the economics and scale required to support major data centers? Last week Bloom Energy officially unveiled its fuel cell, also known simply as the “Bloom Box.” The company has deployed its units at a lineup of blue-chip customers including Bank of America, Coca-Cola, eBay, FedEx, Staples and Wal-Mart. Early adopters are enthusiastic, including major players in the data center space. “Distributed power is a big deal,” said Google co-founder Larry Page. “I’m a big supporter of this. I’d love to see us having an entire data center running on this some day.” (Read Full Article)

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