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    1. Green Data Centers: Is It Worth Running a “Losing” Race?

      Explore Triple Pundit (Apr 26 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

      Green Data Centers: Is It Worth Running a “Losing” Race? ...ely held up the world’s largest IT companies and data center operators, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, for public applause or chastisement based on their energy usage, energy policies and environmental......t based on their energy usage, energy policies and environmental and social responsibility. Yet, as Pike Research points out in a new report, the path to green data centers is an evolutionary process, one that ind... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    2. Iceland, Data-Center Hub?

      Explore BusinessWeek (Mar 29 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

      Iceland, Data-Center Hub? ...enters. Investment in energy efficient server farms will climb to $41 billion by 2015, according to Pike Research. “Iceland happens to be a rare spot on the earth where there is a convergence of attributes that ti......turn on Data * Who Do You Trust More with Your Data: Facebook or a Bank? Companies Mentioned * MSFT Microsoft Corp + $32.12 USD + -0.07 + -0.22% * GOOG Google Inc + $648.41 USD ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    3. Renewable Energy May be Edison's Revenge

      Explore moneynews.com (Dec 20 2011) Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Renewable Energy May be Edison's Revenge ...t's going to take at least 50 years," says Peter Asmus, a senior analyst at Boulder, Colorado-based Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm in global clean technology. But "the role of DC will increas......urplus heat to the city's homes. IBM has designed a solar array to power its Bangalore data center. Microsoft has filed a patent application for a wind-powered data center. Direct current may ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Edison   Netherlands

    4. How Green Is The Cloud?

      Explore UK Business News, UK Financial News (Nov 8 2011) Cloud Computing

      How Green Is The Cloud? ... center energy consumption being cut by one-third by 2020, according to the green tech analyst firm Pike Research. “What used to sit on a single sever is now being shared at a multi-tenant ...and more » How Green ....... When all of this work moves into the cloud, it gets consolidated by companies like Google and Microsoft that have spent many years optimizing their data centers to be energy efficient. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Pike Research   Microsoft Corp

    5. Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savings

      Explore Reuters.com (Jul 22 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savingsReutersThere's a reason AT&T and Microsoft are looking into the energy efficiency of cloud computing: they sell cloud computing services. Othe......s per year by 2020. The Verdantix report isn’t the first one to deliver such a finding. Last year Pike Research found that cloud computing could lead to a 38 percent reduction in worldwide data center energy use... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Pike Research   At&T

    6. Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savings

      Explore GigaOM (Jul 21 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savings ...ons per year by 2020. The Verdantix report isn’t the first one to deliver such a finding. Last year Pike Research found that cloud computing could lead to a 38 percent reduction in worldwide data center energy use......t the growth of data center energy consumption would be without cloud computing. Another study from Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy last year found that moving business applications to ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Pike Research   At&T

    7. How Cloud Technology Can Cut Energy Costs

      Explore cnbc.com (Jun 2 2011) Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

      How Cloud Technology Can Cut Energy Costs ...ngly important factor” in green computing, says Eric Woods, an analyst with cleantech research firm Pike Research. “I think many medium-sized, and even large, data center operations will see a cloud-based servi......mento, Calif., says Bill Mannell, SGI’s VP of product marketing. Tech giants like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have built or planned data centers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest to take advant... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Pike Research

    8. Corporate America Embraces The Green Data Server

      Explore cnbc.com (Apr 21 2011)

      Corporate America Embraces The Green Data Server ...ting the amount of energy they consume, says green IT analyst Eric Woods of cleantech research firm Pike Research. He adds the introduction of more powerful, yet energy-efficient, server technology has helped by c......erage CIO. But a recent Stanford University/Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory report commissioned by HP, Microsoft and Intel predicts operating costs matching, and surpassing, capital costs for data centers by 2016... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Intel   Gartner

    9. Chief Green Officers – Ambassadors of Green IT

      Explore Information Technology News (Feb 23 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions

      Chief Green Officers – Ambassadors of Green IT ...m of translating the real benefits from going Green. Global IT infrastructure vendors like HP, EMC, Microsoft etc have played a very critical role in terms of educating the enterprise to understand the real be......xpenses and carbon emissions associated with data center operations. According to a new report from Pike Research, the investment in greener data centers will experience rapid growth over the next five years, incr... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Pike Research   Microsoft Corp

    10. The Green Data Center: A Report from the Trenches

      Explore in.reuters.com (Feb 9 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      The Green Data Center: A Report from the Trenches ...ers. There is no single technology or design model that makes a data center green. Nor can you take Microsoft or Google or any of the other mega-data center operators as a model as they are too far removed fro......art of the green data center. Photo by NeoSpire/flickr/Creative Commons Eric Woods is an analyst at Pike Research who focuses on the smart grid and green information technology ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CBI   Pike Research   Microsoft Corp

    11. Cloud Computing Will Save Energy? Not So Simple

      Explore Reuters.com (Dec 9 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Cloud Computing Will Save Energy? Not So Simple The analysts at Pike Research came out with a report this week that claims that the adoption of cloud computing will lead to a 38......vices are eager to advertise that the cloud is greener and more energy-efficient. A new study from Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy found that moving business applications to the cloud can... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Accenture   Facebook

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