Web Host QTS to Bring Solar Power to Data Centers in $10M Green Investment

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Solar , Cloud Computing

...Santa Clara, California in an Environmental Defense Fund panel discussion alongside executives from Yahoo! and Cisco Systems. Data center operator and hosting firm Quality Technology Services announced on ......Fill out our WHIR reader survey to let us know what works and what doesn’t. And enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Justin Lee has been a staff analyst with theWHIR since 2004. He writes about a range of ... (Read Full Article)

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Will Facebook’s IPO Have a Web Hosting Impact?

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2012)

...same treatment to its APIs. “Facebook has kept a tight lid on its APIs and for good reason. But ask Amazon, eBay, and other Internet giants where their business models are heading and it’s about opening up ......ve implications on Facebook’s products. According to Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge, in April Yahoo claimed that Facebook’s data center and server technology may infringe upon patents owned by ... (Read Full Article)

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Apple and Greenpeace in War of Words over Dirty Clouds

Explore Datamation (Apr 20 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing

Greenpeace took aim at Apple, Microsoft and Amazon over how the companies are powering the data centers that house their fast-growing cloud computing ......ty of the same. In the organization's "How Clean is Your Cloud?" report (PDF), Facebook, Google and Yahoo! are hailed for their efforts to power their clouds from renewal energy sources. Greenpeace took ai... (Read Full Article)

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Letter to Ballmer, Bezos, Cook: Go to Iceland

Explore SmartPlanet (Apr 20 2012)

Dear Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook - As CEOs of Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, you’re probably aware that the environmental group Greenpeace this week branded each of ......oud computing operations. It says that compared to other big IT companies like Facebook, Google and Yahoo, you use too much coal and nuclear, and not enough “renewable” power. “Three of the largest IT comp... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace Gives Apple a Valuable Lesson in Stakeholder Engagement

Explore Triple Pundit (Apr 20 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell

...reenpeace’s report How Clean is Your Cloud, which was released earlier this week, focused on Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, which all scored badly for relying on coal and nuclear power for their data centers.......ty demand will triple by 2020. This magnitude drives Greenpeace to highlight companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook that lead the way by moving toward powering their clouds with clean energy, as well a... (Read Full Article)

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Cloud's dirty laundry to be aired by Greenpeace

Explore crn.com.au (Apr 18 2012) Construction , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell

...e powered. Australia is not mentioned in the report. How service providers fare The report looks at Amazon Web Services, Apple, Dell, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Rackspace, Salesforce, Aka......ple, Dell, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Rackspace, Salesforce, Akamai, Twitter and Yahoo. Google ranked high in Greenpeace’s overview, but more recent investments in Taiwan, Singapore and ... (Read Full Article)

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Amazon Receives Failing Grade in Greenpeace “How Green is Your Cloud” Report

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 18 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...n Greenpeace announced on Tuesday it has published its “How green is your cloud” report, which gave Amazon a failing grade for its lack of clean energy and not being transparent enough about the details of ......ectricity, and rely heavily on dirty energy to power their clouds,” Greenpeace said in its report. “Yahoo and Google both continue to lead the sector in prioritizing access to renewable energy in their clo... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace slams Amazon over green datacentre efforts

Explore ZDNet UK (Apr 18 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

... green enough, though the advocacy group has praised sustainability efforts by Google, Facebook and Yahoo. In the How green is your cloud report, published on Tuesday, Greenpeace slammed Apple, Amazon and Microsoft for the meagre amount of clean energy their datacentres use and their "transparency" ... (Read Full Article)

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Salesforce Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace says

Explore environmentalleader.com (Apr 18 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...y choices from global IT and internet giants including Apple, Google and this year’s top performer, Yahoo. Greenpeace estimates that just four percent of Salesforce’s used power is drawn from renewable sou......cent in 2012. Apple now has the fifth-lowest score in the report. It leapfrogged Microsoft, IBM and Amazon. Home » Salesforce Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace says April 18, 2012 Salesforce Wors... (Read Full Article)

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How Clean is Your Cloud? - Apple responds

Explore Greenpeace UK (Apr 18 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

...– to show that the massive increase in Internet use is mainly being powered by dirty energy. Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all score badly in the report for relying on dirty coal and dangerous nuclear power f......rt of the solution to old-fashioned problems like emissions from coal. Some companies, like Google, Yahoo and Facebook are already doing that, by taking steps to move toward powering their clouds with clea... (Read Full Article)

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Apple slaps back at Greenpeace for dirty-cloud report

Explore Technology News (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Wind

...20 megawatts at full capacity. Greenpeace put the estimate at 100 megawatts. Greenpeace gave Apple, Amazon, and other companies low marks for locating their data centers in areas that rely heavily on coal a......l and "dangerous nuclear." Those companies also scored lower than competitors, including Google and Yahoo, because they disclose less information on energy use. Before publishing its report yesterday, Gree... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace Gives Apple, Amazon Low Marks for 'Dirty' Clouds

Explore pcmag.com (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing

... studied the environmental impact of the cloud criticized firms like Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, and Amazon for lagging behind their Web counterparts. The firms, however, took issue with that characterizatio...... renewable energy, particular with its new data center in Sweden. Greenpeace also lauded Google and Yahoo for "prioritizing access to renewable energy in their cloud expansion, and [becoming] more active i... (Read Full Article)

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How Clean is your Cloud - Apple responds

Explore Greenpeace (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

...- to show that the massive increase in Internet use is mainly being powered by dirty energy. Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all score badly in the report for relying on dirty coal and dangerous nuclear power f......rt of the solution to old-fashioned problems like emissions from coal. Some companies, like Google, Yahoo and Facebook are already doing that, by taking steps to move toward powering their clouds with clea... (Read Full Article)

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Amazon, Microsoft low on Greenpeace clean-energy 'cloud' index

Explore The Seattle Times (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind , Cloud Computing

...gs on how clean or dirty tech companies' clouds are, and among those it dings are two local giants: Amazon.com and Microsoft. "Cloud" refers to storing data and applications on remote servers and data centers, ......he clean/renewable energy sources: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal. Based on those criteria, Yahoo, Dell, Google and Facebook rank highest in Greenpeace's "clean energy index." Companies ranking the... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace slams Apple despite its clean power data center plans

Explore GigaOM (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing

...er for data centers. Other Internet companies that drew weak marks from Greenpeace’s report include Amazon, and Microsoft. In contrast, Google, Yahoo and even Facebook drew praise from Greenpeace’s latest “How Clean Is Your Cloud,” report. The 50+ p... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace: Time for cloud companies to come clean

Explore Technology News (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

...mental watchdog group today released its latest rankings of companies, including Google, Apple, and Amazon, that run giant data centers to serve up Web pages and services. Greenpeace now has a "clean energy......cy of their data centers, advocate for clean-energy policies, and disclose energy usage. This year, Yahoo, despite its dire financial troubles, boasts the highest clean-energy index because of its efficien... (Read Full Article)

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2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Explore Wired News (Dec 30 2011)

... and no two data centers are alike. Out of necessity, the huge Internet players — Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, and Apple — are finding ways to use greener energy and get more out of the energy they use. Google... (Read Full Article)

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Big Data Knows You, Even If You Don't Know Big Data

Explore Forbes.com (Nov 15 2011)

...ith transaction and customer data sourced from the traditional EDW .” Online services such as eBay, Yahoo, Amazon and Facebook, have transformed, or perhaps created, big data — building out their own systems to me... (Read Full Article)

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Green Q&A: What impact does online time have on the environment?

Explore Home - San Jose Mercury News (Oct 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...cilities ever designed and constructed -- from a utility that derives most of its power from coal.) Yahoo, Amazon and Microsoft scored best in use of renewable alternative energy sources for cloud services. In the... (Read Full Article)

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Google Wants to Show Why the Cloud Means Bigger is Greener

Explore GreenBiz.com (Oct 20 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...e rest of us -- and, importantly, for the planet. Indeed, cloud-based computing -- the way Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Facebook and others provide you with data storage and software from their servers -... (Read Full Article)

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Shifting mindset to an Information Factory from a Data Center, the industrialization of the data

Explore greenm3.com (Oct 13 2011) Cloud Computing

...le data and one is stuck at 5%, who do you think will win? But, do you think Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and Zynga use only 5% of the data.  These companies are analyzing all their users and inf......he raw materials for information factories. Barton goes on to point out that Google Facebook, and Yahoo are big Hadoop type of users analyzing unstructured big data. Deal with it Hadoop ... (Read Full Article)

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Buildings house secret servers that keep net humming

Explore usatoday.com (Sep 22 2011)

... rising up in the footprints of the old," he says. Giant companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo and Amazon often build their data centers in rural areas. "They're looking for cheap power and cheap real esta... (Read Full Article)

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Akamai, eBay, Google Set Bar for CO2 Reporting by Internet Giants

Explore GreenBiz.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...y and carbon reporting practices of 14 of the largest firms in the industry. Verdantix put Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Expedia, Facebook, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce, Tencent and Yahoo! under the microscope in addition to Akamai, Apple, eBay and Google. Akamai, eBay, Google Set Bar f... (Read Full Article)

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14 Cloud Services Players Scrutinized For Green Credentials

Explore zdnet.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...ayers in cloud services including three Chinese companies (Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent) plus Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo! The Verdantix report is similar to one that it published earlier this year looking at the internal... (Read Full Article)

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