Iceland Exports Energy as Data

Explore Technology Review (Apr 11 2012) Cloud Computing

... an edge. Greenpeace last year published a report excoriating major tech firms, including Apple and Facebook, for relying on coal and nuclear energy to power server farms. "We see this infrastruscture being q......ud computing operation that bills itself as "100% carbon neutral." However, Verne marketing manager Lisa Rhodes says it's "still debatable" whether green energy will be a major selling point. She says Verne, who... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Iceland   Europe

What's behind Iceland's first major data center

Explore ITworld (Oct 14 2011)

...rs. The article pointed out that an undisclosed “major U.S. Internet company, widely believed to be Facebook, is planning to build a giant data center outside the town center of Luleå,” in Sweden. It was arou......very, via Verne Global’s Icelandic data center facility. I had the chance to interview executives – Lisa Rhodes, VP of marketing and sales for Verne Global, and Sean McAvan, Datapipe’s VP of ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Iceland

Six ways to cool your data centre efficiently and cheaply

Explore features.techworld.com (Sep 5 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...t to be in a cool dry geography with cheap power, like parts of the Pacific NorthWest, for example, Facebook's data centre in Oregon. Or in a very dry place, where you can get very efficient evaporative cooli......11, powered entirely by a combination of hydroelectric sources and geothermal sources, according to Lisa Rhodes, VP Marketing and Sales at Verne Global. About 80% of the power will come from ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Iceland   Forrester Research

Six energy-efficient data center practices How vendors and industry groups are confronting the challenge of data center power and cooling in new and unusual ways.

Explore ITworld (Aug 23 2011)

...rns, or the cost of power, cooling and space. [8 radical ways to cut data center power costs and Facebook's 'green' data center design to have ripple effect] Here's a look at how vendors, industry group......-- powered entirely by a combination of hydro-electric sources and geothermal sources, according to Lisa Rhodes, VP Marketing and Sales, Verne Global. (About 80% of the power will come from hydro-electric.) Ma... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Iceland   Forrester Research

Green Data Centers Are Where It's At

Explore TechNewsWorld (Apr 20 2011)

... attractively priced renewable energy, make it the perfect environment for locating a data center," Lisa Rhodes, VP of sales and marketing at Verne Global, told TechNewsWorld. "Verne has designed its campus to m......All of the specs and designs for the center are available online at the Open Compute Project, which Facebook intends to be a hub for exchanging ideas that could trigger energy-efficiency improvements. Which C... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Cisco   Verne Global

Industry Trends: Part 2 - Business Efficiencies, Regulation, and Security Risk Management

Explore Data Center Post (Feb 23 2011)

...ting that we turn the tables and focus on energy efficient monitoring and impending regulation. - Lisa Rhodes, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Verne Global (www.verneglobal.com), says: A couple weeks ...... generate electricity and is now caught up in a battle to “Unfriend Coal” and embrace clean energy. Facebook’s rationale has been that they have a very low PUE and because of it, boasted that they were ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Verne Global

Data Center Greenwashing? Time Will Tell If It Was

Explore Relocate (Apr 29 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

...ter Greenwashing? Time Will Tell If It Was Time Well Spent Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:57 Written by Lisa Rhodes E-mail Print PDF Every year around Earth Day, countless individuals and organizations look to make ...... no scientific evidence that CO2 is a pollutant.” The ambitious non-profit group, which has its own Facebook page of loyal followers, would like you to believe that the higher CO2 levels we have today ... (Read Full Article)

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