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    1. Facebook joins the Arctic crowd

      Explore money.cnn.com (Oct 28 2011)

      Facebook joins the Arctic crowd The northern Scandinavian landscape is dotted with fjords, lingonberries and, if you believe some locals, elves. But another sight is increasingly common on the Arctic horizon: data centers. Drawn by the promise of lower electricity costs, a growing number of tech companies are harnessing the region's abundant cold air to cool their servers, cutting expensive air-conditioning out of the equation. Facebook, the latest tech company to take the polar plunge, announced this week that it will build a data center just south of the Arctic Circle in Lulea, Sweden, where the average low in January is 3 degrees Fahrenheit. The facility, a set of three 300,000 square foot buildings, is the social networking site's first data center outside the U.S. It's scheduled to be operational by 2012. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York Times   Iceland   Europe

    2. A Clean Energy, Self Sufficient Data Center in ...

      Explore money.cnn.com (Jun 4 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

      A Clean Energy, Self Sufficient Data Center in ... It’s one thing to build a data center in a place like Iceland that can deliver 100 percent clean power through geothermal and hydropower. It’s another thing entirely to completely redesign the concept of a data center around distributed renewable energy. That’s the idea behind a project called OZZO, from Frank Bertram, the CEO of the Dutch data analysis company MDES, and which Data Center Knowledge takes a look at this morning. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Data Center Knowledge   Netherlands

    3. How to fight global warming: Smart taxes

      Explore money.cnn.com (Dec 16 2009) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

      How to fight global warming: Smart taxes With Copenhagen climate talks looking stalled and the Senate mired in complicated eco-wrangling, is there a simpler way to get the U.S. to reduce the carbon emissions that most scientists blame for global warming? Some say yes, a refundable carbon tax. The current cap and trade plan in congress to cut greenhouse gases involves a complex web of allotments and giveaways that some fear are too compromised to work. A carbon tax could cut greenhouse gases without having to make major concessions to any one interest group, supporters say. The tax works like this: A fee is levied at the refinery, coal mine, or natural gas well for each ton of carbon produced when the fuel is burned. That fee is passed on to the consumer, thus discouraging the use of the costliest, and most carbon-intensive fuels. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Facebook

    4. Verizon Business Identifies Top Technology Trends That Will Support Business ...

      Explore money.cnn.com (Nov 12 2009) Cloud Computing , Networking

      Verizon Business Identifies Top Technology Trends That Will Support Business ... As companies around the globe position themselves for economic recovery, Verizon Business has identified 10 business technology trends that will help companies grow their business in 2010. "As economic conditions continue to improve, we are ready to help our client partners take advantage of pent-up growth opportunities," said Kerry Bailey, chief marketing officer for Verizon Business. "Whether it’s enabling digital medical records, supporting smart grid energy-conservation initiatives, helping retailers secure transactions, or creating new opportunities for global financial trading, our global solutions can provide a solid foundation for business innovation and success in the coming year." (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Verizon Business   Facebook

    5. Microsoft and Yahoo finally reach deal

      Explore money.cnn.com (Jul 29 2009)

      Microsoft and Yahoo finally reach deal After a year and a half of dealing, the tech giants reach a 10-year deal to take on Google, which holds a 65% market share in online search. Under the 10-year deal, Yahoo.com and Bing.com will maintain their own branding but search results on Yahoo.com will say "powered by Bing." Yahoo, in turn, will be responsible for attracting premium advertisers. Microsoft will pay Yahoo 88% of the revenue it gains from searches on Yahoo's sites. Microsoft will also have the rights to integrate Yahoo's search technology into its own existing Web search platforms. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Carol Bartz

    6. Oil, Utility, Train Executives Want Comprehensive US Energy Policy

      Explore money.cnn.com (Jun 16 2009) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Solar

      "You have to have a either cap and trade (system) or else a carbon tax," John Rowe , chief executive officer of electricity and natural gas giant Exelon Corp. (EXC), told the Detroit, Michigan conference. "It's just basic economics that unless you ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Barack Obama

    7. Don't Waste Your Time Hoping For A Carbon Tax

      Explore money.cnn.com (May 6 2009) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing

      ( alleyinsider.com ) -- Over the weekend James Hansen, a prominent global warming activist, said he hopes that the cap and trade legislation fails. His reason: It "introduces speculation and makes millionaires on Wall Street," and "we need a much ... (Read Full Article)

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    8. Sprint’s Route to Cutting $20M From IT Costs: Lose Old Apps

      Explore money.cnn.com (Apr 19 2009) Power and Cooling

      ( gigaom.com ) -- If you’re like a lot of computer users, you’ve got applications on your computer that you rarely, if ever, use. Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), until recently, was like you, but on a much larger scale. The company found as many as 127 ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research