2. Categories

      Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
      Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
      Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Fuel Cell, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
      Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
      Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  5. Quotes

    1. “ Rather than big, complicated, expensive construction, we basically put metal end-caps on the rows. ”
      In Google’s Budget Containment System
    2. “ One really nice thing about enhanced geothermal is that it's base load power: the fuel's always there, whereas for solar and wind, sometimes the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow and you can't produce any energy. ”
      In Will Google Solar Power Its Data Centers?
    3. “ While offsets with strong additionality can achieve real emissions reductions in unregulated sectors at a relatively low cost, we view them as a short-term solution for Google, not as a substitute for other action. ”
      In Grading Google's carbon neutral claims

  1. Bill Weihl

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    1. Mentioned In 22 Articles

    2. It’s not easy being green: Data center edition

      Explore GigaOM (May 2 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Wind , Cloud Computing

      It’s not easy being green: Data center edition ...om a panel on sustainable data centers at the Open Compute Summit held today in San Antonio, Texas. Bill Weihl, manager of energy efficiency and sustainability at Facebook and the former energy czar at Google, ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Intel   Google

    3. Two Views on Apple's Coal-Powered Data Center

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

      Two Views on Apple's Coal-Powered Data Center ...th for a more detailed look at the intersection of IT and energy. It includes a Q&A with Facebook’s Bill Weihl, where he talks about these issues. The Greenpeace report also applauded Google’s expansive renewab... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

    4. Facebook's New Power Player

      Explore Technology Review (Apr 12 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

      Facebook's New Power Player ...friend Coal" campaign that garnered 181,000 "likes" on Facebook's own Web pages. All of this is why Bill Weihl is important. The computer scientist was named by Time magazine as a "hero of the environment" in 2... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Bill Weihl

    5. Facebook Recruits Google Green Energy Czar for Sustainability Push

      Explore CIO.com (Dec 21 2011) Construction , Wind , Cloud Computing

      Facebook Recruits Google Green Energy Czar for Sustainability Push Facebook has hired Google's former "green energy czar" Bill Weihl, in a move designed to demonstrate the company's commitment to low-carbon computing and renewable e... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    6. Google Energy Czar Weihl Moves to Facebook

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 20 2011) Fossil Fuel , Wind

      Google Energy Czar Weihl Moves to Facebook Bill Weihl, who was the “Green Energy Czar” at Google, will begin a similar position at Facebook next month. W... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Bill Weihl

    7. Google Axes ‘Renewables Cheaper than Coal’ Project

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Nov 23 2011) Fossil Fuel

      Google Axes ‘Renewables Cheaper than Coal’ Project Google is abandoning efforts to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the company blogged yesterday. The internet giant said is cancelling seven projects, including the aptly named Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl   Larry Page

    8. Google Green Czar Steps Down

      Explore environmentalleader.com (Nov 9 2011)

      Google Green Czar Steps Down Google green czar Bill Weihl quietly stepped down from his post yesterday. Weihl, who headed the company’s Clean Energy Team,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl

    9. A sneak peek into Google’s servers and energy efficiency

      Explore GigaOM (Aug 1 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      A sneak peek into Google’s servers and energy efficiency ...ta center floor space, as well as from media reports. Data Center Panel: Christina Page, Yahoo, and Bill Weihl, Google at Green:Net 2011 Yet despite that Google has so many servers, Koomey’s research helps to... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Bill Weihl

    10. Google Invests $100M In (Another!) Wind Farm

      Explore GigaOM (Apr 18 2011) Wind

      Google Invests $100M In (Another!) Wind Farm ... Southern California Edison currently has a deal to buy the clean power. Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl (who will be speaking at Green:Net 2011 on April 21 in San Francisco) made it clear to us in interv... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Bill Weihl

    11. More Green than you can shake a stick at by Doug Moheny

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

      More Green than you can shake a stick at by Doug Moheny ...ound bites being posted on "What green thinkers think about green," with Google's Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl bragging that his company has cut data center energy use by 50 percent by "very careful application... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Google   Yahoo

    12. Google Invests Massive $168M in BrightSource Solar Project

      Explore The New York Times (Apr 11 2011) Solar , Wind

      Google Invests Massive $168M in BrightSource Solar Project ...h are tradeable certificates worth money on certain markets. However, as Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl (who will be speaking at Green:Net 2011 on April 21 in San Francisco) made it clear to us, Google E... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Department of Energy

    13. Microsoft & Google Share Stage to Talk Energy

      Explore Greenpeace (Mar 14 2011) Cloud Computing

      Microsoft & Google Share Stage to Talk Energy ...onal business is conducted in the cloud. So, the question that Microsoft’s Rob Bernard and Google’s Bill Weihl are grappling with is: Will cloud computing help or hinder our transition to a clean energy economy... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl   Microsoft Corp

    14. Google Energy Buys Up Iowa Wind Power

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 20 2010) Wind

      ...prices could easily rise. The agreement is exactly the kind of deal described by Google energy czar Bill Weihl in an April presentation, in which he noted that these deals may not provide renewable energy for G... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Bill Weihl

    15. Lower Your PUE

      Explore Processor.com (Jun 18 2010) Servers

      Lower Your PUE ...Your PUE What Steps You Should Take To Reduce Energy Consumption Key Points • According to Google’s Bill Weihl, hot aisle containment is the single biggest step a data center can take in improving energy effici... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel   Google   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    16. Greenqloud: Iceland’s Clean Power Cloud Computing Co.

      Explore GigaOM (May 28 2010) Carbon Footprint , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

      Greenqloud: Iceland’s Clean Power Cloud Computing Co. ...d Professor Jonathan Koomey pointed out at our Green:Net ’09 event, and Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl discussed at Green:Net 2010, there’s been an increased effort by Internet companies to add clean po... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Google

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