Facebook Turns to A Little Solar For Its Data Center

Explore GigaOM (Apr 17 2011) Solar

..., a very small amount of solar compared to the sizable power needs of its data center. According to Data Center Knowledge, Facebook has built a 100 kW solar panel array, which will produce 204,000 kilowatt hours of solar ......rison’s sake (these aren’t apples to apples, but just to give you an indicator) according to a 2009 MIT study, 16,000 servers used by eBay are thought to ... (Read Full Article)

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Big Data Is Big Business

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 19 2010) Cloud Computing

... and development behind the casino card counting systems, taking in data from all sources including MIT grads featured in the book titled Bringing Down the House and later the movie, 21. Jonas shares som......s about the era of big data and recent acquisitions in the analytics and data warehousing industry. Data Center Knowledge reported on IBM’s acquisition of Netezza for $1.7 billion in cash, just after Oracle ... (Read Full Article)

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Will Thermoelectric Servers Power Greener Data Centers?

Explore Earth2Tech (Aug 17 2010) Servers

...nto power. Applied Methodologies Inc. has been working on the concept since 2007, and recently told Data Center Knowledge that it’s seeking funding — and an eventual partnership with a major server manufacturer — to bring......ectric materials that conduct electricity but not heat. In March, researchers at Boston College and MIT announced that they had achieved a major thermoelectric efficiency increase in bismuth telluride b... (Read Full Article)

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