1. Articles mentioning both LEED and Microsoft Corp

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    1. What Are the Top 10 Green IT Strategies?

      Explore Cloud Computing Journal (Mar 6 2012) Cloud Computing

      What Are the Top 10 Green IT Strategies? ...perience in sales and information technology areas. For the last year, he has been training for the LEED Certification and is part of the working group setting the standard for Green IT (GBMM). Mr. Jones ...... previous version of CloudBerry Backup that would... As CEO Steve Ballmer has noted more than once, Microsoft’s future plans see the company going “all in” with the cloud. The company’s cloud play, Azure ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Barack Obama   Fibre Channel

    2. Vantage Expands With Project in Quincy

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 27 2011) Construction , Hydro

      Vantage Expands With Project in Quincy ... Quincy, a major data center hub in central Washington state that is already home to facilities for Microsoft, Yahoo and Intuit, with Sabey and Dell also building new data centers. * Vantage Expands With Pro......le in the United States. The facility is being designed to achieve Platinum certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system for energy efficient buildings. Vantage has earned LEED Platinum certification for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Yahoo   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   LEED

    3. Google keeps its Googlers going via green buildings

      Explore siliconrepublic.com (Aug 19 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Solar

      ...ments of 10 top global cloud companies, including Google, Akamai, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo! At the time, Apple topped the league for its reliance on coal power (54.5pc), c......to help us track progress toward our goals — which meet or exceed the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED standards." In conclusion, Ravitz pointed to how the Google global team would be redefining their ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    4. Sabey Breaks Ground on Huge Quincy Project

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 4 2011) Construction , Hydro

      ...ton that benefits from cheap hydro-electric power and a climate that’s ideal for fresh air cooling. Microsoft and Yahoo recently completed the first phases of major expansions in Quincy, while Dell just broke ......sales tax which continues to benefit the area. Sabey Data Centers recently completed leasing of its LEED Gold certified Building B at Intergate.Columbia, bringing the campus to full occupancy. Due to the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Yahoo   Sabey Corp.   LEED

    5. NSA building $896M supercomputing center

      Explore Security news (Apr 25 2011) Supercomputer

      NSA building $896M supercomputing center ...ppression, and alarms. Power requirements are 60 megawatts, equivalent to the power requirements of Microsoft's recently completed 700,000 square foot data center in Chicago, which itself is one of the largest......equirements, the facility will be built as efficiently as possible, with the goal of attaining a LEED Silver certification by conserving water, energy, and materials. The High Performance Computing Cen... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED   NSA   Microsoft Corp

    6. Facebook is the Poster Child for Carbon in the Data Center Industry

      Explore greenm3.com (Nov 15 2010)

      Facebook is the Poster Child for Carbon in the Data Center Industry ...rs in World, hosted in about 10 colocation sites mainly in Santa Clara and Ashburn, VA. Google and Microsoft have more servers in more locations, but Greenpeace and other environmentalists don't find these co......easier to discuss Green Data Centers. Go Facebook!!! Keep on telling the environmentalist your PUE, LEED building certification, energy efficient servers and your chiller-less cooling system. People will ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Yahoo

    7. South Hill Data Center Named NAIOP Technology Development of the Year

      Explore Relocate (Nov 11 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

      South Hill Data Center Named NAIOP Technology Development of the Year ... product, sustainability and other market criteria. Other technology properties nominated included Microsoft’s Studios West Campus. Read more about cost by Press Release South Hill Data Center Named NAIOP ......y efficiency and an enviably low 1.32 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). South Hill has been built to LEED Gold and Energy Star quality standards. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED   Microsoft Corp

    8. Large New Tenant for Sabey in Wenatchee

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 11 2010) Construction

      Large New Tenant for Sabey in Wenatchee ...ding the tax base for local government.” In the months following the passage of the tax incentives, Microsoft has begun building a second data center in Quincy, and Dell has purchased land in Quincy in connect......des large data centers for T-Mobile and VMware. The new tenant is located in building B, which is a LEED Gold certified building shell. With the latest lease, Intergate.Columbia is 92 percent occupied ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED   Dell   Microsoft Corp

    9. Emerson Cuts Power Use across Data Centers by 50%

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Oct 28 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Emerson Cuts Power Use across Data Centers by 50% ...imately 80 percent of construction waste from landfills, helped the Emerson Global Data Center earn LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High-Performance ......ed on redesigning their data centers as a key way to reduce energy consumption. As another example, Microsoft’s latest sustainability report reveals that its data centers now consume 50 percent less energy tha... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   LEED   Microsoft Corp

    10. Microsoft Citizenship Report: Data Centers consume 50% Less Energy

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Oct 22 2010) Emissions

      Microsoft Citizenship Report: Data Centers consume 50% Less Energy Microsoft has opened new data centers that consume 50 percent less energy than those built three years ago, a......s projected electricity savings of up to 47 million kWh. The company also targets silver or greater LEED standards for its buildings, which typically consume 20 percent less energy than traditional buildi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Uptime Institute   LEED   Microsoft Corp

    11. Growth of Biomass energy plants is a new source for a Green/Low Carbon Data Center,

      Explore greenm3.com (May 27 2010)

      Growth of Biomass energy plants is a new source for a Green/Low Carbon Data Center, ... with his Android Phone, made me think who would have thought a Phone made Apple more valuable than Microsoft | Main May 27, 2010 Growth of Biomass energy plants is a new source for a Green/Low Carbon Data Cen...... he made million dollar mistakes. This is why people glowingly promote their data centers as being LEED certified and top efficiency, because it directly reflects on how smart they are. Beware ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Google

    12. Leed - the Logo Program for a Green Data Center? Not necessarily

      Explore greenm3.com (Apr 22 2010) Construction

      Leed - the Logo Program for a Green Data Center? Not necessarily ... listing those data centers that make others feel like they need to spend a bunch of money to put a LEED logo on their building. I've watched this go on for years when I worked at Microsoft and had various roles in Windows Logo Programs.  Microsoft was able to work the system as vendors knew their customers expect a Windows Logo on the box.  Whic... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cornell University   LEED   Microsoft Corp

    13. Inside Microsoft's New 'Purpose-Built' Data Lab

      Explore greenercomputing.com (Sep 10 2009) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Inside Microsoft's New 'Purpose-Built' Data Lab ...uting capability and speed up the research process. That, at least, is the hope that lies behind Microsoft's new 57,000 square foot Redmond Ridge 1 computing facility, which opened in July and which I toure...... 1.24 puts Redmond Ridge among the most efficient facilities out there. The lab, which was built to LEED Silver standards, is a highly efficient facility. It was constructed to hold 48 standalone ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED   Microsoft Corp

    14. eBay's sustainable data center

      Explore Going Green (Aug 24 2009) Power and Cooling

      eBay's sustainable data center ... Management-led initiatives: Constructing state-of-the-art green office buildings. For example, its LEED certified building in San Jose is currently the city’s largest solar installation. Sustainability...... it comes to sustainability. Olivier was quick to point out that other companies such as Google and Microsoft were also at the forefront of sharing goals, targets and best practices. This is a good start, but ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   The Green Grid   LEED

    15. Data Centers Power Up Savings With Renewable Energy

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Jul 29 2009) Solar , Wind

      Data Centers Power Up Savings With Renewable Energy ...lity, and projects that it will gain Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for energy efficient buildings. Codding Enterprises also noted that Sonoma Mountain ......e Data’s 10,000-square-foot facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming that runs primarily on wind energy, while Microsoft has demonstrated wind-powered containers packed with servers. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel   LEED   CA

    16. How to Be Virtually Green

      Explore greenercomputing.com (Jun 26 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      How to Be Virtually Green ...nter with lower capacity utilization when peak capacity is being approached. Some case studies from Microsoft show that virtualization can lower capital expenditure for computing needs by up to 80 percent. Obv...... those machines, plus all of the fans, chillers, pumps, etc. needed to keep them cool. As the newly LEED-certified Digital Realty Trust project in Santa Clara, Calif., shows, virtualization is just the be... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IBM   LEED   Microsoft Corp

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