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ACS Opens $3M Green Data Center in UK
Explore Article Web Host Industry Review (Mar 4 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing
- Business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services (www.acs-inc.com) announced on Thursday it has opened its new flagship green data center in Telford, UK. The company invested $3 million (£2 million) in the 4,500 square feet facility combines "best-of-breed technology with the highest calibre green credentials," says ACS. The data center will help save up to 70 percent in energy costs, resulting in a carbon footprint reduction of about 4,200 tonnes annually.Comment on Article Mentions: IBM
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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.
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Next Up for Consolidation: New York City
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 2 2010) Carbon Footprint
First California. Then the federal government. Now New York City has announced plans for a data center consolidation to cut costs and eliminate redundancies in its IT infrastructure. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the consolidation will save the city up to $100 million over five years. The city currently has more than 50 data centers, many of which are located in prime commercial real estate space in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The vast majority of these facilities, and the technologies within them, are obsolete, Bloomberg said.
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‘Combination Architecture’ To Produce Greener Power
Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 25 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Servers
AEG Power Solutions has launched what it is calling a ‘Combination Architecture’ for standby power solutions like a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), commonly used in mission-critical facilities such as data centres, server rooms and computer centres. A UPS system often uses a lead acid battery that provides emergency power in the event of a main line power cut. However lead acid batteries are highly toxic, and nowadays there are newer alternatives that can enhance power system efficiency and reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint.
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CIOs can gang up to push the green IT agenda
Explore Article computerworlduk.com (Feb 25 2010) Carbon Footprint
Pamela Rucker doesn't want to spend money with IT vendors that waste water or energy, or that have large carbon footprints. After all, she says, as vice president of IT for environmental services firm PSC, it would be hypocritical to not hold vendors to high standards. When considering a deal with a software, hardware or services provider, Rucker demands to see its written policies governing sustainability. On top of that, IT staff might walk through vendor facilities to verify a company's green claims: How high heat density is in the data center, how water consumption is minimised, whether renewable energy ...
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Green IT: CIOs Can Demand Sustainability from Vendors
Explore Article NetworkWorld.com (Feb 25 2010) Carbon Footprint
Pamela Rucker doesn't want to spend money with IT vendors that waste water or energy, or that have large carbon footprints. After all, she says, as vice president of IT for environmental services firm PSC, it would be hypocritical to not hold vendors to high standards.Comment on Article Mentions: The Green Grid
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Sustainability — An Opportunity For The Pharma Industry
Explore Article Life Science Leader (Feb 24 2010) Carbon Footprint , Grid Computing
It’s fair to say that the pharmaceutical industry has an image issue, generally ranking just above the tobacco industry in public opinion surveys. One recent Harris Interactive poll reported that only 26% of Americans view pharma favorably. Even worse, 52% of respondents expressed a negative opinion of the drug industry. And this for an industry that enhances health and extends life! Low public esteem may stem from a perception of excessively high prices for life-saving medications or negative media coverage and inflammatory political oratory. At the same time, drug-safety scares and product recalls have undermined the public’s faith in drug ...
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Firms Told To Take Ownership Of Carbon Management
Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 15 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions
Board-level bosses are being warned that their firms will fail to achieve reductions in CO2 emissions unless they take ownership of carbon management With the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) legislation looming in the UK, senior management figures are being advised to take a hands-on approach to their carbon management. So said a new report from research firm Verdantix, which warned that unless CEOs take ownership of carbon management as a business transformation challenge, not a corporate responsibility issue, their firms will fail to achieve absolute reductions in CO2 emissions.
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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 ...
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Green supplier report: Purchasing counts the carbons
Explore Article purchasing.com (Feb 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind
Purchasing departments are playing key roles in company campaigns to reduce their carbon footprint from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Purchasing has been looking for energy savings since long before climate change science fingered GHG as a contributing cause. Aside from finding greener energy sources and contributing to energy efficiency innovations, they are involved in changing the materials buy or moving to processes that emit less CO2 and other gasses. "There has been surge of interest over the last year and half in inquiries about GHG emissions," says James Solo, vice president at Trucost, a U.K.-based consulting firm that assists companies ...
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IT Aims to Save the World: The State of Green Business 2010
Explore Article greenercomputing.com (Feb 10 2010) Carbon Footprint
Information technology's seemingly unquenchable thirst for energy has been well established. But when you add up all of information and communication technology's energy footprint -- the increasing need for computational power, data storage and communications -- it amounts to about 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, growing to 3 percent by 2020, according to McKinsey & Co. That's non-trivial, of course, but there's a countervailing force to consider: the potential for information technology to make the world far more energy-efficient, and to address some of the world's other pressing environmental and social problems. At least, that's the story some ...
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Sustainable Data Centres: Energy Efficiency Is No Longer Enough
Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 9 2010) Carbon Footprint , Servers
If we are to reach beyond the limits of eco-responsibility and truly embrace the notion of sustainable development, data centres must be designed taking into account their effect on society and therefore should be designed to operate for twice their current lifespan. In 2020, data centres worldwide will consume about 450 billion kWh and their CO2 emissions (at about 330 million tones) will be equal to those of Portugal, Switzerland, Greece and Sweden combined. Their electricity bills will amount to nearly $45 billion (£26bn). Faced with these astronomical figures, together with an unavoidable increase in the cost of electricity and ...
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How Cap & Trade May Impact the Data Center
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2010) Monitoring , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing
As governments around the world continue to explore and implement carbon emissions standards and carbon reduction commitments, many companies will be required to participate in auction-based carbon emissions trading schemes that are designed to provide economic and reputational incentives for achieving reductions in emissions. In many cases, those companies that do not reduce emissions could face financial penalties in the form of emissions credits they will need to purchase. For example, in the United Kingdom, the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme will begin in April 2010 to promote energy efficiency and help reduce carbon emissions.
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Energy Efficiency Gains Horsepower: The State of Green Business 2010
Explore Article greenercomputing.com (Feb 9 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Servers
As managing greenhouse gas emissions continues to rise in priority inside companies, the need to find large, cost-effective energy savings is becoming increasingly important. Some of the biggest opportunities come from basic upgrades — of lighting, air conditioning, equipment, vehicles and other energy-using things. Coca-Cola Enterprises, for example, said it would slash its electricity consumption by 5.6 million kilowatt-hours a year as a result of an energy-efficiency overhaul of just its lighting systems at 24 facilities in the state. But that barely illuminates the opportunity. There are equally large savings to be found from a wide range of energy-management practices. ...
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Data center goes off-grid, is research test bed
Explore Article Contractor Magazine (Feb 8 2010) Carbon Footprint
Syracuse University’s Green Data Center (SUGDC), a 12,000-sq.ft. facility, created by the university and IBM, opened December 2009 and is registered to receive U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver certification. The SUGDC has three roles: It is the university’s primary production data center; it is a demonstration of the technology utilized in the building; and it is a research test bed for future innovations. According to Lawrence Hopkins, president of Erie Mechanical Contractors Inc., the firm that installed the mechanical systems, the concept of building a data center with its own power source and the ability to provide additional power ...
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