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    1. Ashrae Makes Information on Datacenters More Accessible in CD Form

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      Ashrae Makes Information on Datacenters More Accessible in CD Form
      It is estimated that $2 billion is wasted nationally due to data center inefficiencies. That’s why the valuable information found in ASHRAE’s Datacom Series—which provides guidance on ways to plan, build and monitor datacenters in ways that are both energy efficient and cost effective—has been compiled into one easily searchable CD. The “Data Center Design and Operation-ASHRAE Datacom Series” CD will allow a user to search across all previous published books in the Datacom Series simultaneously, as well as have the option to either print information directly from the CD or copy or paste into another document.
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    2. Data Center Knowledge Roundup

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      Data Center Knowledge Roundup
      Greenest country for a data center? Matthew Wheeland at Greenercomputing.com has an excellent article reviewing criteria set forth by Ronald Bowman of Tishman Technologies for the 10 best countries in which to build your next data center. The article covers locations in Iceland, the U.S., China/Vietnam, Latvia, India, Russia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. The BBC also ran an article recently about the Iceland data center market and Verne Global, a data center company working in Iceland.
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    3. What's the Greenest Country for Your Next Data Center?

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      What's the Greenest Country for Your Next Data Center?
      As we've covered fairly often lately, more and more businesses are adopting virtualization and cloud computing as a way to cut costs, boost their computing power, and/or cut their carbon footprint. Whether they're using third-party cloud services or setting up their own off-site data centers, we expect to see much more outsourcing, and even offshoring of computing facilities as the idea of remote computing becomes more normalized. So it caught my eye last week when Ronald Bowman, the executive vice president of Tishman Technologies, sent around a list of the 10 best countries in which to build your next data center.
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    4. Energy firms must invest £200bn to meet UK targets, says regulator

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      Energy firms must invest £200bn to meet UK targets, says regulator
      Ofgem warns of 60% rise in electricity and gas bills as private sector fails to deliver on security and green commitments. Volatile energy supplies over the next few years could lead to a surge in domestic bills, Ofgem warns. The energy regulator has warned that £200bn of new investment may be needed in the next few years in a tacit admission that the deregulated private sector industry is failing to deliver energy security and meet climate change plans for Britain. Consumers could face price rises of up to 60% in their gas and electricity bills in the next seven years as energy supplies become more volatile, admitted Ofgem. The regulator has previously championed a low-cost market.
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    5. Ofgem's four scenarios for energy bills

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      Ofgem's four scenarios for energy bills
      The four scenarios set out today by Ofgem for the UK energy market are as follows: Green transition Under this scenario there is a rapid economic recovery and a significant expansion in investment in green measures. Domestic renewables targets are met and energy efficiency measures are effective. GB gas demand falls but electricity demand increases due to greater use of electric vehicles and heat pumps. The effect on domestic consumer bills is an increase of 23% by 2020. Green stimulus There is a slow recovery from the recession and restricted availability of finance. Governments around the world implement green stimulus packages to achieve environmental goals and boost economic activities. High carbon prices and government policies support investment in renewables, nuclear and carbon capture and storage. The effect on domestic consumer bills is an increase of 14% by 2020.
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    6. Power cuts forecast to hit UK in four years

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      Power cuts forecast to hit UK in four years
      Britain faces a return to 1970s-style power blackouts and disruption to its electricity supplies within four years, the energy regulator warned yesterday. Ofgem raised the spectre of a return to the three-day week for British industry as the country scrambles to renovate its crumbling power infrastructure ahead of new EU pollution rules that will force the closure of a quarter of UK power stations by 2015. Britain faces a return to 1970s-style power blackouts and disruption to its electricity supplies within four years, the energy regulator warned yesterday. Ofgem raised the spectre of a return to the three-day week for British industry as the country scrambles to renovate its crumbling power infrastructure ahead of new EU pollution rules that will force the closure of a quarter of UK power stations by 2015. Alistair Buchanan, Ofgem’s chief executive, said: “There could be a potential shortfall in the period 2013-18 ... Life ...
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      Mentions: Europe Barack Obama Alistair Buchanan

    7. Green Inc. Column Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet

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      Green Inc. Column Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet
      Digital-era icons like Google and Twitter have made life more efficient — and fun. But they also guzzle vast amounts of energy. Scattered around the world are scores of data centers that sift through the endless streams of information that keep the Internet and office computers running. In the United States alone, those data centers accounted for 1.5 percent of the country’s electricity use in 2006 — more than the entire state of Massachusetts. And their power use could nearly double over five years, according to government reports. Experts say that data centers present an obvious opportunity to improve efficiency.
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      Mentions: Google Yahoo The Green Grid

    8. The top ten best countries to locate a data center- Top Location Iceland

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      The top ten best countries to locate a data center- Top Location Iceland
      Consultant Ron Bowman has compiled a list of the top ten countries and their cities in which to locate a data center, based on his own criteria of power, cooling, telecom, labour and ‘favourable acts of God.’ The Criteria: Access to reliable and scalable power inclusive of the generating cost of CO2 emissions. Access to cooling solutions, including potable and grey water with free cooling options. Confluence of last-mile, long-haul, and submersible cable connectivity. Scalable and burstable optics of Central Offices (CO's) and Network Access Points. Relevant government, as well as civilian stability and security. Possible composite Acts of God risks: disasters, duration, and consequences. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) inclusive of VAT, sales, personal property, tariffs, one-time improvements, operating expenses, and escalation of same. Access and reliability to human resources (and vendors) for multi-cultural and multi-lingual operations and sustainability (closeness to critical mass of IT and people). Existing ...
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    9. NetApp Unveils New, Radically Efficient Data Center

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      NetApp Unveils New, Radically Efficient Data Center
      Data centers are “the locomotives of the Information Age,” driving commerce, delivering virtual products and enabling connectivity between communities, individuals and organizations. And these monsters consume a lot of energy via electrical power generating stations. Energy that in its production and transmission has varying environmental impacts: air, soil and water pollutants, open space and wildlife habitat consumption and destruction, and noise and visual pollution. NetApp get the need to make data centers efficient. It had a justifiably grand opening Wednesday of its new energy-efficient dynamic data center located at the NetApp technology center in Research Triangle Park, or “RTP,” N.C. The celebration also marks the 10-year anniversary of NetApp in the RTP region.
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      Mentions: The Green Grid Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    10. Measuring Success in the datacentre

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      Measuring Success in the datacentre
      There are many key performance indicators datacentre managers can use to assess, track and manage the efficiency of IT facilities and drive business change. But the measurement of a data centre environment is very specific to an individual organisation. You need to know what is best for you. How does a company measure success in a data centre? Only well-defined performance metrics can answer that question. Every organisation has a different idea about how work is defined in the data centre. Each organisation needs a specific approach, tailored for their unique business needs, to create metrics that lead to effective data centre management.
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    11. Energy czar promises “certainty” on energy usage rules - by Carol Wilson

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      Energy czar promises “certainty” on energy usage rules - by Carol Wilson
      Most businesses view new government regulations on energy usage much the same way college students view 8 a.m. classes, i.e., as something to be avoided. The reasons are obvious: Government regulations invariably add costs. To date, most data center energy savings efforts have also focused on reducing costs, by using server resources more efficiently and cutting energy usage. Even against that backdrop, however, the Obama Administration has said there will be major energy legislation from Congress to set energy reduction targets and impose rules on businesses that dictate how those targets are met.
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      Mentions: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Carol Browner Carol Wilson

    12. Free Advice – Yet Useful

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      Free Advice – Yet Useful
      A critical discussion among technology providers, end users and companies is data center energy efficiency. Most environmentalists are concerned about the impact that data centers have on the environment and the eco-system. There are several measures going on to minimize if not stop such effects and try to improvise upon the green-friendliness of data centers. One of the organizations which hardly need an introduction is the Green Grid, which is a consortium of IT professionals striving to raise the energy efficiency of data centers. It has developed data center cooling maps and calculators which would be accessible to the data center managements. This will assist facilities managers and data centers to determine the amount of free cooling and free evaporative cooling available to a individual data center.
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      Mentions: Europe The Green Grid

    13. Powering with rather than against mother nature - by tate cantrell

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      Powering with rather than against mother nature - by tate cantrell
      Product downloading is fast becoming a very popular delivery option for the selling and distribution of large digital items like movies, video games and software. This phenomenon could also prove to be hugely beneficial for the environment, according to a recent WSP Group study of Microsoft Office distribution. The report concludes that "digital delivery reduced total tonnes of carbon emissions by 88%." Since this report came out, a number of folks have expressed skepticism surrounding such a dramatic shift. After all, the computers and data centers needed for delivery of these downloads have historically been known to leave fairly large carbon footprints.
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      Mentions: Iceland Tate Cantrell Microsoft Corp

    14. Belly Of The Beast- Microsoft Data Center in Chicago

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      Belly Of The Beast- Microsoft Data Center in Chicago
      Opened on July 20 in Northlake, Ill., it is Microsoft's newest and largest data center, a machine that unites several hundred thousand computer servers in the task of taking Microsoft, and much of corporate America, into a continually changing online world. The building's raw statistics suggest a powerful, monolithic force. The data center's 702,000 square feet of space consumed 3,400 tons of steel, 2,400 tons of copper and 26,000 cubic feet of concrete. Inside its vast open rooms are 190 miles of cable-holding conduit pipes, and 7.5 miles of chilled water to cool off the servers. It is the first point of consumption for the nuclear-fueled Elmhurst power grid, initially taking 30 megawatts of power, enough power to supply 20,000 U.S. homes, with plans to take 30 megawatts more.
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      Mentions: Amazon.com IBM Microsoft Corp

    15. VMware's new data center powered solely by hydroelectric power

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      VMware's new data center powered solely by hydroelectric power
      Virtualization technology provider VMware decided to practice what they preach by designing and building a data center that uses best design practices from energy efficiency standpoint and leverages extensively the vendor’s own virtualization offerings. The company is targeting an ambitions PUE figure and has entered the facility for a LEED Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council. The vendor announced the new data center’s launch on Tuesday. If the LEED application is successful, the facility will become the third data center in the US to achieve the highest-level award for sustainable desing and building practices. Digital Realty Trust announced on Monday that a facility it built in California's Silicon Valley became the second data center in the nation to achieve LEED Platinum certification. “VMware was running out of datacenter capacity to support the rapid expansion of our research and development facilities,” VMware CIO Mark Egan said ...
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    16. Why Google’s PowerMeter Gadget Partnership Is a Big Power Play

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      Why Google’s PowerMeter Gadget Partnership Is a Big Power Play
      With Google’s endless projects — from book search to a browser killer to Blogger — you’re probably wondering why I’m so excited about a new partnership deal for the company’s PowerMeter energy management tool. Well, here’s why: For the first time, consumers can now access PowerMeter via a gadget called the TED-5000, made by startup Energy Inc., and users don’t need to go through their utility or have a smart meter (a digital two-way electricity meter) installed to access it. In other words, Google has finally bypassed the utility with PowerMeter, which is an important step for both bringing consumer energy management products to the mainstream, and pushing utilities to more quickly embrace information technology networks and broadband.
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    17. Disney, Verizon go green in the data center

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      Disney, Verizon go green in the data center
      For Disney, energy efficiency is being achieved through a series of small improvements, Weber said in an interview with Network World. "Some of it just comes down to cleaning the facility up," Weber says. "And I don't mean with a dust pail and so on and a broom, but cleaning the data center up from obstructions and ensuring that every one of our floor tiles is sealed properly for air flow. Blanking panels -- not only that we have them but that they're in the right spot. Variable speed fans and motors on our CRAC units, increasing temperature settings across the board.
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      Mentions: The Green Grid Network World New York Stock Exchange

    18. Emerson Acquires Avocent in $1.2B Deal

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      Emerson Acquires Avocent in $1.2B Deal
      Emerson (EMR) will acquire infrastructure management specialist Avocent Corporation (AVCT) for $1.2 billion in a deal that highlights the growing focus on tools to help data center operators track and manage the energy efficiency of their facilities. Avocent’s board unanimously endorsed Emerson’s all-cash tender offer of $25 per share, the companies said this morning. Shares of Avocent closed Monday at $20.52. Emerson is a leading vendor of power and cooling technologies for the data center. The acquisition of Avocent allows Emerson to continue to enhance its offerings for tracking and managing data center assets, following on last year’s purchase of Aperture, which makes capacity planning software. Emerson’s data center-related revenues were approximately $2.6 billion in fiscal 2008.
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    19. The Green Grid points way to greener datacentres

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      The Green Grid points way to greener datacentres
      Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 3 October 2009 at 18:18:00 Consortium launches new tool in Europe Datacentre and IT managers could benefit from a new free online tool from green datacentre consortium The Green Grid, which has been designed to help them lower costs and improve the energy efficiency of their facilities. The tool, which has been made available in Europe for the first time, allows datacenter managers to work out how much outside air is available for them to cool individual facilities. Users simply input variables such as local energy costs, IT load, and facility load, to calculate the energy savings for their specific datacentres, as well as savings that could be obtained using water-side economisers, according to The Green Grid. Green Grid members also gain access to a high-resolution map of the estimated hours of air-side and water-side economisation possible for Europe and many specific ...
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    20. NYSE Plans Green-Tech Revolution

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      NYSE Plans Green-Tech Revolution
      he New York Stock Exchange(NYX Quote) is in the throes of a tech revolution that will shave tens of millions of dollars a year off its operating expenses, according to Larry Leibowitz, the organization's head of global technology. Speaking at a green-technology meeting at the Exchange on Friday, Leibowitz announced that the financial powerhouse is in the midst of a massive IT overhaul. "The New York Stock Exchange is undergoing a transformation, one that puts technology more and more at the core of what we do," he told an audience of tech companies, government officials and journalists. "Who would have thought that data centers would be sexy?"
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      Mentions: Europe The Green Grid Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    21. The Green Grid Calls for Widespread Adoption of Data Center Energy ...

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      The Green Grid Calls for Widespread Adoption of Data Center Energy ...
      At a forum hosted in New York by the NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) at the New York Stock Exchange, The Green Grid today announced new tools and reports to assist business leaders and data center managers globally improve efficiency in their operations. Representatives from The Green Grid, United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Department of Energy, along with executives from a variety of industries, shared their challenges with data center energy management and offered practical steps for improvement. EPA Assessment Report The Green Grid presented the results of a recently-completed assessment of a mid-tier data center operated by the EPA, along with recommendations for next steps that EPA can follow to improve efficiency. “We applaud EPA’s leadership in opening up their operations to this level of examination, and we encourage other organizations to work with us to develop standards and explore ways they can improve their own ...
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    22. Microsoft Unveils Its Container-Powered Cloud

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      Microsoft Unveils Its Container-Powered Cloud
      A look at one of the double-decker data center containers housed at the massive new Microsoft data center near Chicago. The facility includes both raised-floor space and plug-n-play bays for containers packed with servers. As the bay door opens at Microsoft’s enormous new Chicago data center, the future backs in on a trailer. Forty-foot long containers packed with servers are unloaded with winches, and stacked two-high onto “air skates” that float on compressed air. Using the air skates, as few as four employees can move the 60-ton stack into place in Microsoft’s “container canyon” in the lower floor of the facility in Northlake, Ill.
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    23. Advantage Interactive Offers One Month Free Colocation in New UK Data Centre

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      LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading UK Internet Service Provider, Advantage Interactive Ltd., is offering new customers one month of free colocation to celebrate the public opening of its new green data centre. In January 2009 Advantage Interactive Ltd. completed the construction of a £2 million state-of-the-art data centre in Hertfordshire. Since the construction, the data centre has undergone rigorous testing to ensure the highest levels of performance and efficiency have been achieved. Mark Boost, Managing Director, Advantage Interactive Ltd., said “We've invested heavily in technology, network infrastructure and people to provide the highest level of full redundancy across all major components. We offer a fully tested suite of services which are extremely high performing, reliable, scalable and cost effective.”
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    24. Green IT not a buying priority, Gartner said by Carol Wilson

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      Green IT not a buying priority, Gartner said by Carol Wilson
      A new Gartner Group study shows that environmental concerns are not driving IT purchasing, despite the fact those concerns are a top priority. In the latest Gartner study, two-thirds of respondents see energy management as the most important environmental challenge facing them over the next 18 months, but only seven percent see green procurement as a top priority. The reason, Rakesh Kumar, research vice-president at the firm, said in a press release, is that IT managers are more focused on internal projects such as consolidating and rationalizing data center resources and virtualizing servers, than on buying more energy-efficient servers or energy management tools. next 18 month
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