5 green data center tips from eBay's Project Mercury

Explore zdnet.com (May 11 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

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Your PUE doesn't impress me

Explore Efficient Data Centers (Mar 5 2012)

...r. Now I am not about to suggest you stop measuring your PUE or stop reporting it internally and to the Green Grid and EPA ENERGY STAR® for data centers program. But the constant daily bombardment of my-PUE-is-one-......y annoying but for the most part totally useless.  Wow, those may sound like some harsh words for a Green Grid member. Not really, once you begin to put it all into ... (Read Full Article)

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eBay Containers Push Frontiers of Efficiency

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 27 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

... efficiency and low environmental impact in data centers,” said Brad Brech, IBM representative and Green Grid board member. “The Green Grid is at the heart of this mission and the organization will continue to look for new and innovative w......plications and workloads. The average PUE for data center facilities is about 1.8, according to the Uptime Institute. Another criticism was that PUE reports sometimes were reported using different ... (Read Full Article)

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IT Minds Quest for 'Holy Grail' of Data Center Metrics

Explore Wired News (Dec 9 2011) Servers

... only the latest in a string of organizations trying to develop similar metrics. Industry coalition The Green Grid has been working on the problem for four years. “A lot of folks have been interested in this iss......re’s never really been a good consensus in the industry on how to tackle it,” says John Pflueger, a Green Grid board member and principal environmental strategist for Dell. “And we quickly ... (Read Full Article)

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PUE is DEAD: The Case for Performance Per Watt

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 15 2011) Servers

... Datacenter infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE) are widely accepted benchmarking standards proposed by the Green Grid to help IT professionals determine how energy efficient data centers are, and to monitor the impact... (Read Full Article)

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Interxion Brick Lane Data Centre To Use Green Energy

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Sep 1 2011) Emissions , Servers

...s to ongoing political discussions around the reduction of CO2 emissions – working with groups like the Green Grid and the Uptime Institute to set clear standards and best practice within the industry,” he added. Interxion has already conv... (Read Full Article)

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Interxion's City of London Data Center is Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

Explore Relocate (Sep 1 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Servers

...s to ongoing political discussions around the reduction of CO2 emissions – working with groups like the Green Grid and the Uptime Institute to set clear standards and best practice within the industry.” said Greg McCulloch, Managing Direct... (Read Full Article)

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Europe adds new green data centers, New Jersey overbuilds - by doug mohney

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

...ity as a pan-European provider of power-intensive data center services. The company participates in the Green Grid Consortium and is also a founding member of the Uptime Institute’s European Chapter and a member of the European Commission's DG Joint Research Committee on Sustain... (Read Full Article)

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Colocation Firm Interxion Powering Brussels Data Center with Renewable Energy

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jun 15 2011) Cloud Computing

...ng best practice around energy efficiency in ICT infrastructure. In addition to its activities with the Green Grid, Interxion is also a founding member of the Uptime Institute's European Chapter and a member of the European Commission's DG Joint Research Committee on Sustain... (Read Full Article)

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Power Usage Effectiveness 2 – The Sequel

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 1 2011)

...e U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, Uptime Institute and The Green Grid. We’ll hear thoughts from members of the task force shortly. But first, let’s take a look at what’s... (Read Full Article)

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The Green Grid Others Agree to Recommendations on Measuring Energy Efficiency

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2011)

IT industry power efficiency organization The Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org) announced on Tuesday that it has issued new recommendations for measuring an......the US Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, the US Green Building Council and the Uptime Institute. The report puts forward the apparently agreed-to principles that: PUE is the preferred energy effi... (Read Full Article)

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Task Force Updates Guidance on Measuring PUE

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 17 2011) Monitoring , Servers

... to improve the way end users use metrics to track the energy efficiency of their facilities. Today The Green Grid and The Data Center Metrics Coordination Taskforce published updated recommendations for energy eff......S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, and Uptime Institute. PUE compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount of power used by the IT equipment, reve... (Read Full Article)

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Uptime Institute: The Average PUE is 1.8

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2011)

...ating for data centers is 1.8, according to a survey of more than 500 data centers conducted by The Uptime Institute. PUE has become the leading metric for tracking the energy efficiency of data centers. The ave......rvey respondents said they did not know the PUE of their data centers. The PUE metric championed by The Green Grid compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount of ... (Read Full Article)

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6 Steps To Better Data Centers

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...etermined by the level of redundancy in place, and the limitations of single-points-of-failure. The Uptime Institute’s four-tier classification system should be consulted, with the most suitable level selected for th......ng data center energy consumption by creating savings that cascade across systems. White Paper. [1] Green Grid. 2008. Green Grid data center efficiency metrics: PUE and DCIE. White Paper #6. (Read Full Article)

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A cloud services data centre that is both energy and cost efficient...

Explore blogs.computerworlduk.com (Apr 5 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

...lding on green fields? In this case, Fujitsu spent around $70M to get a data centre that became the Uptime Institute's first Tier III in Europe, and then to go on and run the facility with an energy efficiency above ......t Tier III in Europe, and then to go on and run the facility with an energy efficiency above 70% or the Green Grid's PUE of at least ... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centre Models In Ferment

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint

...all know each other. “The Maturity Model is an assessement tool,” said Mark Acton, director of the Uptime Institute’s EMEA network. Uptime focuses on business continuity, but it is also involved in the Green Grid and the EU Code of Conduct. “You work through the spreadsheet, and check the boxes to find out wher... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   Peter Judge

The Green Grid’s Data Center Maturity Model

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 9 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...gh, Global Head of Energy for Technology Operations in Thomson Reuters and Advisory Board member of The Green Grid, discusses the maturity model with the Uptime Institute’s Matt Stansberry. This video runs about 10 minutes. For additional videos, check out our DCK vide... (Read Full Article)

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

Explore Data Center Post (Feb 23 2011)

...egulation. In anticipation of federal legislation, self monitoring is on the increase. For example, the Green Grid recently released their concept for a CUE, a carbon usage effectiveness metric for the data center.......ll become the baseline for the regulatory efforts to achieve environmental friendliness. Aside from Green Grid guidelines, regulation at federal and state levels is looming. While Britain has delayed its flagsh... (Read Full Article)

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FedEx Unveils "Green" Data Center in Colorado Springs

Explore Corporate Social Responsibility News (Feb 16 2011) Power and Cooling

...ghts, etc. versus the amount of electricity used to run the computing environment. According to the Uptime Institute, the typical data center has an average PUE of 2.5. The EDC-W PUE is 1.28, with a ratio of "1.0" in...... an average PUE of 2.5. The EDC-W PUE is 1.28, with a ratio of "1.0" indicating perfect efficiency. The Green Grid, of which FedEx is ... (Read Full Article)

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Roundup: The Open Data Center Alliance

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 28 2010) Cloud Computing

...f other industry groups focused on standards, advocacy or end-user education, a group that includes The Green Grid, Data Center Pulse, AFCOM, the 7×24 Exchange, BICSI, The Critical Facilities Roundtable and The Uptime Institute, along with a growing number of smaller groups incubating on LinkedIn and other social media. Here’... (Read Full Article)

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The most energy efficient colocation facility in Europe

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...ommendations of the Data Center Metrics Coordination Taskforce, sponsored by 7x24 Exchange, ASHRAE, The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, U.S. Department of Energy Save Energy Now Program, U.S. Environme.......S. Environmental Protection Agencys ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, and Uptime Institute. Attachment: Aerial photo of Maidstone TV Studios site. (Read Full Article)

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Growth Predicted for European Market

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 24 2010)

...and, but fundamental shifts underway. Meanwhile, European colocation provider Interxion co-chairs a Green Grid committee. BroadGroup – European Data Center market The Broad Group released its third bi-ann...... Interxion announced that Director of Corporate Communications, Ali Moinuddin has been appointed by the Green Grid as co-chair of its European Communications Committee.  As co-chair Moinuddin will be tasked with ra... (Read Full Article)

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Realistic PUE

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Task Force recommends a metric for measuring data center efficiency

Explore Federal Computer Week (Jul 19 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Servers

...urements, metrics, and reporting conventions. The organizations included the 7x24 Exchange, ASHRAE, The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Energy Department's Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management......e Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Uptime Institute. Related coverage: Nations agree to global data center metrics The outcome of the series of meeting... (Read Full Article)

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