Best Container/modular Data Center approach 2010? SGI's Ice Cube is one choice

Explore greenm3.com (Dec 13 2010) Construction , Container

...  The people out at the trade shows are the sales people who know how to engage customers and sell. DataCenterKnowledge has a post on SGI's latest ICE Cube modular data center at Gartner DC LV 2010. Data Center Knowledg......C LV. BTW, Patrick's boss was Daniel Costello, ex-Microsoft data center engineering manager, now at Google.  The data center engineering is a small community. If you want to know ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Gartner   Google

Can Google go below 1.10 PUE with Sea Water Cooling?

Explore greenm3.com (Sep 15 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...s much easier to treat it enough for data center use compared to cleaning it for drinking use.” Can Google go below 1.10 PUE with Sea Water Cooling? DataCenterKnowledge reports on Google's use of Sea Water in its Hamina, Finland data center. Google Using Sea Water to Cool Finland Project September 15th, 2010 : Rich Miller Google will use cool sea water in the cooling system for its new ... (Read Full Article)

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The Cloud Politic – How Regulation, Taxes, and National Borders are shaping the infrastructure of the cloud by mike manos

Explore LooseBolts (Aug 6 2009) Cloud Computing

...one needs to remember that the ‘cloud’ is ultimately a business. Whether you are talking about the Google cloud, the Microsoft cloud, Amazon Cloud, or Tom and Harry’s Cloud Emporium, each is a business tha... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Data Center Knowledge

Google Data Center's Massive Energy Appetite

Explore Reuters.com (May 6 2009)

...oint: over the weekend, the British newspaper the Guardian published the tantalizing statistic that Google's data center in The Dalles, Oregon, could use as much energy as the entire city of Newcastle, Engl......designs, as well as opening the door on its container-based data centers. According to a writeup by DataCenterKnowledge's Rich Miller: The data center facility, referred to as Data Center A, spans 75,000 square feet ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Google Data Center   DataCenterKnowledge