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It's Not Easy Being Green, But Datapipe Is Making A Solid Effort
The Business Insider (Apr 13 2010)
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"Data centers" and "clean energy" are usually contradictory terms. A server facility contains rows after row of servers running 24/7 and refrigerated to the hilt -- by definition, an energy-intensive operation. In fact, data centers use an estimated 1.5% of the nation's electricity consumption already and the EPA expects their usage to increase by 12 percent annually.
Datapipe, a leading provider of managed hosting and IT services -- and Business Insider's hosting partner -- is taking steps to change that.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sponsor-post-datapipe?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greensheet+%28Green+Sheet%29#ixzz0l01yfMim
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