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Articles mentioning both Greenpeace and Microsoft Corp

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1. Tech Giants, Facing Pressure for a Clean Cloud, Make it Rain with Green Data Centers
  
  Explore news.thomasnet.com May 29 2012 Construction , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Solar , Wind
  
  ...ists climbed to the top of Amazon’s new headquarters in Seattle — which conveniently stands right across from Microsoft’s headquarters — and hung a banner that read, “Amazon, Microsoft: how clean is your cloud?” (The stu...
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2. 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
  
  ... a grid-independent data centers powered by fuel cells directly supplied with biogas. To provide the biogas, Microsoft is exploring siting data centers at landfills and wastewater treatment plants. AT&T and NTT America...
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3. Apple's iCloud Data Center to Use Only Green Power
  
  Explore eweek.com May 19 2012 Construction , Fuel Cell , Geothermal , Solar
  
  ...combination of solar power, green fuel cells and other sources of renewable energy. Apple, a recent target of Greenpeace for its reliance on coal energy to power its data centers, is making a push to bring renewable and ...
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4. Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a 'Killer App' for Green Power? Part 1
  
  Explore Renewable Energy World May 18 2012 Construction , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers
  
  ...tal power requirements. Last month, Greenpeace launched a series of coordinated protests at Amazon, Apple and Microsoft locations to draw attention to the companies’ use of GHG intensive fuels in powering their data cent...
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5. In praise (yes praise) of the data center big boys by Doug Mohney
  
  Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT May 16 2012
  
  ...l follow its example, but it has a tough job ahead. Having been tarred and feathered on numerous occasions in Greenpeace drive-by PR papers, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are actually making forward progress in the batt...
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6. Microsoft gets earth-friendly, goes carbon neutral
  
  Explore Technology News May 9 2012 Construction , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing
  
  ... has become more energy efficient over the last year. (Credit: Microsoft) Weeks after coming under fire from Greenpeace advocates for using excessive energy for cloud computing, Microsoft announced it will become carbon...
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7. Greenpeace questions the green in clouds
  
  Explore ITworld May 1 2012 Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar
  
  ... the facility will draw about 20 megawatts of electricity, not the 100 megawatts that Greenpeace alleged. The Greenpeace article does cite what it deems are positive examples, including the new carbon-neutral data center...
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8. Apple is (finally) confirmed as Bloom Energy's customer
  
  Explore GigaOM Apr 30 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Emissions , Fuel Cell , Solar
  
  ...gas emitted by decomposing organic waste). An increasing number of Internet companies, like Apple, Google and Microsoft, are experimenting with turning to biogas as an emerging source to power part of their data centers ...
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9. Apple promises to build 100 percent green data center
  
  Explore Ubergizmo Apr 27 2012 Construction
  
  ...n’t know what the actual “mix” of energy will be. You’ve probably read our previous post a few days ago about Greenpeace’s claim that Apple is using “dirty” 19th century coal energy to power its plant that hosts iCloud (...
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10. Green Data Centers: Is It Worth Running a “Losing” Race?
  
  Explore Triple Pundit Apr 26 2012 Construction , Cloud Computing
  
  ...green energy efficiency gains and growing renewable energy use, Greenpeace notes. Key findings of this year’s Greenpeace report include: * Three of the largest IT companies building their business around the cloud – Amaz...
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11. Greenpeace Pranks Apple at Flagship Stores, Calls for an End to the Coal-Powered Cloud
  
  Explore TreeHugger Apr 24 2012 Power and Cooling , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell
  
  ...ming its new North Carolina data center will offset all of its power usage with fuel cells and a solar array. Greenpeace fired back, dubious of its numbers ... Brian Merchant/CC BY 3.0 Greenpeace activists loosed black b...
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12. Apple Responds To Greenpeace Criticism
  
  Explore TechWeekEurope UK Apr 24 2012 Construction , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell
  
  ...ights Reserved 0 Apple has decided not to remain silent after Greenpeace criticised it, along with Amazon and Microsoft, in a mid-April “How Clean Is Your Cloud?” report, which claimed all three heavily relied on “dirty ...
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13. What you need to know about data centers & biogas
  
  Explore GigaOM Apr 22 2012 Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing
  
  ...but still a fossil fuel) which is cheap and abundant — a small fraction of the fuel cells will use biogas. As Microsoft’s General Manager for its Data Center Services, Christian Belady, put it: the fuel cell is “a very r...
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14. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of April 20
  
  Explore Data Center Knowledge Apr 21 2012 Construction , Cloud Computing
  
  ... growing audience of more than 850 million users. Microsoft Data Plants Will Tap Landfills, Sewage for Power- Microsoft is planning a waste-powered data center that will be built on the site of a water treatment plant or...
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15. Apple and Greenpeace Trade Blows in Data Center Grudge Match
  
  Explore Wired News Apr 21 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Fuel Cell
  
  ...its facts wrong. The key sticking point is a simple question: How much energy is Apple’s data center burning? Greenpeace says 100 megawatts, while Apple says it’s only 20 megawatts. The truth may be somewhere in-between....
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16. Apple and Greenpeace in War of Words over Dirty Clouds
  
  Explore Datamation Apr 20 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing
  
  ...ter build in Prineville, Ore., Greenpeace has zeroed in on clean energy's boogeyman, coal. "Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are powering their growing 21st-century clouds with dirty, 19th-century coal energy," writes Greenpe...
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17. Letter to Ballmer, Bezos, Cook: Go to Iceland
  
  Explore SmartPlanet Apr 20 2012
  
  ...npeace says in its report - How Clean is Your Cloud?. Dear Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook, As CEOs of Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, you’re probably aware that the environmental group Greenpeace this week branded e...
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18. Greenpeace's clean cloud push: Hey, they've got a point
  
  Explore Technology News Apr 20 2012 Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Wind , Cloud Computing
  
  ...r Microsoft and Amazon offices. Greenpeace makes a splash in Seattle by hanging this sign off a building near Microsoft and Amazon offices. (Credit: Greenpeace) Commentary In its trademark smashmouth style, Greenpeace th...
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19. Greenpeace Gives Apple a Valuable Lesson in Stakeholder Engagement
  
  Explore Triple Pundit Apr 20 2012 Construction , Fuel Cell
  
  ...tion is why didn’t Apple share this information with Greenpeace in the first place? Instead of just telling Greenpeace that its calculations are wrong, Apple could also provide Greenpeace the same information they ar...
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20. Apple and Greenpeace Trade Blows in Data Center Grudge Match [Apple]
  
  Explore Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide Apr 19 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Fuel Cell
  
  ...its facts wrong. The key sticking point is a simple question: How much energy is Apple's data center burning? Greenpeace says 100 megawatts, while Apple says it's only 20 megawatts. The truth may be somewhere in-between....
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21. Cloud's dirty laundry to be aired by Greenpeace
  
  Explore crn.com.au Apr 18 2012 Construction , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell
  
  ...eport. Infrastructure > Cloud's dirty laundry to be aired by Greenpeace Cloud's dirty laundry to be aired by Greenpeace By Liam Tung on Apr 19, 2012 8:00 AM (9 hours ago) Filed under Cloud Infrastructure Tweet Comment N...
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22. Apple Defends Its Data Centers Against Greenpeace Report
  
  Explore redorbit.com Apr 18 2012 Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing
  
  ... Its Data Centers Against Greenpeace Report April 18, 2012 Repost This Apple Defends Its Data Centers Against Greenpeace Report Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Defending itself from claims from Greenpeace, Apple has dis...
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23. Web Host TurnKey Internet to Open Green Data Center in New York State
  
  Explore Web Host Industry Review Apr 18 2012 Construction , Cloud Computing
  
  ...rnet acquired Missouri-based Internet service provider KCNet. Then just last month, TurnKey added support for Microsoft’s WebMatrix website building software. Talk Back: Are you currently using a data center powered by r...
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24. Apple contests Greenpeace's coal-fired data center claims
  
  Explore macworld.com Apr 18 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell
  
  ...t its energy use and committing to use renewable energy. Amazon and Microsoft however received low marks from Greenpeace, which said both “rely heavily on dirty energy to power their clouds.” Microsoft is expanding its d...
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