Articles from Rich Miller

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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, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  1. NetApp’s Pioneering Energy Star Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 28 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    NetApp’s Pioneering Energy Star Data Center The NetApp data center in Research Triangle Park (RTP) recently became the first facility to earn the Energy Star for Data Centers rating. Here's a closer look at the infrastructure design that helped NetApp earn an exceptional rating from the EPA. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  2. Strong Leasing for Digital Realty in Santa Clara

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 27 2010) Construction

    Strong Leasing for Digital Realty in Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. continues to be one of the hottest data center markets, as end users are leasing entire buildings almost as soon as they are available. Digital Realty Trust said this week that it has already signed leases for more than 65,000 square feet of data center in two Santa Clara properties it acquired in May. Digital Realty said Friday that it has leased all of a 40,000 square foot building at 1725 Comstock in Santa Clara to a new customer it identified only as an “Internet enterprise customer.” The data center REIT acquired the building in May for ... (Read Full Article)

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  3. Savvis Expanding to Global Financial Hubs

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 27 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking

    Savvis Expanding to Global Financial Hubs Savvis is looking to expand its data center network to emerging global financial centers, including locations in Brazil, Mumbai and Sydney, Australia, the managed hosting and cloud computing specialist said Monday. The strategy is being driven by interest from Savvis’ base of financial services customers, especially Thomson Reuters, which hosts a global low-latency trading network with Savvis. As electronic trading becomes more ubiquitous, Thomson Reuters is interested in offering services in growing financial business hubs across the globe. (Read Full Article)

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  4. Report: Twitter to Partner With C7 in Utah

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 23 2010) Cloud Computing , Microblogging

    Report: Twitter to Partner With C7 in Utah Twitter will partner with C7 Data Centers on its new data center in Salt Lake City, according to local media. C7 is a regional data provider specializing in the Utah market, where it operates two facilities in Lindon and one apiece in Salt Lake City and Orem. The company is not commenting on the scope or exact location of the new Twitter data center, which was announced earlier this week. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   eBay   Data Center Knowledge   Oracle Corp.

  5. The Data Center at the South Pole

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 23 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    The Data Center at the South Pole What’s it like to operate a data center at the South Pole? The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory maintains a small data center in Antarctica, where it harvests neutrinos for scientific research. The dense ice at the South Pole makes the neutrinos easier to detect and collect. But it’s not a favorable environment for maintaining a data center. At OSCON, software consultant John Jacobsen discussed the Ice Cube project, operating a data warehouse in a remote location that’s inaccessible for months at a time, and the challenges of operating a 150 server data center at the southernmost place on earth. (Read Full Article)

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  6. Data Centers: For When The Cloud is Not Enough

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 22 2010) Cloud Computing

    Data Centers: For When The Cloud is Not Enough Cloud computing has been a godsend to start-ups, allowing new companies to quickly scale applications without huge up-front investments in hardware and specialized facilities. But once a company grows past a certain point, a custom-built data center offers the best performance and cost-effectiveness. That’s the message from two of social media’s biggest success stories, Facebook and Twitter, who have each begun building their own data centers after initially relying on third-party providers. Facebook is building a new data center in Prineville, Oregon, while Twitter this week unveiled plans for a custom data center near Salt Lake City. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   eBay   Digital Realty

  7. Twitter Picks Utah for New Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 22 2010) Cloud Computing , Microblogging

    Twitter Picks Utah for New Data Center Twitter will build its first custom data center in the Salt Lake City market, which will allow the microblogging service to better manage its growth and “unique power and cooling needs,” the company said yesterday. The construction project marks the next phase in the growth of Twitter, and comes as the company is experiencing a series of outages and challenges with its infrastructure and performance. The announcement also reinforces the attractiveness of Salt Lake City as an emerging data center hub. Twitter is the third high-profile technology company to build a major data center in Salt Lake City, following the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   eBay   Oracle Corp.   NSA

  8. The Technology Inside Apple’s New iDataCenter

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 21 2010) Cloud Computing

    The Technology Inside Apple’s New iDataCenter What Internet magic lurks inside Apple’s massive new data center in North Carolina? The company isn’t saying, even as it confirmed yesterday that the facility will be coming online by the end of the year. But job postings provide some broad details about the hardware and software that will be powering the new iDataCenter, much of which is provided by companies other than Apple. Some quick background: Apple’s data center in Maiden, N.C. is expected to provide the back-end for a larger move into cloud computing, with most speculation focusing on a shift of iTunes user libraries from user desktops ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   IBM   eBay   Apple

  9. Google Energy Buys Up Iowa Wind Power

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 20 2010) Wind

    Google has used its new status as an energy company to strike a deal to buy a large volume of electricity from an Iowa company that uses wind turbines to generate its power. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Weihl   Google

  10. Lightbound Plans Indianapolis Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 20 2010)

    Indiana ISP Lightbound LLC has announced plans for a $30 million data center in Indianapolis, and has signed e-mail service provider ExactTarget as the anchor tenant for the new facility. (Read Full Article)

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  11. Market Rumors Boost TelecityGroup Shares

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 19 2010)

    Market Rumors Boost TelecityGroup Shares Shares of European data center operator TelecityGroup moved higher Friday following market rumors that the company may be the focus of merger interest from industry rivals, even though media outlets were split on the potential suitors. Telecity, which trades as TCY on the London exchange, started last week below 400 pence a share, but traded as high as 439.70 Friday before closing at 420 pence. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe

  12. Data Centers With No UPS or Generator?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 14 2010) Data Center Outages , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

    Data Centers With No UPS or Generator? First came data centers with no chillers. But is the industry ready for a data center with no UPS and no generators? That seems like a radical concept. But Yahoo is considering going without UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and generators for some future data center projects. It’s not alone in advocating design choices that represent a huge departure from current practice. A number of data center designers are urging clients to consider limiting UPS support to loads that are genuinely critical. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Yahoo   Microsoft

  13. The Renewable Energy Challenge

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 13 2010) Emissions , Servers

    The Renewable Energy Challenge In coming years, the data center industry will face growing pressure to find workable ways to integrate renewable energy sources into projects. The demand is being driven by two trends: the growth of corporate social responsibility programs that focus on carbon neutrality, and the potential for federal legislation in the U.S. that will place caps on carbon emissions. But most renewable energy sources come with a premium price tag and have problems reaching the scale required to successfully support the power requirements of an entire data center. (Read Full Article)

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  14. Container Design: Busting Out of The Box

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 12 2010) Construction , Container

    Container Design: Busting Out of The Box Are data center containers busting out of their box? A growing number of vendors are introducing data center container products, as the concept appears to be gaining traction with end users in key sectors. As form factors evolve from standard shipping containers to more flexible modular designs, more companies are planning to build enterprise data center facilities based around containers. Running servers in shipping containers has been viewed as a niche play by many in the data center industry, limited to mobile requirements, temporary capacity, or novel designs like the cloud computing facilities being built by Microsoft and Google. But ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   IBM   Microsoft

  15. Cray’s Rack-Mounted Supercomputer

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 9 2010) Supercomputer

    Cray’s Rack-Mounted Supercomputer Cray is one of the most venerable names in supercomputing, but it’s still finding new initiatives. In March Cray announced the launch of the CX1000 system, a “rack-mounted supercomputer” that gives the company a supercomputing solution at every level of the high performance (HPC) server market. in this five-minute video, Cray President and CEO Peter Ungaro and Richard Dracott, Intel’s General Manager of High Performance Computing, discuss the introduction of the Cray CX1000 supercomputer and its fit with Cray’s Adaptive Supercomputing vision. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Intel   Cray

  16. Terremark Sees Growth for Cloud Business

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 8 2010) Cloud Computing

    Terremark Sees Growth for Cloud Business Randy Rowland has a lengthy track record working with enterprise users on virtualized platforms and clouds, first at Data Return and now at Terremark Worldwide, where he services as Senior VP of Product Development. At the recent Structure 2010 conference, we spent a few minutes with Randy discussing the current state of cloud computing adoption by enterprise customers and the federal government market, where Terremark has had some high-profile wins. This video runs about 9 minutes. (Read Full Article)

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  17. Colt: A Modular Data Center in 4 Months

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 8 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    Colt: A Modular Data Center in 4 Months UK telecom and managed hosting provider Colt has introduced a factory-built modular data center design that it will use in its own facilities and to build data centers at customer premises. Colt says its modular approach allows it to deliver power-efficient, turn-key data center halls to customers in less than four months. The design, which uses pre-assembled components that are more flexible and configurable than standard shipping containers, offers the option to build large-scale data centers in increments of 500 square meters (5,400 square feet), each supporting 750 kilowatts of power. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Microsoft

  18. Cequel Data Centers Acquires Colo4Dallas

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 7 2010)

    Cequel Data Centers Acquires Colo4Dallas The acquisitions continue in the data center industry, bringing additional private equity investment in the sector. Today a new player made its first acquisition, and is promising more to come. Cequel Data Centers this morning announced the acquisition of Colo4Dallas, an established provider of carrier-neutral colocation services that operates a 68,000 square foot data center in Dallas. Cequel Data Centers was established by Cequel III, a St. Louis investment and management firm that has focused on the cable and telecom sectors. Cequel is partnering with two private equity firms, Thompson Street Capital Partners of St. Louis and Charterhouse Group of ... (Read Full Article)

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  19. EMC Acquires Greenplum in ‘Big Data’ Deal

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 6 2010)

    EMC Acquires Greenplum in ‘Big Data’ Deal SStorage behemoth EMC Corporation ( EMC) will acquire warehousing specialist Greenplum, Inc., the companies said today. Greenplum is seen as a key enabler of “big data” clouds, and will form the foundation of a new data computing product division within EMC’s Information Infrastructure business. EMC has been noting the breakneck growth of the Digital Universe, and says Greenplum is an ideal fit in its roadmap for helping customers store and manage these oceans, and extract valuable information from them. That’s where Greenplum comes in. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   eBay   EMC Corporation

  20. Google Patents Liquid-Cooled ‘Server Sandwich’

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 6 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    Google Patents Liquid-Cooled ‘Server Sandwich’ Has Google adopted liquid cooling for its servers? The company isn’t saying, but it has patented a design for a “server sandwich” in which two motherboards are attached to either side of a liquid-cooled heat sink. The design is among a number of Google patents on new cooling techniques for high-density servers that have emerged since the company’s last major disclosure of its data center technology in April 2009. Several of these patents deal with cooling innovations using either liquid cooling or air cooling applied directly on server components. (Read Full Article)

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  21. Report: Major Projects Eye Charlotte Region

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 5 2010)

    Report: Major Projects Eye Charlotte Region Several data center projects in western North Carolina are under consideration by users with large requirements, according to local media. Both Wipro Technologies Ltd. and Juniper Networks are “close to deals” for data center sites near Charlotte, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Wipro, an outsourcing specialist based in India, is eyeing a 215,000-square-foot building in Kings Mountain, which was most recently home of a manufacturing operation for Chris-Craft boats. Meanwhile, Juniper Networks has looked at a 141,000-square-foot former Carolina Mills building in Maiden for a data center, the journal said. Both sites are being developed by T5 Partners. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Juniper Networks   Apple   Microsoft

  22. Rumor Patrol: Microsoft Eyeing N.C. Site?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 2 2010) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

    Rumor Patrol: Microsoft Eyeing N.C. Site? Is Microsoft focusing on North Carolina in its search for major data center in the Mid-Atlantic region? Back in February we reported that Microsoft was scouting site locations for a data center in either Virginia or North Carolina. In May the speculation focused on sites in Virginia. But this week the action seems focused on North Carolina, where the state legislature is preparing a new round of data center tax incentives, and Microsoft is reportedly considering a site in Alamance County. The Burlington Times News recently reported that Microsoft may be the mystery company involved in “Project Deacon,” a large ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   Apple   Google

  23. Dell Acquires Scalent

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 2 2010) Cloud Computing

    Dell Acquires Scalent Dell announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Scalent, a private company that provides software that makes data center infrastructure dynamic, easily scalable and highly efficient. Dell will integrate Scalent technology into its Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) solution. Dell expects to complete the acquisition in its second fiscal quarter. Dell AIM simplifies datacenter management by enabling a single administrator to dynamically allocate compute, storage and network resources for physical and virtual application workloads. This solution enables administrators to make changes to infrastructure without the need for physical server, cable or storage area network changes that could disrupt ... (Read Full Article)

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  24. Wikipedia To Add A U.s. Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 2 2010) Cloud Computing

    Wikipedia To Add A U.s. Data Center The Wikimedia Foundation will add a new data center in the coming year to support Wikipedia and its other sites, saying that “ensuring high site availability” for Wikipedia is now the foundation’s number one priority. “Our projects are vulnerable to primary data center failure,” the group says in its annual report. “We will build out a second data center to enable safe failover in the case of disaster. We will also increase uptime by improving site monitoring, capacity planning and operations response.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Netherlands   Microsoft   Yahoo

  25. CloudSwitch Launches Enterprise Edition

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 1 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing

    CloudSwitch Launches Enterprise Edition CloudSwitch recently announced the launch of the commercial version of its CloudSwitch Enterprise software. CloudSwitch Enterprise is a downloadable software appliance that installs easily into VMware and Xen environments. Customers can move Windows and Linux virtual machines to the Amazon EC2 and Terremark clouds, and run their applications in the cloud using existing management and monitoring tools. At the Structure 2010 conference we spoke with Ellen Rubin, the co-founder of CloudSwitch, who discussed the product launch and the adoption of cloud computing by enterprise customers. (Read Full Article)

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