How Go Daddy Keeps 52 Million Domains Humming

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 17 2012) Construction

... data centers in Los Angeles, Chicago and Ashburn, Virginia, along with international facilities in Amsterdam and Singapore. Data Center Knowledge recently went inside the company’s huge primary data center in......mpt social media sites encourage users to encrypt their visits, a step already taken by Twitter and Facebook. “There’s a movement out there to require SSL,” said Thayer. “I think over time we’re likely to see... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland Exports Energy as Data

Explore Technology Review (Apr 11 2012) Cloud Computing

... of the longest existing undersea power link, which stretches 580 kilometers between Norway and the Netherlands. Last year, a study by Landsvirkjun, Iceland's state-owned energy company, concluded that the cable...... 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... (Read Full Article)

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Top 5 places to build a new data center

Explore GigaOM (Dec 10 2011) Cloud Computing

...uild a new data center By Jim Latimer, CentriLogic Dec. 10, 2011, 9:00am PT 1 Comment * Tweet * * * Facebook Data Center Future data center expansion will be happening in developing markets like China, Brazil...... center world because of its ease of access to the rest of Europe and its friendly environment. The Netherlands provides a strong, clean power infrastructure. For North Americans, it’s also the only mainland Eur... (Read Full Article)

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'Unfriend Coal' Campaign Moves Facebook to Go Greener

Explore Green Technology (Oct 27 2011)

Following a 20-month crusade by Greenpeace urging users to give Facebook (News - Alert) the “cold shoulder” because of its fossil-fueled data centers, the social networking......gid arctic air and 100 percent renewable energy sources to keep its operations running smoothly. Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International — the largest independent direct-action environmental organization ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook to build server farm: Q&A

Explore Telegraph.co.uk (Oct 26 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

Facebook is to build a multi-million pound server farmer on the edge of the Arctic circle to house all its c......arms? Google probably has the most farms, with about 12 different large farms in the US, two in The Netherlands, one in Belgium and one in Finland. How much power do they burn? The world’s servers consumed betwe... (Read Full Article)

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What green really means for colos

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Sep 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing

...past five years have gained attention because they are considered ‘green’. You only have to look at Facebook, Google and Yahoo!, all of which are using innovative and environmentally friendly cooling, buildin......nters down the green path. Governments are also focusing more on energy efficiency, not only in the Netherlands but elsewhere around the world. In Amsterdam, for example, if you want to have a data center build approved, you ... (Read Full Article)

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Level 3 Certifies Three Green Data Centres

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Sep 5 2011) Solar , Wind

...based communications services provider said it has received certifications from energy providers in Holland and the UK affirming that one of its colocation centres in Amsterdam and two in London now receive all commercial electric power from renewable energy sources. Those in......ording to Level 3. Level 3 Certifies Three Green Data Centres September 5, 2011 by Matthew Broersma Facebook Green Data Centre Building 43 Prineville top Tweet One Level ... (Read Full Article)

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IBM And EU Developing Cloud Consortium

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jul 8 2010) Cloud Computing

...es of cloud systems * By: Chris Preimesberger * July 8, 2010 Tags:Cloud, EU, IBM Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to LinkedIn Add to reddit Add to Slashdot Add to Stumble Upon Add to Technorati Add to Twitter ......aly; Imperial College Of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK; Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands; University of Tartu, Estonia; Indra Software Labs SLU, Spain; Collibra NV, Belgium.” Laser Focus ... (Read Full Article)

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Greening the Internet: How much CO2 does this article produce?

Explore news.myjoyonline.com (Jul 12 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...ssive buildings housing hundreds, if not thousands, of power hungry servers storing everything from Facebook photos and YouTube videos to company web sites and personal emails -- are often labeled as the wors......tes and then purchase renewable energy certificates based on their sites' monthly carbon footprint. Netherlands-based Cleanbits lobbies web sites to go green by either by purchasing carbon offsets or switching t... (Read Full Article)

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Amazon Adds Cloud Data Center in Virginia

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 23 2009) Construction

... contractors who already have relationships with federal customers. While other cloud builders like Facebook add computing capacity by leasing turn-key “wholesale” data center space to save time and money, Am......J.), Palo Alto, Seattle and St. Louis. The company also has international data center operations in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Amazon revealed those locations as part of its Clo... (Read Full Article)

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