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    1. Silicon Geyser: put your datacentres here

      Explore ZDNet UK (Oct 14 2011)

      Silicon Geyser: put your datacentres here Is Iceland destined to be the new Silicon Valley? Or maybe Silicon Geyser might be more appropriate. I spent some time at NetEvents in Frascati last week speaking to Verne Global, which has the Wellcome Trust as its majority investor and which has built a datacentre on that island of hot and cold. Verne is taking advantage of the country's unique infrastructure and topology to guarantee its energy bill for the next 20 years. Let me unpack. Among the two biggest costs when setting up a datacentre are the cost of building it in the first place, and the cost of the energy needed to run it. Verne says it has reduced both of those significantly and, as a result, has set up a datacentre in Iceland, halfway between its two main customers, the UK and US. On its own, this is isn't terribly unusual, but the company ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Verne Global   Jeff Monroe

    2. All change?

      Explore ZDNet UK (Oct 4 2011) Cloud Computing

      All change? All change?ZDNet UK (blog)OCP is a Facebook-based initiative that aims to transform the energy efficiency of global data centers. Essentially, it aims to share the custom-engineered technology in its first dedicated data center in Prineville, Oregon. This technology delivered a ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Intel   Facebook   ZDNet UK

    3. HP unveils EcoPOD miniature datacentre

      Explore ZDNet UK (Jun 7 2011) Power and Cooling

      HP unveils EcoPOD miniature datacentre The HP performance-optimised datacentre 240a, unveiled on Monday at HP Discover in Las Vegas, is a dense, containerised datacentre. It promises to cut the amount of money companies spend on powering the supporting infrastructure for their IT equipment, allowing their power expenditure to go progressively more on their IT hardware. The EcoPod can achieve an annualised power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.05 in ideal circumstances, 1.1 to 1.15 in general circumstances, and 1.3 to 1.35 in extreme environments where no outside air can be used in cooling, according to HP. The company measures the PUE from the point where the power comes (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Facebook

    4. Rutland Police bust datacentre cannabis ring

      Explore ZDNet UK (Apr 1 2011)

      Rutland Police bust datacentre cannabis ring Rutland Police have announced they have broken up the county's biggest-ever cannabis factory, following a dawn raid on the premises of a major datacentre. "More than 2,000 plants and 50 kilos of dried cannabis bush were seized," detective inspector Pete Roach said in a statement on Friday. "It seems the legitimate business of the company was being used as a highly successful smokescreen for the real operation." (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   eBay

    5. Microsoft details 'transparent' datacentre

      Explore ZDNet UK (Jan 5 2011) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

      Microsoft details 'transparent' datacentre Microsoft has given details on a new datacentre it is building that is designed to maximise the use of free air cooling. The datacentre, to be located in Quincy, Washington, has a structure that is built out of multiple, modular pre-assembled components (PACs), Microsoft said on Tuesday. "The structure is virtually transparent to ambient outdoor conditions allowing us to essentially place our servers and storage outside in the cool air while still protecting it from the elements", Microsoft's general manager for Datacentre Services, Kevin Timmons, wrote in a blog post. "Our modular approach to design and construction with these facilities will allow us to substantially lower cost per megawatt to build and run our datacentres". (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Kevin Timmons   Microsoft Corp

    6. US government commissions datacentre guidebook

      Explore ZDNet UK (Aug 25 2010) Construction

      US government commissions datacentre guidebook The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are working with industry consultant Mark Bramfitt on developing the guide, Bramfitt said in a statement on Tuesday. Read this Inside Capgemini's free-cooled datacentre Read more "I am drafting a guidebook that charts a process of choosing from available container-based and modular datacentre technologies, with a focus on energy efficiency and the provision of supporting infrastructure," Bramfitt wrote in the statement. The primary goal of the guidebook is to describe "a specification and deployment planning process that will be relevant in the future", he said. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Vivek Kundra   General Services Administration