Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a 'Killer App' for Green Power? Part 2

Explore Renewable Energy World (May 24 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Solar , Wind , Cloud Computing

...(MWh) of power to the data center annually. Other companies deploying solar at data centers include eBay (665 kW), Facebook (100 kW), i/o Data Centers (4.5 MW), McGraw-Hill Companies (14.1 MW), and Quality Technology Servic... (Read Full Article)

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Will Facebook’s IPO Have a Web Hosting Impact?

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2012)

...e hardware designs, Dion Hinchcliffe of ZDNet says it hasn’t given the same treatment to its APIs. “Facebook has kept a tight lid on its APIs and for good reason. But ask Amazon, eBay, and other Internet giants where their business models are heading and it’s about opening up as muc... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centers Scale Up Their Solar Power

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 14 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

... which has been online since 2006 and currently powers office buildings housing AT&T and Comcast. + eBay – E-commerce giant eBay recently unveiled its largest solar installation to date today, situated atop its “Topaz” data cent...... This solar installation will produce 924,013 kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually. + Facebook – Facebook has installed a large array of solar panels at its new data center in Prineville, Oregon, which wil... (Read Full Article)

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A green Hadoop could manage solar-powered data centers

Explore GigaOM (May 8 2012) Construction , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nters. Apple is building a 20 MW solar panel farm at its data center in Maiden, North Carolina, and Facebook and eBay have their own smaller solar systems, too. But because the sun is variable — it only shines during ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook, eBay Among Uptime Green IT Winners

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 18 2012) Construction

eBay, Facebook and Verizon Wireless are among the winners in the The Uptime Institute’s 2012 Green Enterprise IT (... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook, eBay win awards for data center efficiency

Explore GigaOM (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ich gauges the percentage of power used for tasks other than computing, falls with each new module. Facebook, eBay win awards for data center efficiency By Derrick Harris Apr. 17, 2012, 6:55am PT No Comments * Twee... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Uptime Institute Symposium   Facebook

Cool like Facebook: Where does free cooling make sense?

Explore GreenBiz.com (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

...th a try. Big data-center operators aren’t waiting to put theory into practice. Yes, companies like eBay and Facebook do deploy masses of servers on a monthly basis and don’t have voided equipment warranties to worry ... (Read Full Article)

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eBay covers Utah data center roof with solar panels

Explore GigaOM (Apr 11 2012) Construction , Solar , Cloud Computing

...r about 2 percent of a 30 MW data center, before you even factor in the variable nature of the sun. eBay covers Utah data center roof with solar panels By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr. 11, 2012, 12:00am PT No C......both a financial investment, and as a way to explore clean power development near its data centers. Facebook has a lot smaller solar panel project, at 100 kW, at ... (Read Full Article)

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Data Center Pulse IDs Top 10 Industry Challenges

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 13 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

...traditionally been the intended audience for the Top 10. Large organizations like Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, Google and Facebook have eliminated many of the bariers between facilities and IT, a trend that needs to penetrate the ... (Read Full Article)

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eBay Containers Push Frontiers of Efficiency

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 27 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

eBay’s new containerized data center in Phoenix is one of the most efficient data centers ever built, re......igning ourselves with The Green Grid’s DCMM from the beginning.” Large users such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft have reported industry-leading ratings in the 1.07 to 1.2 range. These numbers demo... (Read Full Article)

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Under the covers of eBay’s big data operation

Explore GigaOM (Jan 31 2012)

...lets users quickly read from and write to large unstructured data sets. HBase is already a piece of eBay’s new search engine, and Williams said there are few sites using it in production at eBay’s scale. Facebook is another site already making major use of HBase. Williams said HBase is fantastic, but it’s also ... (Read Full Article)

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Mozilla to Keynote Technology Convergence Conference

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 23 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...agement, security and virtualization. This track will feature presenters from Sybase, MGI Research, Facebook and Lockheed Martin. The event will also resume its monitoring track titled “Facilities, Operations......ager Specialist at Kaiser Permanente; Dean Nelson, Senior Director, Global Foundational Services at eBay; and Chuck Rego, Chief Architect High Density Data Centers at Intel. A final track titled “Collabor... (Read Full Article)

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Bits Blog: EBay's Plans for Hunch: Recommendations Galore

Explore Technology (Nov 21 2011)

EBay has been adding new technologies to its arsenal lately in an effort to overhaul its retail identity... (Read Full Article)

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Big Data Knows You, Even If You Don't Know Big Data

Explore Forbes.com (Nov 15 2011)

...ined with transaction and customer data sourced from the traditional EDW .” Online services such as eBay, Yahoo, Amazon and Facebook, have transformed, or perhaps created, big data — building out their own systems to meet their need... (Read Full Article)

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Akamai, eBay, Google Set Bar for CO2 Reporting by Internet Giants

Explore GreenBiz.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

Akamai, Apple, eBay and now Google have become industry standouts for disclosing their energy consumption and carbon fo......ractices of 14 of the largest firms in the industry. Verdantix put Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Expedia, Facebook, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce, Tencent and Yahoo! under the microscope in addition to Akamai, App... (Read Full Article)

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Study: Internet Firms Lagging On Green Strategy

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...ing firms, including Chinese companies Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent along with Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo. Study: Internet Firms Lagging On Green Strategy ... (Read Full Article)

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14 Cloud Services Players Scrutinized For Green Credentials

Explore zdnet.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...services including three Chinese companies (Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent) plus Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo! The Verdantix report is similar to one that it p... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook, Amazon Panned on Energy Management and Transparency

Explore environmentalleader.com (Sep 13 2011) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...orking firms, including Chinese players Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent alongside Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo!. Most of these need to adopt a more strategic ap... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centers & IPv6: Why It Matters to You

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 28 2011) Networking

...ry has further benefited from more transparency provided by data center experts like Google, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon and now Facebook. These forward thinking companies have opened their “kimonos” so to speak, shedding light on their ... (Read Full Article)

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For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom

Explore The New York Times (May 10 2011)

...ocus of energy, investment and anxiety for corporations including AT&T;, Verizon, Apple, Google and Facebook. Microsoft is betting that Skype can help change its fortunes. Skype is a leader in Internet voice ......er than dedicated phone landlines or cell tower networks. Skype has had a bumpy ride as a business. EBay bought it for $2.6 billion in 2005, and then sold most of it to a private investors’ group ... (Read Full Article)

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Morning Tech Wrap: Microsoft, Skype, Google

Explore Forbes.com Blogs (May 10 2011)

Microsoft is in talks to buy Skype from eBay and the internet telephone services's founders for between $7 billion and $8 billion, according to ......ver 102 million registered members and has carved its niche as a site to make business connections. Facebook, the social networking site with around 600 million members, would cause “pandemonium” if it ever w... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   New York Times   Apple   The New York Times

Facebook Turns to A Little Solar For Its Data Center

Explore GigaOM (Apr 17 2011) Solar

Facebook Turns to A Little Solar For Its Data CenterGigaOmAt Green:Net Google and Yahoo will discuss their g......to apples, but just to give you an indicator) according to a 2009 MIT study, 16,000 servers used by eBay are thought to use 60,000 MWh per year. Forty thousand servers used by Akamai are thought to use 17... (Read Full Article)

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Twitter makes major investment in IT infrastructure, hires eBay VP of Technical Ops Mazen Rawashdeh

Explore greenm3.com (Mar 23 2011) Cloud Computing

...eh Moves To Twitter As VP Of Ops 17 hours ago Twitter has confirmed that seven year eBay veteran Mazen Rawashdeh will be replacing Nick Heyman as VP of Operations at the 400 person strong ......had let go of its previous Manager of Operations, Nick Heyman, in December. Heyman was a veteran of Facebook, Playdom and Zazzle. For those of you who don’t know Mazen here is information you ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   Facebook   eBay

Energy Efficiency Guide: Data Center Temperature

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...companies to operate servers in warmer environments. Even a data center user in the Middle East and eBay in Phoenix go without chillers. Both Google and Microsoft operate facilities without chillers, usin......he chillers, reducing the amount of energy required to cool the water and thus saving energy costs. Facebook retooled the cooling system in one of its existing data centers in Santa Clara, Calif., and trimmed... (Read Full Article)

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