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    1. Digital route forward

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Feb 9 2012)

      Digital route forward

      The head of TelecityGroup Ireland Maurice Mortell believes Ireland needs to move faster if it is to capture the industries and jobs of tomorrow. If you are as concerned about Ireland's digital economy aspirations as longstanding data centre professional Maurice Mortell, then you'll realise Ireland got off to a pretty good start this week with the news that 650 secondary schools across the country are to get 100Mbps broadband by 2014. 

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      Mentions:   Europe   Intel   Google

    2. EC awards IBM for energy-efficient data centres

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Jan 5 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

      EC awards IBM for energy-efficient data centres The European Commission has awarded 27 data centres of technology giant IBM for energy efficiency, based on the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct for Data Centres. The honour represents the largest portfolio of data centres from a single company to receive the recognition, IBM said. Increasing energy consumption led to the creation of the EU Code of Conduct. The EU aims to inform and encourage data centre operators on reducing energy consumption in an cost-effective manner that doesn't negatively impact mission-critical data centre functions. The assessment is made against a set of best practices to reduce energy losses, which include the usage of energy-efficient hardware, installing free cooling and cold aisle containment, IBM added. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   IBM

    3. 2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing

      2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’ During the summer I was driving around Cork, rushing between meetings, and a crazy thought struck me. Nevermind Ireland’s pitch to be the ‘internet capital of Europe’, it is already the home of cloud computing in many ways. You see, most of the moving parts that make the global cloud already exist in Ireland in the form of data centres, the software, the intelligence and the creativity. A decade ago, these data centres were considered an embarrassing reminder of the dot.com downturn. Today they are a set of assets keeping the country ripe for investment. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    4. US$300m transatlantic fibre network to arrive on Ireland’s west coast

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 2 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking

      US$300m transatlantic fibre network to arrive on Ireland’s west coast A major transatlantic fibre optic network will come ashore at Belmullet in Mayo in early 2013 that will link data centres in Ireland and Iceland with the financial capitals of Europe with New York. The subsea network is being built by Emerald Networks, which is raising US$300m to finance the project. The CEO of Emerald Networks Inc, Ray Sembler, told Siliconrepublic.com that a second phase after 2013 is being planned that could connect the network with countries in Southern Europe. The project, which has the potential to create hundreds of jobs in the build phase, could go on to help generate thousands of jobs in next-generation finance and digital media companies in the West of Ireland due to it being the last footfall between Europe and the US. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Cisco

    5. The cloud and your firm's carbon footprint

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Oct 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers

      The cloud and your firm's carbon footprint The school of thought that cloud computing can help businesses globally reduce their carbon footprint needs to move from notion to fact. A statistic emerged in recent years that revealed how 2pc of emissions from the ICT industry is responsible for the same proportion of the carbon emissions of the airline industry. If firms are to be convinced that cloud computing is indeed the way forward, then that figure needs to be reduced. As cloud computing continues to be all the rage, those in the area of sustainability are debating its green credentials. A recent study - Cloud Computing and Sustainability: The Environmental Benefits of Moving to the Cloud - found that companies running applications in the cloud could reduce their carbon emissions by 30pc or more compared with running those same applications in their own infrastructures. The study was commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy, an ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Google   Department of Energy

    6. Google keeps its Googlers going via green buildings

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Aug 19 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Solar

      Google data centre. Image courtesy of Google At the summit, Google talked about how, with 'free cooling', companies can reduce their energy consumption by using the local environment to cool servers instead of energy-intensive chillers. It said that in its ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    7. Interxion starts on phase 2 of €13m Dublin data centre build

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Nov 30 2010) Construction , Monitoring , Power and Cooling

      Interxion starts on phase 2 of €13m Dublin data centre build European data centre giant Interxion has embarked on the expansion of its Dublin data centre to bring an additional 900 sq metres of equipped space at its DUB2 data centre, bringing the total equipped space to 1,700 sq metres. The expansion brings to €13m the capital investment in the company’s Dublin facilities. Interxion Ireland managing director Tanya Duncan says the expansion is being driven by particular growth in carriers, cloud service providers and the expanding digital media sectors. (Read Full Article)