One of the longest-running mysteries in the data center world appears to have been sold after it was revealed that Facebook is secretly funding a new, $1.5 billion facility in Altoona, Iowa. The facility, which has been referred to by … Continue reading →

Hewlett-Packard are collaborating on the development of an eco-friendly data center for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab. The NREL will make use of the high-performance computing environment to gain “progressive and deeper understanding of biological and … Continue reading →

Sunnyvale, California based fuel cell maker, Bloom Energy, has raised another $150 million venture capital investment – making the clean tech firm one of the valued pure-play companies in the market. According to DowJones VentureWire, the Series G round is being marketed by Advanced Equities. Should the capital come in, Bloom Energy will have raised $800 million on a reported valuation of $2.7 billion over its 11-year history from investors that include Alberta Investment Management Corp., DAG Ventures, GSV Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mobius Venture Capital, Madrone Capital, Morgan Stanley and New Enterprise Associates.

HP has entered into a contract with Norwegian real-estate firm Entra to build the company what is destined to become of the most eco-friendly data centers out there. When operational the facility will be serving both government and private sector customers in need of public cloud IT resources, both storage and compute. The green motive will be made particularly evident. “The government has pointed to the need for coordination, consolidation and joint data center solutions in Norway. Such consolidation could mean billions in savings for the state and other public sectors,” Entra said in a statement..