Cogeco unveils new south-end facility
Cogeco Data Services unveiled its new 60,000-square-foot facility in Barrie, Thursday.
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Articles in category: Power and Cooling
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Facebook turns on hydroelectric data center in Sweden
Read Full ArticleThe social network's first data center in Europe runs on hydropower. What does Greenpeace say?
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Server Farm Realty Opens Chicago Building
Read Full ArticleData center developer Server Farm Realty (SFR) this week opened its new Chicago facility at 840 South Canal Street, hosting local officials for a tour of new space for anchor tenant Peerless Network.
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Server Farm Realty Opens Massive Data Center in Chicago
Read Full ArticleJune 11, 2013 -- Data center developer Server Farm Realty announced on Tuesday it has opened its new 450,000 square foot data center in Chicago. Keep on reading: Server Farm Realty Opens Massive Data Center in Chicago
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Verizon gets Bloom fuel cells for California data center
Read Full ArticleVerizon announced an agreement to install Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at three California locations: two call-switching centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose. The solid-oxide fuel cells are expected to generate more than 16m kWh of electricity for Verizon each year.
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Verizon to buy Bloom Energy fuel cells for data center, switching centers in CA
Read Full ArticleVerizon is now the latest customer of Silicon Valley's buzzy fuel cell company Bloom Energy. The trend of telecom and Internet companies increasingly turning to clean power options continues to grow.
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Design Lifecycle: Leading Edge vs Current Practice
Read Full ArticleOne of the design issues facing data center operators is the projected life cycle of the facility, writes Julius Neudorfer. The data center is evolving at a much faster pace over the last several years especially when compared to the past 35 years.
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Report: Bloom Energy raises another $130M
Read Full ArticleSilicon 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.
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Green data center in Iceland accommodates Opera Software's expansion
Read Full ArticleGreen 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
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Opera Software Expands Operations at Advania's Green Data Center in Iceland
Read Full ArticleREYKJAVIK, 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
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Iceland: Where Mixed Modular Design Meets Free Cooling
Read Full ArticleBoth phases of the design were created by AST Modular, and use the Barcelona company's “natural free cooling” (NFC) technology, which harnesses Icelandic fresh air to cool servers for customers like Opera Software, the mobile browser pioneer. The first
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Where In The World Is Your Next Data Center?
Read Full ArticleGuest author Ryan Murphey is VP of Facilities and DC Operations for PEER 1 Hosting. Data center computing demand grew 63% in 2012, requiring enterprises and data center operators to build new facilities to accommodate the market. Although some data centers may seem to be placed at random, selecting a data center location is a little more strategic than throwing darts at a map. In fact, there are ...
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Verne Global Honored with InfoWorld Green IT Award for Innovative Data Center
Read Full ArticleKEFLAVIK, 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.
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Verne Global Honored with InfoWorld Green IT Award for Innovative Data Center
Read Full ArticleVerne 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.
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Verne Global Honored with InfoWorld Green IT Award for Innovative Data Center
Read Full ArticleKEFLAVIK, 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.
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Verizon to install fuel cells and solar panels at 19 sites
Read Full ArticleVerizon 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.
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Data Center Designs for Evolving Hardware
Read Full ArticleCurrent designs for traditional enterprise type data centers aren’t necessarily flexible enough for the myriad of newer devices coming their way. IT hardware is beginning to morph into different form factors, which may involve non-standard physical configurations, as well as unconventional cooling...
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Verizon to spend $100M on solar panels, fuel cells for facilities
Read Full ArticleTelecom giant Verizon is expected to announce on Tuesday that it plans to spend $100 million on clean power projects, including installing solar panels and fuel cells at 19 locations to help power its buildings and network infrastructure. Verizon's Chief Sustainability Officer James Gowen plans to make the ... For example, Verizon is putting solar panels on the roof of a data center in New Jersey, as well as on the ground next to the data center. The return on investment for the combined clean power projects is
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Verizon to Invest $100 Million in Renewable Energy
Read Full ArticleVerizon 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.
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Climate change pushes some companies to go green
Read Full ArticleWhen Hurricane Sandy decimated a large portion of the East Coast last year, companies and their data centers wound up without electricity for days or, in some cases, even weeks.
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Sandy begets tree-hugging companies
Read Full ArticleComputerworld - When Hurricane Sandy decimated a large portion of the East Coast last year, companies and their data centers wound up without electricity for days or, in some cases, even weeks.
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Web Host ROOT Expands with New Data Center Move
Read Full ArticleIncreased Capacity and Better Security for Luxembourg-based Web hosting firm LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG–(Marketwired – April 29, 2013) – ROOT, S.A., Luxembourg’s leading provider of hosting solutions, part of XBT Holding, Ltd., has today announced its continued expansion by moving part of its infrastructure to new datacenter facilities. The new location will provide increased capacity as well ...
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Climate change pushes some companies and their data centers to go green
Read Full ArticleWhen Hurricane Sandy decimated a large portion of the East Coast last year, companies and their data centers wound up without electricity for days or, in some cases, even weeks. The consequences of that and other recent severe storms are spurring some companies to plug into natural gas pipelines to fuel their electricity needs while others look to become completely energy independent -- even ...
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Climate change pushes some companies to go green
Read Full ArticleSevere weather shifts are forcing companies to rethink their energy strategies; they're using both technology and geography to become more energy independent.
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