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Green Racks

Explore Express Computer (Jan 31 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

There has always been a strong case for making data centers more efficient. Not only are these buildings energy guzzlers but they also end up consuming a lot of space and other resources. Today’s data centers account for 1.5% of the world's power consumption. That is equivalent to the power produced by about 50 power stations. The energy costs of these data centers is estimated at nothing less than a staggering $20 billion.

Data centers are environmental monsters as well. In the last year, they spat out close to 210 million metric tons of CO2 into the environment. Little wonder then that the need for efficiency within data centers is being felt stronger than ever. Couple that with a concern for the environment and amalgamate it with the strong undercurrent of the green phenomenon that the IT industry globally has awakened to and you have a win-win ...

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Comment Mentions:   Intel   The Green Grid   LEED

Donning the Green Hat

Explore Express Computer (Jan 31 2012) Cloud Computing

The critical element in this entire journey of change is the Green IT intervention strategy wherein decision ... “Earlier there used to be little clarity on the ownership of the data center as to who owns and manages a data center. With that becoming ...

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Building a Data Center

Explore Express Computer (Jun 13 2011) Cloud Computing

According to Gartner, the total data center capacity in India is expected to reach over 5 million square feet by 2012 and was projected to grow 31% from 2007 to 2012. The data center industry in India is expected to double its capacity in the next two years, and captive and hosted data centers capacities will grow at comparable rates. Industry analysts recommend that Indian companies building data centers need to incorporate innovative designs and adopt the concept of Green IT and virtualization technologies in order to attain the highest level of energy efficiency. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner

India's first LEED Gold rated data center

Explore Express Computer (Jan 24 2011) Construction , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

It's a well formed perception that data centers are the power guzzlers of today. In a world where green has become much more than just a buzz word, these power monsters are indeed getting a lot of attention. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, data centers contribute a little less than 3% to overall global emissions. In a few years' time, the figure is expected to escalate substantially. Although the drive for greening the data center has been around for quite some time in the West, the concept is still fairly new in India. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   LEED

Going Green

Explore Express Computer (May 28 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Servers

Corporate India is warming up to green technologies for business competitiveness and cost efficiency. Companies need to incorporate the latest technologies available across IT hardware and other segments to reduce their carbon footprint and go the green way. Though this transformation is primarily driven by cost reduction needs in all segments, nevertheless an increasing number of companies and consumers alike are looking for products that consume less power and are easy to recycle. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   Cisco   Uptime Institute

Robust growth in India creates power outages

Explore Express Computer (Mar 26 2010)

Anyone would tell you that the power scenario has only worsened over the years. As a country, India has always faced perennial power shortages and instances of power fluctuation. The situation gets worse as one moves towards the tier 2 and tier 3 cities which are often hubs for SMBs and where daily power cuts are known to last for several hours at a stretch. In the enterprise space, critical business applications require an uninterrupted supply of fine grade power to maintain business continuity, ready availability and business uptime even when the power from the main utility fails. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner

Religare's green data center

Explore Express Computer (Apr 24 2009)

Comment Mentions:   IBM