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    1. The Growing (Green) Power of

      Explore Green Technology (Feb 13 2012)

      The Growing (Green) Power of

      Last week, I was in Iceland as the guest of Verne Global and Colt. Verne Global has built the industry's first carbon-neutral, 100 percent renewable-powered wholesale data center campus in Keflavik, Iceland. The 45-acre complex is just minutes from the international airport and west of Reykjavik, the capital. During the press event, reporters and analysts from Europe and the United States spent close to three days learning about Iceland's power infrastructure and the nation's economy.

      Today, Iceland's three main industries are fishing, tourism, and aluminum smelting. The country has a series of hydroelectric plants that supply around 70 percent of the power mix, with the rest supplied by geothermal.   As a result, power is cheap as well as clean, with a rough "list price" cost of about $37 per megawatt hour – about a half to a third of what you'd find the price of power ...

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      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    2. 'Unfriend Coal' Campaign Moves Facebook to Go Greener

      Explore Green Technology (Oct 27 2011)

      'Unfriend Coal' Campaign Moves Facebook to Go Greener Following a 20-month crusade by Greenpeace urging users to give Facebook (News - Alert) the “cold shoulder” because of its fossil-fueled data centers, the social networking giant will open its first international server farm in Luleå, Sweden —and will rely on the frigid arctic air and 100 percent renewable energy sources to keep its operations running smoothly. Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International — the largest independent direct-action environmental organization in the world — inspired 700,000 users to ask Facebook to go greener through an “Unfriend Coal” campaign. The initiative was prompted by a February 2010 announcement that Facebook would build a massive data center in Oregon and operate it on coal-generated electricity. “This is a great step forward for Facebook, but we would like more details on how much renewable energy will power its data center in Luleå,” said Casey Harrell, Greenpeace IT analyst. “With the IT sector one of the fastest growing consumers ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Europe   Facebook

    3. JouleX Officer Serves on DOE Steering Committee

      Explore Green Technology (Oct 21 2011)

      JouleX Officer Serves on DOE Steering Committee JouleX Officer Serves on DOE Steering CommitteeTMC NetThis knowledge is then transferred to data center staff for implementation of best practices for optimizing data center energy efficiency. The IT component of the DCEP Program is focused on energy assessments in data centers instead on the design of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy

    4. Fujitsu Ranks in Newsweek's Global Top 500 Green Companies

      Explore Green Technology (Oct 18 2011)

      Fujitsu Ranks in Newsweek's Global Top 500 Green Companies Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been included in the Newsweek Green Global 500 Ranking, coming in as Number 13. The Newsweek Green Ranking places companies based on their actual environmental footprint, management of that footprint and sustainability communications. The analysis provides a reliable, cross-industry framework for comparing the environmental commitment and performance of major companies. Now in its third year, the Newsweek Green Ranking assesses the environmental performance of the largest publicly traded companies in America. This year, the range has been expanded to include the largest international companies: the Global 500 list. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Fujitsu   Facebook   CA

    5. Verne Global Opens Dual-Sourced 100 Percent Renewably Powered Data Center in ...

      Explore Green Technology (Oct 5 2011) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

      Verne Global Opens Dual-Sourced 100 Percent Renewably Powered Data Center in ... Verne Global, a UK-based developer of power conscious data center campuses, announced the availability of its colocation service from its 18-hectare campus in Keflavik, Iceland. The 100 percent carbon neutral data center campus draws commercial power from Iceland's dual-sourced renewable energy power grid and utilizes Iceland's ambient temperatures to provide free cooling. The energy-efficient data center is designed to address the energy concerns for corporate IT managers as they evaluate their data center needs and options going forward in terms of availability, cost and environmental impact. Verne Global first announced the Iceland data center plan in early 2010. According to Monroe, CEO of Verne Global, Iceland is an ideal place to house select IT applications due to its unique location and environmental features, not to mention a handful of other benefits. The data center is designed to support almost any data center power requirement, from racks to megawatts ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Verne Global   Jeff Monroe

    6. Shaw Expands Data Centre in Calgary

      Explore Green Technology (Jul 19 2011) Power and Cooling , Wind , Networking

      Shaw Expands Data Centre in Calgary Shaw Communications Inc. reported it is breaking ground on a new energy efficient data centre in Calgary, Alberta. The Company noted that the centre will be completed in spring 2014 and will provide a power boost to Shaw's next-generation broadband technology. "In a digital world, there is no question that customers are looking for unparalleled connectivity and power," said Peter Bissonnette, President, Shaw Communications Inc. "We're already delivering unparalleled speeds with our newly announced Internet packages, but we know technology doesn't stand still. Shaw's new data centre will ensure we're able to stay ahead of the technology curve with an energy efficient infrastructure that is able to handle new innovations as they come." According to a release, construction of the centre will begin in July 2011 and incorporates "free cooling." (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED

    7. TMCnet GreenTech World Week in Review

      Explore Green Technology (Jul 16 2011) Fossil Fuel , Wind

      TMCnet GreenTech World Week in Review TMCnet GreenTech World Week in ReviewTMC NetSan Jose, California-based Brocade (News - Alert) received a $2.1 million incentive under Pacific Gas & Electric's Non-Residential New Construction Program— the largest data center energy efficiency incentive in the utility's history. ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   George W. Bush   Brookings Institution

    8. The Mystery Of The Disappearing Apple Data Center

      Explore Green Technology (Jun 2 2011)

      The Mystery Of The Disappearing Apple Data Center It wasn't until Apple made an announcement about its new cloud-based service offering, iCloud, that its new green data center suddenly began appearing on Google Earth. It was Fortune journalist Philip Elmer-Dewitt who noticed that the facility was ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Google

    9. At EasyStreet, You'll Find Zero Carbon Footprints

      Explore Green Technology (Jun 1 2011) Carbon Footprint , Wind , Servers

      At EasyStreet, You'll Find Zero Carbon Footprints When the folks at EasyStreet Online Services of Beaverton, Oregon, set out to plan a leading-edge green data center, they didn’t know that the savings they would enjoy from their energy smart technologies would put them – and their customers – on easy street. Using wind power – as well as high-speed flywheel energy storage from Vycon of Yorba Linda, California – EasyStreet now estimates that it will be able to save 1,532,634 kilowatts (KW) annually. That’s enough energy to power 153 average households. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   EasyStreet

    10. Funding Your Data Center with Energy Incentives

      Explore Green Technology (Mar 22 2011) Emissions

      Funding Your Data Center with Energy Incentives Did you know organizations are receiving hundreds of thousands in bottom line cash, with no additional capital investment, beyond planned facility expenditures that reduce energy? Carbon emissions, environmental concerns, and continuous growth in demand have made energy reduction a No. 1 priority for government agencies and utilities leading them, to launch incentive programs to meet energy reduction goals. Many of these agencies and utilities provide funding to data centers that meet these energy efficiency goals. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ASHRAE   Department of Energy

    11. Internap Announces Expansion of Data Center Footprint with New State-of-the-Art Facility in ...

      Explore Green Technology (Feb 24 2011) Cloud Computing

      Internap Announces Expansion of Data Center Footprint with New State-of-the-Art Facility in ... Internap Network Services Corporation , a leading provider of IT infrastructure services, today announced that it will open a new data center in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. The state-of-the-art, company-controlled facility will serve growing demand among enterprise organizations in the DFW area for premium colocation backed by Internap's route-optimized network connectivity services that deliver best-in-class performance, availability and support. The new DFW facility continues Internap's strategy to build a geographically diversified platform of premium data centers to serve customers' high-performance IT infrastructure needs, integrated with Internap's portfolio of colocation, connectivity, CDN, managed hosting and cloud storage services. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe

    12. EAD Wins Green Initiative Award for Green Data Center

      Explore Green Technology (Jun 14 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

      EAD Wins Green Initiative Award for Green Data CenterTMC NetVirtualization technology has played a crucial role in the agency's achievement in setting up of a Green Data Center. Featuring water-cooled racks, ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   BroadGroup

    13. Green Data Centers

      Explore Green Technology (Jan 4 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Green Data Centers Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Green Data Centers - Emerging Trends and Developments" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Green Data Centers--Emerging Trends and Developments provides the key technologies and industry trends that are shaping the move toward green and energy-efficient data centers. This research service provides an analysis on the impact of the economic downturn on data center energy initiatives, an overview of global data center energy consumption trends, and an analysis of metrics and standards utilized to measure data center energy efficiency. Research Overview Green Data Centers to Enhance Energy-efficient Data Storage The economic downturn has driven data center owners to investigate technologies and solutions to enhance the energy efficiency of their data centers. Information technology (IT) companies running data centers are also keen on implementing green technologies that may not have been a high priority if not ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frost

    14. IIJ to Conduct Proof-Of-Concept Testing For Next-Generation Eco-Data ...

      Explore Green Technology (Nov 30 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

      IIJ to Conduct Proof-Of-Concept Testing For Next-Generation Eco-Data ... Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (NASDAQ: IIJI) (TSE1: 3774), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, will conduct proof-of-concept testing for building an environmentally friendly data center for the cloud computing age in cooperation with Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba), NLM ECAL Co., Ltd. (NLM ECAL) of the Nippon Light Metal Group, Nohmi Bosai Ltd. (Nohmi Bosai), and Kawamura Electric Inc. (Kawamura Electric). They will build a modular data center with a cooling system that directly uses outside air, and operate it for one year starting in February 2010, with the aim of commercialization. This will be the first data center in Japan with a container unit cooled all year round by outside air. (Read Full Article)

    15. Extreme Networks Now Shipping Greener, Efficient Version of Data Center Switch

      Explore Green Technology (Nov 19 2009) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers

      Extreme Networks Now Shipping Greener, Efficient Version of Data Center Switch Extreme Networks (News - Alert), a provider of converged Ethernet networks that support data, voice and video for enterprises and service providers, have remodeled their Summit X650 10GBASE-T data center switch to be more greener and power efficient so that the datacenters deploying them can save power by 30 percent. According to company officials, the company’s Summit X650 series switch is a purpose-built Top-of-Rack switch designed for emerging 10 Gigabit Ethernet-enabled servers deployed in enterprise data centers. Summit X650 helps optimize new server deployments while providing a seamless migration path from existing Gigabit Ethernet-based servers to 10 Gigabit Ethernet-based high-performance servers, to start the transition to the new virtualized environment. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel

    16. Green Technology -Greenstone Recognized as Leading U.K. Provider in ...

      Explore Green Technology (Nov 3 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Green Technology -Greenstone Recognized as Leading U.K. Provider in ... Greenstone Carbon Management, which provides carbon solutions, carbon management software, reduction advice and consultancy services, announced that it has been identified as the leading U.K. provider and a global Challenger brand in the Verdantix Green Quadrant report that details carbon management software market. The report, conducted by Verdantix, an independent business research firm focused on climate change, carbon markets and corporate responsibility, is designed to help potential customers gain greater insight into their own requirements and the offerings of the main vendors in this relatively new market. (Read Full Article)

    17. NetApp Unveils New, Radically Efficient Data Center

      Explore Green Technology (Oct 9 2009) Power and Cooling , Emissions

      NetApp Unveils New, Radically Efficient Data Center Data centers are “the locomotives of the Information Age,” driving commerce, delivering virtual products and enabling connectivity between communities, individuals and organizations. And these monsters consume a lot of energy via electrical power generating stations. Energy that in its production and transmission has varying environmental impacts: air, soil and water pollutants, open space and wildlife habitat consumption and destruction, and noise and visual pollution. NetApp get the need to make data centers efficient. It had a justifiably grand opening Wednesday of its new energy-efficient dynamic data center located at the NetApp technology center in Research Triangle Park, or “RTP,” N.C. The celebration also marks the 10-year anniversary of NetApp in the RTP region. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    18. Greenstone Debuts Tool to Audit IT Estates

      Explore Green Technology (Sep 16 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

      Greenstone Debuts Tool to Audit IT Estates Greenstone, a carbon solutions company, has announced the launch of Green IT, a new tool to accurately audit IT estates such as desktop computers, servers, peripherals and data center appliances. Using the data collected from this tool, companies can plan and strategically reduce their energy consumption and their carbon footprints. Green IT is an addition to the company’s Acco2unt carbon accounting suite which enables emissions measurement and management, reporting and tracking, as well as 'what if' scenario planning and ROI estimation. (Read Full Article)

    19. CoreSite Touts Green Initiatives with...

      Explore Green Technology (Aug 27 2009) Power and Cooling

      CoreSite Touts Green Initiatives with... As communications technology advances and the volume of network traffic builds, customer demand for data center resources is growing. To help fill the need, a Denver-based provider of data center, colocation and peering services is expanding its Northern Virginia data center and is adding several so-called “green” initiatives. CoreSite recently announced a plan to expand its Reston, Va. data center at 12100 Sunrise Valley Drive to add 6 Megawatts to the facility. The expansion will essentially double CoreSite’s power capacity to 12 Megawatts, permitting the company to serve an additional 50 customers. Currently, the data center has about 50 customers in the enterprise, government, Tier 1 carriers, and cloud sectors. (Read Full Article)

    20. Upsite, LG Research Best Way to Const...

      Explore Green Technology (Aug 24 2009) Cloud Computing

      Upsite, LG Research Best Way to Construct Green Data CenterTMC NetUpsite Technologies, a company that develops highly engineered airflow solutions for the data center to cool IT equipment more ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Energy Trust of Oregon