Bill Weihl

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Categories:
Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

Quotes

  1. “ Rather than big, complicated, expensive construction, we basically put metal end-caps on the rows. ”
    In Google’s Budget Containment System
  2. “ One really nice thing about enhanced geothermal is that it's base load power: the fuel's always there, whereas for solar and wind, sometimes the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow and you can't produce any energy. ”
    In Will Google Solar Power Its Data Centers?
  3. “ While offsets with strong additionality can achieve real emissions reductions in unregulated sectors at a relatively low cost, we view them as a short-term solution for Google, not as a substitute for other action. ”
    In Grading Google's carbon neutral claims

  1. Mentioned In 10 Articles

  2. Google Energy Buys Up Iowa Wind Power

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 20 2010) Wind

    ...prices could easily rise. The agreement is exactly the kind of deal described by Google energy czar Bill Weihl in an April presentation, in which he noted that these deals may not provide renewable energy for G... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Weihl   Google

  3. Lower Your PUE

    Explore Article Processor.com (Jun 18 2010) Servers

    Lower Your PUE ...Your PUE What Steps You Should Take To Reduce Energy Consumption Key Points • According to Google’s Bill Weihl, hot aisle containment is the single biggest step a data center can take in improving energy effici... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Weihl   Google   Intel

  4. Greenqloud: Iceland’s Clean Power Cloud Computing Co.

    Explore Article GigaOM (May 28 2010) Carbon Footprint , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

    Greenqloud: Iceland’s Clean Power Cloud Computing Co. ...d Professor Jonathan Koomey pointed out at our Green:Net ’09 event, and Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl discussed at Green:Net 2010, there’s been an increased effort by Internet companies to add clean po... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Verne Global

  5. Google’s Bill Weihl on Data Center Efficiency

    Explore Article GigaOM (May 5 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    Google’s Bill Weihl on Data Center Efficiency ...ie into the search giant’s “Don’t be evil” credo. At least that’s the sense I got when interviewing Bill Weihl, Google’s green energy czar, at our Green:Net conference last week after his talk on data center ef... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Weihl   Google

  6. google offers tips on lowering your pue - by Paula Bernier

    Explore Article Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 4 2010)

    Comment "Google presentation did not mention any new modes of design or operation. These topics are yesterday's news. However, GE Digital ..." - szalkus

    google offers tips on lowering your pue - by Paula Bernier ...ogle is obviously a major data center operator, so when the company talks, people listen. Well, Bill Weihl, green energy czar at Google, was talking recently about the company’s green data center initiative... (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   Paula Bernier   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Bill Weihl

  7. Green:Net: Innovating to Reduce Energy Consumption of Computing

    Explore Article Earth2Tech (May 3 2010)

    Green:Net: Innovating to Reduce Energy Consumption of Computing ...ransportation and electricity generation, it will grow to consume ever more energy. Because of this Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar at Google, says the industry has a responsibility to focus on making sure its ow... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl

  8. Google’s Budget Containment System

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Apr 30 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

    Google’s Budget Containment System ...data center sector, including a presentation on data center energy efficiency by Google energy czar Bill Weihl. Most of Weihl’s talk reviewed approaches that Google has previously disclosed in industry conferen... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl

  9. Google, GE Share Five Roadblocks to Energy Savings

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Apr 21 2010) Carbon Footprint

    Google, GE Share Five Roadblocks to Energy Savings ...efficiency, reports Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Panelists included Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, and Gretchen Hancock, project manager for corporate environmental programs at GE. The number one... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl

  10. Will Google Solar Power Its Data Centers?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jan 7 2010) Construction , Geothermal , Solar

    Will Google Solar Power Its Data Centers? ...h use semiconductor materials to directly convert sunlight into electrons. Google green energy czar Bill Weihl says the company has made progress on mirrors that could accelerate the development of thermal sola... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   The New York Times   LEED   Bill Weihl

  11. Grading Google's carbon neutral claims

    Explore Article Technology News (May 7 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

    Grading Google's carbon neutral claims ...ecoming carbon neutral for 2007 and is almost entirely neutral for 2008, Google's Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl announced on the official Google blog Wednesday evening. In June 2007, Google had announced it was... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   Yahoo   Nokia

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