Why Facebook’s IPO is Good for the Data Center Industry

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 18 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...nternet infrastructure. Facebook’s requirements don’t yet match the scale required by Microsoft and Google. But its costs are also lower because it originally opted to lease space. The social network curren......ts IPO filing. “We are investing in additional Facebook-owned data centers in the United States and Europe and we aim to deliver Facebook products rapidly and reliably to all users around the world.” (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Nasdaq

Hitch a ride through Google's cloud

Explore Technology News (May 15 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing

Google animation shows what happens when Gmail users press send. Behind the scenes are secured and energy-......said. Her corporate e-mail is nearby in Silicon Valley but her personal Gmail is actually hosted in Europe because it provides the optimal performance, she said. Engineers track data, such as average respon... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   InfoWorld

Updated: Nordics emerge as top green datacentre location

Explore businessgreen.com (Apr 30 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...ise of the Nordics, which may in the future dilute the market share from the traditional centres in Europe," said Keith Inglis, partner in the European datacentre advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield. "Google has built a facility in Hamina, Finland, and Facebook is constructing a substantial new datacentre ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers

Explore The New York Times (Apr 30 2012)

...his is just the beginning,” Mr. Engman said. “What we want is to be the hub for all data traffic in Europe.”As computing moves to the cloud, where music, photos and other data are stored on remote computers......d hardened snow, a future hub of Facebook’s global data traffic is taking shape. Add to Portfolio * Google Inc Go to your Portfolio » Scaffolding still clings to its exterior, but ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   The New York Times   Iceland

Green Data Centers: Is It Worth Running a “Losing” Race?

Explore Triple Pundit (Apr 26 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ve alternately held up the world’s largest IT companies and data center operators, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, for public applause or chastisement based on their energy usage, energy policies and......) of just under 30 percent between 2011 and 2016. Double-digit revenue growth is also projected for Europe and North America (CAGRs of almost 27 percent for both markets).” Is it possible to “go green” fast... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

Letter to Ballmer, Bezos, Cook: Go to Iceland

Explore SmartPlanet (Apr 20 2012)

...ive your cloud computing operations. It says that compared to other big IT companies like Facebook, Google and Yahoo, you use too much coal and nuclear, and not enough “renewable” power. “Three of the large......rd of in a world of volatile fossil fuel energy prices. It has good high-speed fiber connections to Europe and North America, which are set to get even better when League City, Texas-based Emerald Atlantis ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

Google building a new data center in Taiwan

Explore TechRepublic (Apr 5 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...region after Hong Kong and Singapore, and joins six such facilities in the United States and two in Europe. The move by Google to establish new data centers in Asia reflects the growing number of Internet users in this region,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google

High-speed transatlantic cable to pitch Ireland against Iceland as data haven

Explore Irish Independent (Mar 25 2012)

...energy-hungry data centres down. That has partly prompted tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google to site major data centre facilities here. Last month, Microsoft said it would spend close to €100m......ic locations. Iceland has sought to reinvent itself as a safe and secure data haven halfway between Europe and North America as it recovers from the economic meltdown after the failure of the country's top ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Europe

Cloud computing = green it....right?!

Explore Billing and OSS World (Mar 21 2012)

...garners headlines. Some examples from the past year are Facebook's Open Compute Project Initiative, Google's Solar initiatives andIvanpah Solar Electric Generating System (“largest solar energy project in t......ight?! 39 minutes ago Comments Posted in Blog, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, North America, Europe Print Peter Caron By Peter Caron We all know that green IT can only be built with cloud technology.... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Helping the Hooch with water conservation at our Douglas County data center

Explore The Business Insider (Mar 15 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling

... Atlanta and down into Alabama before emptying out into the Gulf of Mexico. Those of us who work in Google’s Douglas County, Ga. datacenter have a special fondness for the Chattahoochee because it’s an inte...... Sports Page Select (sample) Politix Select (sample) The Life Select (sample) Tools Select (sample) Europe Select (sample) Your Money Select (sample) Enterprise Select (sample) Advertising Select (sample) G... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google

Data Center Pulse IDs Top 10 Industry Challenges

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

...ionally 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 p......es of electricity. Data Center Pulse sees potential for progress in approaches that have worked in Europe, where renewable power is more readily available than in the U.S. These include focusing business d... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Yahoo

Hi-tech firms make savings out of thin (cool) air

Explore Irish Examiner (Mar 2 2012) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

Everyone knows firms like Google, Microsoft and Dell locate to Ireland for our low corporate tax rate and skilled workforce, but our......olant costs," explained Anthony Quigley, director of the Cloud Computing Solution Centre for Dell’s Europe, Middle East & Africa Regional Headquarters in Raheen, Limerick. Ireland’s "free cool air" essentia... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Dell

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of Feb. 24th

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 25 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

...atts of capacity to its data center in Dublin, Ireland, which powers its online services throughout Europe and the Middle East, the company said today. The new expansion will feature enhancements of energy ......5 Partners. The announcement is the latest in a series of data center wins for the state, including Google, Facebook and Apple. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Europe   Google

Iceland hopes to export energy via datacentres

Explore ZDNet UK (Feb 10 2012)

...rt. Some utility companies are working on high-voltage undersea powercables to deliver the power to Europe, but it will be years before this happens, ZDNet UK understands. Iceland has ambitions to become ma......y... I think he's referring specifically to Android apps, as Apple do regulate their App Store, but Google seem to let any old crap onto the Android store! Keep the crap apps out?! How will they ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Iceland   Europe

Digital route forward

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Feb 9 2012)

...e having our conversation looks out on what is probably one of the most vibrant digital clusters in Europe. In front of us, construction is advancing on Google's €75m data centre. Down the road is Microsoft's €1bn data centre that serves its cloud businesses ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Intel   Google

DRT to build in Irish data center park

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

... Telecity, which last year said it is more than doubling available power to its Dublin data center. Google also announced plans last year to build a 75m euro data center at the park, which covers 100 acres....... in the park which offers data center ready sites with access to multiple telecom routes connecting Europe and the US. DRT’s VP of Sales Adam Levine said like many other companies that ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Microsoft Corp

2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing

...539 sq-metre facility at Greenhills Industrial Estate in Dublin 24 to expand its cloud footprint in Europe. In September, Google revealed it will invest €75m in a new data centre that will generate 30 full-time and 200 construct... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Are Clouds Green?

Explore BBC - Homepage (Dec 20 2011)

...tes - every click uses energy somewhere. But a new breed of data centres is opening up in northern Europe - cooled by the chilly air and powered by cheap renewable energy. Facebook became the latest compa...... former NATO air base which now houses the first zero carbon data centre in the world, and speak to Google about what they're doing to reduce the footprint of their operations. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Beijing hopes to dominate cloud computing with “Cloud Valley”

Explore SmartPlanet (Dec 16 2011) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

American firms like Amazon and Google may have pioneered cloud computing, but Beijing’s city government hopes the industry will head east......Valley’s engineers have returned to China after working for IT firms and universities in the US and Europe, and Supercloud’s CEO studied computing in California. The Valley has managed to attract foreign fi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Google

France, for a Moment, Becomes Focus of Digital Optimism

Explore The New York Times (Dec 11 2011)

...antitrust regulators, and Paris, where he opened the Internet giant’s new headquarters for southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Google’s move from a plain office building into a palatial, 107,640-square-foot building that o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Europe   Google

Ireland/Iceland Atlantic cable aims for data jobs

Explore 1450 WHTC Holland's Hometown Station (Dec 1 2011)

...land are seeking to fuel their hard-hit economies and exploit their position on the western edge of Europe with new data centers to be connected via a new, $300 million transatlantic telecoms cable by 2013....... will help it to benefit from its renewable hydro and geothermal energy resources for data centers. Google Inc is building a data center in Dublin and Microsoft Corp already has one in the city. The ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Ireland/Iceland to lay Atlantic cable

Explore businessworld.ie (Dec 1 2011) Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Networking

...land are seeking to fuel their hard-hit economies and exploit their position on the western edge of Europe with new data centres to be connected via a new, USD300 million transatlantic telecoms cable by 201...... will help it to benefit from its renewable hydro and geothermal energy resources for data centres. Google is building a data centre in Dublin and Microsoft already has one in the city. The centres would ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

New Approaches to the Green Data Center

Explore itbusinessedge.com (Nov 24 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Wind

... in 2014, the center will consume about 120 MW in order to handle the traffic needs of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Facebook facility is only one of a number of new constructs that w......hat the abundance of trees on the property will actually make it carbon negative. At the same time, Google is investing heavily in wind energy production, a move that it hopes ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Gartner   Google

Google Agrees to Allow Owners of Wi-Fi Routers to Opt Out of Database

Explore The New York Times (Nov 15 2011)

...y restrict how companies that do business on the Internet can collect and manipulate personal data. Google ran afoul of data protection officials from Europe to Hong Kong when it acknowledged that its Street View mapping vehicles had collected private data ... (Read Full Article)

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