2. Categories

      Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
      Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
      Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Fuel Cell, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
      Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
      Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

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    1. “ Water consumption isn't a side thought; it's part of our larger environmental management policy. In the future this will be at the forefront of data center operations. ”
      By Joe Kava

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  1. Google Data Centers Aim for 100% Water Recycling

    environmentalleader.com (Apr 22 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    1. Google Data Centers Aim for 100% Water Recycling RELATED STORIES Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient Google Eyes Offshore, Wave-Powered Data Centers Morgan Stanley Plans Tidal-Powered Data Center RELATED TOPICS Data Center Feature Strategy & Leadership Water At several of its data centers, Google is testing methods for recycling water from cooling systems. In a couple of the data centers, Google is recycling 100 percent of such water, reports Geek. The practice means that Google will be able to claim a lower impact on water supplies, an issue that figures to be more and more of a concern. At least two data centers now have water treatment plants, and a third has a rainwater collection system to reduce reliance on the local water supply, according to Data Center Knowledge. (Read Full Article)

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