1. Articles mentioning both Department of Energy and Microsoft Corp

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    1. The cloud and your firm's carbon footprint

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Oct 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers

      The cloud and your firm's carbon footprint ...ed with running those same applications in their own infrastructures. The study was commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy, an environmental consulting group. The sch......CT is a key area firms are now looking at to help them achieve low-carbon business models. With the Department of Energy indicating that data centres may be consuming 3pc of total US electricity today, the report predict... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Google   Department of Energy

    2. Us government continues to lead on green by Doug Mohney

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 13 2011)

      Us government continues to lead on green by Doug Mohney ...hing other than simply be slaves to a monitoring system. Turning to the other good news area, the U.S. Department of Energy completed its fifth Solar Decathlon.  The event challenges college teams from around the world to d......duction and consumption. Do you see where I'm going? The data center industry -- yes, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and all the other big players out there -- should team up with the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Department of Energy   Facebook

    3. Sizing up the data center construction market

      Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 28 2011) Emissions

      Sizing up the data center construction market ...eality into the conversation Published 29th March, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik Print Christian Belady Microsoft Christian Belady is fed up with misconceptions about the data center market by aspiring entrepreneu......uction market. To make his assessment, Belady used data center energy consumption estimates made by US Department of Energy’s Jonathan Koomey in 2007 and industry estimates of the average cost to build 1MW of data center ca... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Google   Department of Energy

    4. 25 new IT companies to watch

      Explore IDG News Service (Oct 25 2010) Cloud Computing

      25 new IT companies to watch ...anies is hitting the market. One startup you've never heard of might end up being the next Intel or Microsoft. Others may force changes upon established vendors that have gone stale, which will have to innovat......s: Smooth-Stone and SeaMicro. Backed by plenty of venture capital and a $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, SeaMicro says its servers consume 75% less power and space ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Larry Ellison

    5. Yahoo’s New Facility Shows Trend, Growing Importance of Green Data Centers

      Explore The New York Times (Sep 20 2010) Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers , Storage

      Yahoo’s New Facility Shows Trend, Growing Importance of Green Data Centers ...ling for every dollar spent on electricity. It was built in part with a $9.9 million grant from the Department of Energy. The issue of green data storage is one that’s growing in importance. The EPA has expressed conce......r efficiency measures. Tags: data storage center, energy efficiency Companies: accenture, Amazon, DOE, EPA, Facebook, Google, Greenpeace, Microsoft, nokia, Power Assure, Yahoo Yahoo’s New Facility Shows Trend, Growing ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Amazon.com   Google

    6. The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It's Green IT

      Explore Greentech Media (Sep 2 2010) Solar , Wind

      The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It's Green IT ...cture. Potentially, the need means that science projects like HP's memristors, phase-change memory, Microsoft's future predicting algorithms, probability processors and even non-Intel-based servers stand a dec...... control energy in data centers, which are the highest-value real estate most companies own. The IT department, therefore, will become the early adopter and guinea pig for green building management. 6. Solar an... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Fujitsu   Intel

    7. Green IT policies fail to curb data centre power use

      Explore computerworlduk.com (May 24 2010)

      Green IT policies fail to curb data centre power use ... be able to keep your data centre cool enough," Rob Bernard, the chief environmental strategist for Microsoft, told attendees at the conference. Power usage is not a new issue, of course. In 2006, the US Department of Energy predicted that data centre energy consumption would double by 2011 to more than 120 billion kilowat... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Department of Energy   Microsoft Corp

    8. Energy Efficiency Metrics Going Global

      Explore Relocate (Apr 8 2010) Servers

      Energy Efficiency Metrics Going Global ...erning energy efficiency metrics for data centers. Parties to the agreement include segments of the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star program, Japan’s Ministr......ement in data centers. Members of the consortium include technology giants such as AMD, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle, as well as other critical companies such as Cisco, Google, and Texas Instruments ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel   Google   Oracle

    9. The Green Data Center Strategies of Web Giants

      Explore Earth2Tech (Feb 18 2010) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

      The Green Data Center Strategies of Web Giants ... draw from the region’s hydroelectric sources to power its servers. It’s a combo that attracted the U.S. Department of Energy’s attention and helped Yahoo capture a nice chunk of stimulus funds meant to spur advancements in d......ling costs. In Dublin, Ireland, the site of another Live Services and Azure cloud computing center, Microsoft is using the region’s climate to forego powering up its cooling ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Department of Energy

    10. 6 Nuclear Power Startups To Watch

      Explore Earth2Tech (Feb 17 2010) Nuclear

      6 Nuclear Power Startups To Watch ...so the target for $36 billion in loan guarantees that the Obama Adminsitration has proposed for the Department of Energy’s 2011 budget. Still, that same budget request could represent opportunity for the handful of start......plant. Take small-scale nuclear plants, which are the target of some $38.8 million in proposed 2011 DOE spending. These are pretty much limited to aircraft carriers and submarines nowadays, but could rep... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greentech Media   Department of Energy   Los Alamos National Laboratory

    11. Top Data Center Groups Meet, Discuss Efficiency

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 4 2010) Servers

      Top Data Center Groups Meet, Discuss Efficiency ...f The Green Grid, the 7×24 Exchange, The Uptime Institute, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program, the U.S. Green Building Council, a......s a dramatic change from a year ago, when the industry was fragmented,” said Christian Belady of Microsoft. “All these organizations are starting to speak the same language and work together ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   ASHRAE

    12. DOE uses cloud computing for science, CIO says

      Explore Government Computer News (Dec 11 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      DOE uses cloud computing for science, CIO says ...g high-performance connectivity to use with cloud computing platforms offered by Amazon, Google and Microsoft, Pyke said at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the market research firm Input Inc. “The scientif......s cost savings by performing some of its scientific computations with cloud computing technologies, DOE Chief Information Officer Tom Pyke said today. The department’s national laboratories are getting surprising efficiencies by using high-performance connectivit... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Department of Energy

    13. Second-Generation Verari Forest Container Solution Chosen by Qualcomm for Data Center Expansion

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 1 2009) Construction , Container , Power and Cooling

      Second-Generation Verari Forest Container Solution Chosen by Qualcomm for Data Center Expansion ...e 2009 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards, presented by the Uptime Institute and co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. “As energy costs continue to increase and capital spending is scrutinized, we’re seeing accele......t total value of ownership. Organizations such as Virgin America, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Akamai, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Johns Hopkins, EMC, CGGVeritas, Petrobras, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, an... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Department of Energy   Microsoft Corp

    14. Microsoft Launches Hohm, Enters Home Energy Management Business

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Jun 25 2009) Emissions

      Microsoft Launches Hohm, Enters Home Energy Management Business Designed to help consumers lower their energy bills and reduce their impact on the environment, Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a new online application, Microsoft Hohm, that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage and get recommendations for en...... application is available at no cost to anyone in the United States with an Internet connection. Microsoft Hohm uses advanced analytics licensed from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy

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