Articles mentioning both Uptime Institute and The Green Grid

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  1. Realistic PUE

    Explore Article Processor.com (Jul 29 2010) Power and Cooling , Servers

    ...although the numbers may range, the typical efficient data center’s number is 2.5, according to the Uptime Institute. Others say it’s about 2.1. But they should also know that, for a variety of reasons, they may have......asons, they may have a difficult time getting below that 2.1 number. The PUE standard, published by The Green Grid, is the ratio of total facility power consumed to the IT equipment power consumed. ... (Read Full Article)

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  2. Task Force recommends a metric for measuring data center efficiency

    Explore Article Federal Computer Week (Jul 19 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Servers

    Task Force recommends a metric for measuring data center efficiency ...urements, metrics, and reporting conventions. The organizations included the 7x24 Exchange, ASHRAE, The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Energy Department's Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management......e Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Uptime Institute. Related coverage: Nations agree to global data center metrics The outcome of the series of meeting... (Read Full Article)

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  3. Data Center Metrics Demystified

    Explore Article Processor.com (Jul 2 2010)

    Data Center Metrics Demystified ...med. PUE and DCiE do not measure efficiency.” The Metric Lineup Larry Vertal, executive director of The Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org), says that small and midsized enterprises today are the ones least likely to......define the majority of energy uses within a data center.” W. Pitt Turner, executive director of the Uptime Institute (www.uptimeinstitute.org), says having competing metrics discourages the industry from taking any a... (Read Full Article)

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  4. Carbon tax could whack data centers

    Explore Article Recent Blogs (May 18 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

    Carbon tax could whack data centers ..., he says. Carbon tax could whack data centers 5 comments * TAGS:data center, energy efficiency, Green Grid, Uptime Institute, Uptime Symposium 2010 * IT TOPICS:Data Center, Government & Regulation A carbon tax is inevitable,......"Will we see things like that pass here in the near future? Probably not," said John Tuccillo, with The Green Grid. But if you think Federal gridlock in Washington will stop this from happening, you can ... (Read Full Article)

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  5. Combating Thermal Issues with Next-Gen Tools

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2010) Cap and Trade , Servers

    Combating Thermal Issues with Next-Gen Tools ...nk their strategies when it comes to combating thermal issues in the data center. According to the Uptime Institute, server compute performance has been increasing by a factor of three every two years, while energy ......ty of our existing utilities. Organizations and agencies focused on creating new solutions include The Green Grid (an industry group focused on data center energy efficiency), the EPA (Environmental Protection Age... (Read Full Article)

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  6. Three Options for Energy-Efficient Data Centers

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Apr 21 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    Three Options for Energy-Efficient Data Centers ...y or power unit efficiency (PUE) include idle capacity and the type of equipment used, according to Uptime Institute. The Green Grid, together with several global government and industry groups including the EPA, recently agre... (Read Full Article)

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  7. Group seeks advances in data center design

    Explore Article Computerworld (Mar 22 2010) Cloud Computing

    Group seeks advances in data center design ...convinced of it at this point," he said. The new group's leaders say they don't aim to compete with The Green Grid forum, Uptime Institute and others but are frustrated with the rate of progress. Enterprise flash drives provide a new Tier... (Read Full Article)

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  8. New federal data center energy-efficiency guidelines on tap

    Explore Article Data Center (Feb 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    New federal data center energy-efficiency guidelines on tap ...4 Exchange, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Green Grid, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Uptime Institute. The goals? To standardize data center efficiency metrics, which could help prevent "greenwashing,"... (Read Full Article)

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  9. Top Data Center Groups Meet, Discuss Efficiency

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 4 2010) Servers

    Top Data Center Groups Meet, Discuss Efficiency ...uring energy efficiency in data centers using the Power Usage Effectiveness standard popularized by The Green Grid. The Jan. 13 meeting involved representatives of The Green Grid, the 7×24 Exchange, The Uptime Institute, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protect......at we haven’t been able to issue a formal agreement around it and/or proactively discuss it,” wrote Green Grid spokesperson Lauren Warthan, who confirmed ... (Read Full Article)

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  10. Hitachi Data Systems Unveils One of the Industry’s Most Robust and Reliable Green Data Centers

    Explore Article ThaiPR.NET (Sep 25 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Emissions

    Hitachi Data Systems Unveils One of the Industry’s Most Robust and Reliable Green Data Centers ...f Yokohama Third Center: http://tiny.cc/X135o [1] Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), as classified by the Green Grid, is a metric to help enable data center operators quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their d...... the PUE, the more efficient the data center. 2 The tiered classification system, as defined by the Uptime Institute, is an industry standard approach to site infrastructure functionality and addresses common benchma... (Read Full Article)

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  11. For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick up Where LEED Left off

    Explore Article GigaOM (Sep 8 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

    For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick up Where LEED Left off ...ta center as it does an office tower teeming with employees. Fortunately, a coalition that includes The Green Grid and the Uptime Institute, has submitted new standards to the U.S. Green Building Council specific to data center energy effi... (Read Full Article)

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  12. Energy Regulation and Data Centers

    Explore Article Relocate (Sep 3 2009) Cap and Trade

    Energy Regulation and Data Centers ...n be lowered and undercut the competition. Regulators, as well as certification bodies, such as the Uptime Institute, have implemented programs to increase the likelihood of more data centers being “green.” Raising t...... wait for the natural selection of energy-efficient data centers, an assessment metric is required. The Green Grid has published a standard called Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). The PUE is the ratio of total fac... (Read Full Article)

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  13. Data Center Efficiency – It's in the Design

    Explore Article Relocate (Sep 2 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

    Data Center Efficiency – It's in the Design ...itoring their “best practice” PUE ratios that go against industry standards set by the likes of the Uptime Institute, the Green Grid and the European Code of Conduct. Although PUEenergy has been adopted by the industry sector, insti... (Read Full Article)

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  14. Hitachi Data Systems Unveils One of the Industry’s Most Robust and ...

    Explore Article news.moneycentral.msn.com (Aug 24 2009) Emissions , Storage

    ...Ltd. in the United States and other countries. ^1 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), as classified by the Green Grid, is a metric to help enable data center operators quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their......the PUE, the more efficient the data center. ^2 The tiered classification system, as defined by the Uptime Institute, is an industry standard approach to site infrastructure functionality and addresses common benchma... (Read Full Article)

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  15. American Clean Energy & Security Act Of 2009

    Explore Article Processor.com (Jul 31 2009) Cap and Trade , Servers

    American Clean Energy & Security Act Of 2009 ...mission of greenhouse gases can be priced to reduce emissions,” says Kathrin Winkler, a director of the Green Grid and the senior director of corporate sustainability at EMC. Data centers don’t emit carbon—at least......metrics.” The online training may be especially relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises. The Uptime Institute (www.uptimeinstitute.org), a privately owned research and consulting organization, also focuses on ... (Read Full Article)

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  16. Arsys Opens New Data Center in Spain with Capacity to House Up To ...

    Explore Article Newswire Today's (Jul 28 2009) Construction , Networking

    Arsys Opens New Data Center in Spain with Capacity to House Up To ... ...ency, achieving a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.45. PUE is an industry standard developed by The Green Grid (thegreengrid.org) that is used to assess the energy efficiency of data centers. The lower the resu......s can host their web services in Tier 3 or Tier 2. The Tier Classification System, developed by the Uptime Institute (uptimeinstitute.org), is a benchmarking system to effectively evaluate data center infrastructure ... (Read Full Article)

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