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    1. Open Compute - Yes it really is radical! by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 6 2012)

      Open Compute - Yes it really is radical! by Peter Judge A couple of years back, the Facebook-led initiative, Open Compute, looked like another one of those well-meaning industry initiatives, t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Forrester Research   Google   The Green Grid

    2. Happy Earth Day? No, Let's Get Angry! by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 22 2012)

      Happy Earth Day? No, Let's Get Angry! by Peter Judge ...ed a set of Green Enterprise IT awards honouring, some very different Green IT approaches including Facebook for its Open Compute project (sharing custom-built server designs) and Bell Canada for achieving a ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Uptime Institute

    3. Amazon Queries Facebook And Apple’s Solar Plans

      Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Mar 27 2012) Construction , Solar

      Amazon Queries Facebook And Apple’s Solar Plans ...ying its rival’s solar power implementations are “somewhere between a bad idea and pure marketing.” Facebook has solar panels at its Oregon site, and Apple is planning a large solar farm at its iDataCenter in......e’s Solar Plans Solar power takes too much space, says Amazon’s James Hamilton On March 27, 2012 by Peter Judge 0 E-commerce and web company Amazon has sparked a controversy by saying ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   James Hamilton   Facebook

    4. Solar 'Storm' Hits Data Centers by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Mar 25 2012)

      Solar 'Storm' Hits Data Centers by Peter Judge ...blog, Hamilton looked at the figures behind recent solar power installations at rival data centers. Facebook’s 25MW data center at Prineville Oregon, has a 100kW solar array. Anyone giving it publicity (inclu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    5. Can open sourcing turn hardware into easyware? by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 26 2012)

      Can open sourcing turn hardware into easyware? by Peter Judge The open source server hardware idea, which Facebook popularised in its Open Compute project, is gathering speed. Customised server hardware has been ma... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Facebook   Peter Judge

    6. Nordics Launch A United Cold Front On Data Centres

      Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Feb 22 2012) Construction

      Nordics Launch A United Cold Front On Data Centres ...to create better ways to reduce the energy in data centres, which appears to have some overlap with Facebook’s Open Compute project as both aim to produce open sourced “best practice” hardware designs. So we ......s As data centre energy comes under pressure, putting your data on ice could be a good option, says Peter Judge On February 22, 2012 by Peter Judge 0 Energy use in data centres ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook   Peter Judge

    7. when the sun comes back, how much will it do for us - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jan 8 2012)

      when the sun comes back, how much will it do for us - by Peter Judge ... needed. But solar farms could have a role in providing some of the power needed by data centers. Facebook,  Apple and IBM have all made moves here, and they are not just a token gesture. However, solar m... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Nokia   Facebook

    8. Once again, Efficiency is not the same as renewable supply - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jan 2 2012) Construction , Emissions , Solar , Servers

      Once again, Efficiency is not the same as renewable supply - by Peter Judge ...he risk of talking at cross purposes. Or else you might just be deliberately fudging the issue.  Facebook and Greenpeace spent a lot of 2011 involved in just such a fruitless discussion. Facebook was delivering massive efficiency, but Greenpeace criticised it for using “dirty power”. Happily th... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Facebook   Forbes

    9. Season of goodwill for Greenpeace and Facebook - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Dec 18 2011)

      Season of goodwill for Greenpeace and Facebook - by Peter Judge ...es in future siting decisions, and lobby energy companies to increase the supply of clean energy to Facebook’s data centers. It will research clean energy options for data centers, and its existing Open Compu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Facebook   Peter Judge

    10. The Cloud And The Client: Apple’s Green Dilemma

      Explore da.feedsportal.com (Dec 14 2011) Fossil Fuel

      The Cloud And The Client: Apple’s Green Dilemma ...sly for wasting energy at the client, and burning coal-fired power in its iCloud data centres, says Peter Judge Last week’s story that Apple may be planning a data centre in Oregon, near Facebook’s controversial location, may turn out to be a rumour, or may be reality. Either way, it was a time... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Facebook

    11. Modular Data Centres: Nerdy But Cool

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 16 2011) Construction , Servers

      Modular Data Centres: Nerdy But Cool Containers got backing this week from Swedish designers and data centre nerds, says Peter Judge. How can they fail? Modular data centres, once seen as inefficient compared compared with bespoke ......ver farm which would include 100 server Modules with 3500 racks. “It not only looks cooler than the Facebook server farm (recently announced in Sweden), it´s more secure and costs half the price,” claims MDC’... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   Facebook   Peter Judge

    12. why Moonshot matters - by peter judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 6 2011)

      why Moonshot matters - by peter judge ...ing web services, social media and simple content delivery applications”. In other words, Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, all the big players where the data center action is. If Moonshot hits its target,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Intel

    13. face book's gone renewable - but not because of greenpeace - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 30 2011)

      face book's gone renewable - but not because of greenpeace - by Peter Judge ... Northern Sweden. According to some of the links we’ve put on this blog, this is a turning point in Facebook’s attitude, and a big step for green data centers. Obviously, this is a data center which doesn’t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Europe   Facebook

    14. Green Data Centres Will Be Measured On Money

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 12 2011)

      Green Data Centres Will Be Measured On Money PUE and other efficiency measures are useful, but data centre owners are chasing money now, says Peter Judge Efficient data centres have always made an effort to meet commercial needs – but I think the econo......ipse the “green” side. The move to the cloud is driving this, I think. “Cloud-based services [like Facebook and Google], have the ability to build efficient data centres in locations where there is cheap pow... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   Google

    15. Slower Disks will save the world (or $$) by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Aug 29 2011)

      Slower Disks will save the world (or $$) by Peter Judge I’ve been a fan of Facebook’s OpenCompute project for a while - and it’s come up with a simple and elegant idea that could make... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Western Digital   Facebook

    16. don't assume the cloud is green - read the fine print, by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Aug 8 2011)

      don't assume the cloud is green - read the fine print, by Peter Judge ...cused on doing things cheaply, so it’s is very likely that you will find your cloud provider - like Facebook - is using fossil power. Reports like this can make it sound too easy. If you don’t ask more pene... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Facebook   Peter Judge

    17. Possible truce For Greenpeace and data centers - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jul 5 2011)

      Possible truce For Greenpeace and data centers - by Peter Judge ...ess energy, because that actually cuts greenhouse emissions, and stops perpetuating a bad system. Facebook may have saved itself millions by siting its data center in Oregon. The overall savings may be $25 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Europe

    18. green benchmarks and bacon sandwiches - by peter judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jun 27 2011)

      green benchmarks and bacon sandwiches - by peter judge ...be completely different from someone else’s. Not just from some moral point of view (don’t count in Facebook, because that’s just people goofing off) but from other angles too. One user may want a server t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Facebook   Peter Judge

    19. Green benchmarks: The war between simple and useful

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jun 20 2011)

      Green benchmarks: The war between simple and useful ...Is spam filtering at the PC useful, or is it wasteful because it should have been done upstream? Is Facebook useful or wasteful? The second problem is a bit more mathematical. Apply an analytical mind to th... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   The Green Grid   Facebook   Peter Judge

    20. Green it is about people not processors - by peter judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 16 2011)

      Green it is about people not processors - by peter judge ...ted Trojans; it’s about stupid people clicking on links they think are safe because they are inside Facebook. I think Green IT is due for a people-not-technology moment. In data centers, greater efficiency ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook   Peter Judge

    21. Things get fluid- both servers and leadership- By Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 9 2011)

      Things get fluid- both servers and leadership- By Peter Judge ... agenda. Everything is fluid, if you like. Firstly, Jonathan Heiliger, the vice president who led Facebook’s Open Compute initiative (among other things) left the social media giant. Why would he do that? ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Europe   Kevin Timmons

    22. greenpeace shifts its sights to apple - by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 25 2011)

      greenpeace shifts its sights to apple - by Peter Judge ...s ranked as “dirtiest”.  For more than a year, Greenpeace has been engaged in a campaign against Facebook and its use of coal-fired electricity. It challenged it to move to clean electricity before Earth D... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    23. Facebook’s Open Compute Gets Discussion Going

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 13 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

      Facebook’s Open Compute Gets Discussion Going ...green data centre ideas, it also opened up a big discussion which could provide more benefits, says Peter Judge Last week Facebook opened up its green data centre technology to other companies. It also started a discussion forum –... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Facebook   Peter Judge

    24. facebook and greenpeace, why can't they be friends? by Peter Judge

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 11 2011)

      facebook and greenpeace, why can't they be friends? by Peter Judge The war between Facebook and Greenpeace over green power in data centers took a couple of new twists in the past week, and l... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Facebook

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