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Apple Plans 20MW Solar Farm to Power Reno Datacenter

Apple Inc., once criticized as a wasteful energy consumer, now has its sights set on creating a renewable energy empire.Full Article

Data Megaliths

Companies are building both corporate campuses and datacenters at record rates. Hardly a day goes by without an announcement of a new big site. While much has been made ...Full Article

Arctic Facebook Datacenter Goes Live

Facebook's newest datacenter in Luleå, Sweden, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, went live this week.Full Article

Virtual Fireside Chat with the Green Grid Executives

It is the mission of The Green Grid Association, a non-profit, open industry consortium, to become the leading authority on resource efficiency in IT and datacenters. The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Mark ...Full Article

Meeting the Green Challenge Google-Style

With energy prices going up and datacenters getting bigger, green computing is essential. Google takes its 100% renewable commitment seriously with multiple clean energy investments.Full Article

The Path to Software-Defined Power

Fulfilling the potential of green computing in the datacenter requires more than innovative temperature taming techniques; the IT equipment itself has to operate with greater efficiency. A proposed solution incorporates ...Full Article

Robot Optimizes Datacenter Cooling

IBM developed a robot to map temperature and humidity levels in datacenters, ensuring that all equipment receives the optimal amount of cooling.Full Article

Iceland Wants Your Datacenter Business

A new independent study conducted by global research outfit BroadGroup Consulting reveals that Iceland is on track to becoming an international datacenter hub. The report describes Iceland's unique advantages: ...Full Article

Datacenter Operators Weary of Green Messaging

According to a recent survey from the Uptime Institute, there's a new affliction hitting the datacenter community: green fatigue. The small players can't compete with the Googles and Microsofts ...Full Article

CoolEmAll Releases Prototype Datacenter Design Tools

The European Commission-funded project CoolEmAll has released the first prototypes of advanced tools aimed at facilitating more energy-efficient datacenters. Full Article