Silicon Valley fuel cell startup Bloom Energy has raised another $130 million in funding, according to Fortune's Dan Primack. The latest funding means that Bloom Energy has closed on over $1.1 billion in venture capital funding over its eleven-year lifetime.
Green data center in Iceland accommodates Opera Software's expansion Opera Software recently signed an agreement for the expansion of its operations at Thor Data Center, a green data center in Iceland owned by leading Nordic Information Technology
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND--(Marketwired - May 8, 2013) - Advania, leading Nordic Information Technology (IT) company and owner of Thor Data Center in Iceland, recently signed an agreement with Opera Software for the expansion of its operations in Advania's
Enterprises are looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their data centers, which should benefit data center construction firms that offer advanced powering and cooling systems to increase data center productivity and energy efficiency, observed TechNavio in
Fuel cells and solar energy have been hallmarks of the most high tech datacenter deployments in recent years, starting with Google adding Bloom Energy equipment as power source in their California headquarters. Verizon has previously installed fuel-cell
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of energy efficient data center campuses, has been recognized with the 2013 IDG InfoWorld Green 15 Award for the world's first dual-sourced, 100% renewable ... increase in power pricing and power consumption in the data center industry, Verne Global's campus draws commercial power from Iceland's dual-sourced renewable energy grid and utilizes the country's ambient temperatures to provide free cooling.
Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of energy efficient data center campuses, has been recognized with the 2013 IDG InfoWorld Green 15 Award for the world's first dual-sourced, 100% renewable power data center. Selected for developing a project resulting in sustainability gains, including higher energy efficiency, the award honors the technology of Verne Global's campus and how it's improving the environment while also allowing for significant business benefits.
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of energy efficient data center campuses, has been recognized with the 2013 IDG InfoWorld Green 15 Award for the world's first dual-sourced, 100% renewable ... increase in power pricing and power consumption in the data center industry, Verne Global's campus draws commercial power from Iceland's dual-sourced renewable energy grid and utilizes the country's ambient temperatures to provide free cooling.
Verizon is getting fuel cells for the project from Hillsboro, Oregon-based ClearEdge Power, which will install its PureCell Model 400 fuel-cell systems at the network and data center services company's California, New Jersey and New York sites.
Many large businesses, including industrial operations, have long produced their own power instead of relying only on their local utilities. The emergence of solar, fuel cells and other low-carbon technologies are opening up new possibilities for companies that want an uninterrupted power supply while lowering their carbon footprint at the same time.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) said Tuesday that it plans to spend $100 million to install solar panels and fuel cells at more than a dozen facilities that will generate and use the clean power.
The data center building boom continues to accelerate at Google. The search giant today announced plans to invest another $400 million in its Council Bluffs Southlands facility, pushing the investment in its Iowa facilities to more than $1.5 billion.
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Technology has dramatically changed the way we experience the world around us. The ease at which it’s made doing business, exchanging information and simply connecting with others is both powerful and quick to take for granted.
Despite all the mounting scientific concern, the political rhetoric and the clean technology of the past decade, the growth rate in global carbon emissions has not reduced at all. Why? Because we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels more than ever before We have far more oil, coal and gas than we can safely burn. For all the millions of words written about climate change, the challenge ...
Uptime Institute invited companies around the globe to help address and solve this problem by participating in the Uptime Institute Server Roundup, an initiative to promote IT and Facilities integration, and improve data center energy efficiency. The annual
There has been a lot of discussion lately on the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone-XL pipeline that is intended to carry heavy oil from the tar sands in Alberta to refineries on the US Gulf Coast.
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany.
Vycon, maker of flywheel-based energy storage systems, announced that data center services provider EasyStreet Online Services ordered additional VDC-XE flywheel systems to expand the back-up capacity of its data center. EasyStreet has had Vycon systems run at its facility, and this is an additional order. The company has now deployed a total of about 800kW of flywheel energy storage capacity
Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany. Joining Verne Global from CommVault Systems where he was regional managing director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Andreas Sturm will support Verne Global's growth in the DACH region. Verne Global currently has sales offices in London and in the United States. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/03/5312699/verne-global-extends-european.html#storylink=cpy
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany. Joining
With their voracious appetites for energy, data centers present enormous challenges for companies looking to trim their carbon footprint and cut their utility costs. Part of the problem is due to something we’ll call “energy anxiety,” in which data centers are outfitted with an overabundance of systems to guard against any possibility of a power disruption.
For each megawatt-hour of power the fuel cell system generates, CO2 emissions will be reduced by 18–25%, according to internal calculations based on the California AB 32 Scoping Plan and data provided by Bloom Energy. Over a project life of 10 years,
While technological progress and the environment often seem to be at odds, many tech companies are working hard to lessen the impact their businesses have on the planet. Over the last several years, Apple has released an annual progress report about its environmental status, and this year is no different.