Category: Construction

1. Countries in the News

   (29 articles) Europe

   (11 articles) Iceland

   (5 articles) Netherlands

   (3 articles) United Kingdom

   (2 articles) Norway

2. Organizations in the News

   (51 articles) LEED

   (39 articles) Microsoft

   (31 articles) IBM

   (25 articles) Google

   (16 articles) Digital Realty

   (13 articles) Amazon.com

   (13 articles) Apple

   (12 articles) Uptime Institute

   (12 articles) The Green Grid

   (11 articles) Interactive Data Corporation

3. People in the News

   (6 articles) Doug Mohney

   (6 articles) Barack Obama

   (4 articles) Tate Cantrell

   (3 articles) Kevin Timmons

   (2 articles) Peter Judge

   (2 articles) Carol Wilson

   (2 articles) Lisa Rhodes

   (2 articles) Hossein Fateh

   (2 articles) Vivek Kundra

   (2 articles) Ken Brill

1. Generators Installed at Yahoo NY Site

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 8 2010) Construction

   There’s just something about generators. They’re the huge engines providing the last line of defense for the data center and the thousands of web sites inside. They’re big, loud and powerful, and attract lots of attention during tours and installations. And sometimes, they serve as a sign of bigger things to come. Last Friday the backup generators arrived at the new Yahoo data center in Lockport, New York. Three 2-megawatt gensets were installed, generating coverage in The Buffalo News.
   

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2. Study of U.S. Data Center Industry Indicates Widespread Expansion of ...

   Explore Article news.moneycentral.msn.com (Mar 3 2010) Construction , Emissions

   Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DLR, the world's largest wholesale datacenter provider, has released the results of its annual study of the U.S. data center market. The study is based on a detailed survey of senior decision makers at large corporations in North America who are responsible for shaping their companies' data center strategies. The research was conducted for Digital Realty Trust by the respected research firm Campos Research & Analysis.
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Interactive Data Corporation

3. Greenpeace’s Hosting: Not ‘Truly Green’

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 3 2010) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Wind , Servers

   Finding renewable energy sources for huge data centers is a daunting challenge. It’s a far more complex issue than reflected in recent headlines, in which the environmental group Greenpeace International has bashed Facebook over its power choices for a new data center the social network is building in Oregon. In its stinging critique of Facebook’s power sourcing, Greenpeace asserts that “the only truly green data centers are the ones running on renewable energy.” Given that stance, one might expect Greenpeace’s hosting operations to be housed in a “truly green data center” powered entirely by 100 percent renewable energy.
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   The Green Grid   Netherlands   LEED

4. Emerson Data Center Earns LEED Gold Rating

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 25 2010) Construction , Solar , Servers

   Emerson’s new data center in St. Louis has earned Gold certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program for energy-efficient buildings, the company said today. The 35,000-square-foot facility sports the state of Missouri’s largest solar power installation – a 7,800-square-foot rooftop array of more than 550 solar panels that can supply up to 100 kilowatts of power. Emerson earned 40 out of a possible 51 points to receive LEED Gold certification.the U.S. Green Building Council. The company invested $50 million in the facility, which also features a high-voltage power distribution system using 240 volt power instead of ...
   

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5. Former Bear Stearns Data Center Sold

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 18 2010) Construction

   It looks like JP Morgan Chase has sold one of the two Bear Stearns data centers it acquired in March 2008 when the investment bank collapsed. Last week a unit of Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) acquired a portfolio of 16 properties totaling about 2.9 million square feet from J.P. Morgan Chase. The deal included a “650,000-square foot office campus/data center site in Whippany, New Jersey.”
   

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6. Yahoo Opens New Nebraska Data Center

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 18 2010) Construction

   Yahoo (YHOO) has opened its new data center in La Vista Nebraska. The 180,000 square foot facility near Omaha will hold about 100,000 servers, employ around 50 people and will become the largest Yahoo data center when expansions are completed. Yahoo began the 17-state location process that led them to Nebraska in early 2008. Similar to other Midwest deals that were negotiated earlier with Google in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Microsoft in West Des Moines, Yahoo selected Nebraska for state tax incentives, low energy costs and a quality workforce. The announced $100 million deal included the La Vista data center ...
   

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7. How Intel Manages 100,000 Servers

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 17 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

   Chipmaker Intel has one of the largest data center management challenges on earth, with more than 100,000 servers housed in 97 data centers around the globe. About 70 percent of those servers support Intel staffers designing microprocessors, with the remainder dedicated to Intel’s office, IT and web operations. The company manages more than 18 petabytes of primary and secondary storage. Those are just some of the data points Intel (INTC) shares in an interactive overview of its data center operations on its web site, which provides a series of videos to highlight different elements of its data center strategy.
   

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8. Data Center 100211

   Explore Article Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 15 2010) Construction , Carbon Footprint

   ... How about data centres in space? Doug Mohney wrote here about climate matching - the practice of building a data center in a cool environment to match the cooling needs of the servers it contains. So far we've heard that data centers in colder countries like Ireland, Finland or Iceland can be run with less expensive cooling. But how far could this be taken? It sounds like a UK think tank, Intellect is taking it to extremes. An Intellect group, Space IGT, has been considering the business - and environmental - benefits of space, and come up with suggestions ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Peter Judge   Iceland   Doug Mohney

9. Data centres find Iceland hospitable

   Explore Article computerworlduk.com (Feb 15 2010) Construction , Power and Cooling

   A new front is being opened in the race to provide inexpensive data centre space, and it's located on a former NATO base in Iceland. A data center co-location company called Verne Global decided that Iceland would be the perfect place for its first facility because of the country's climate, natural resources and network connectivity to the United States and Europe. The Icelandic site offers access to geothermal and hydroelectric energy, free cooling every day of the year, and multi-terabit-per-second connectivity to America and Europe. Verne Global, which plans to build efficient data centres throughout the world, is in the ...
   

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10. California Plans Fast Data Center Consolidation

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 11 2010) Construction , Solar

    When it comes to inefficient legacy data center space, the Governator has a clear message: “Hasta la Vista, baby!” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday stipulating that California reduce the total amount of data center square footage currently utilized by state agencies by 25 percent by July, and by 50 percent by July 2011. The executive order sets in motion a massive, fast-moving data center consolidation of the 400 data centers and server rooms operated by California state agencies, which span 400,000 square feet of space and house more than 9,500 servers. That means eliminating 100,000 square feet ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Uptime Institute   LEED   US Green Building Council

11. Ca, Wa, and MO Sales Tax Exemptions for Data Center IT equipment used to lure customers

    Explore Article greenm3.com (Feb 9 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    Winning a data center deal is many times a matter of a few percentage points difference between sites. Sales tax exemptions is one area that can help one site win vs. another. A few examples of state sales tax exemptions for data centers are: Advanced Data Centers in Sacramento, CA on a McClellan AFB has a sales tax exemption under LAMBRA. Being located on a former Air Force Base, LAMBRA, an acronym for "Local Agency Military Base Recovery Area", allows our customers to claim a credit equal to the sales or use tax paid or incurred to purchase up to ...
    

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12. Digital Realty Signs First POD Design Client

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    A Fortune 100 financial services company is the first customer for Digital Realty Trust’s POD Architecture Services, the company’s new service to design and build data centers for enterprise clients. Digital Realty (DLR) will manage the construction of 30,000 square feet of raised floor data center space, which will be owned and operated by the customer, who was not identified. The project is underway and projected completion date is summer 2010. “The value proposition for customers is clear: by using our POD Architecture Services the customer is able to complete large data center projects, faster, more cost effectively and with ...
    

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13. Energy Star: Coming in June to a Data Center Near You?

    Explore Article greenercomputing.com (Feb 8 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

    By this summer, your data centers may be able to earn an Energy Star certification, if the final stages of work underway at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conclude as planned. At The Green Grid's data center conference in San Jose last week, Energy Star manager Alexandra Sullivan told attendees that the certification could be ready as early as June. Once the certification is launched, companies will be able to take an online test to rank how efficient their facilities are. Companies that score in the top 25 percent will then be eligible for an audit by the EPA in ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   The Green Grid   CA   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

14. U.K. Lawmakers Call for Intervention in Carbon Market (Update1)

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Feb 8 2010) Construction , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

    Europe needs stricter limits on greenhouse gases and the power to intervene in carbon markets as its cap-and-trade program fails to encourage investments in cleaner energy, U.K. lawmakers said today in a report. “It is imperative that there are mechanisms for reducing the EU cap,” the committee said. While the U.K. alone couldn’t change EU caps, the 16-member panel representing the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties said “the U.K. should be prepared to act “unilaterally” to curb its supply of permits and “demonstrate a continuing leadership role on tackling climate change.”
    

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15. Savvis Ready to Build, and May Go Shopping

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 3 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    Savvis (SVVS) is in building mode, and may be going shopping as well. The managed hosting provider plans to build additional data center space in the northern Virginia and London markets, in addition to the expansion announced today in Chicago. The company estimates that it will spend about $55 million on its current data center projects, which also includes an expansion in Weehwaken, New Jersey. Savvis also detailed improving results in its cloud computing operation, and predicted further growth ahead as companies shift to a pay-as-you-go model.
    

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