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Amazon Web Services Outgrows And Dwarfs Cloud Rivals

Amazon Web Services had first-mover advantage when it launched its EC2 compute cloud back in March 2006, and that was by no means a guarantee of success. But incumbent ...Full Article

Facebook, Google Tout Renewable Energy Projects

Big computing takes big energy. Two of the biggest computing entities on the planet, Facebook and Google, have revealed details of new renewable energy projects that they are involved ...Full Article

Google Spends $600 Million on Finnish Datacenter Expansion

The climate in Finland may not be ideal for many people, but servers, switches, and storage sure like the chilly weather. That is why Google bought an abandoned paper ...Full Article

Are Google’s Next Datacenters Bound for the High Seas?

The next time you hear someone say that Google is managing a fleet of servers, it might be literal as well as figurative. The folks at the Googleplex headquarters ...Full Article

Google Adds Another Wind Farm to Energy Portfolio

Google is being hailed as heroes in green energy circles, as the company revealed this week that they have purchased the entire output of the 240 megawatt Happy Hereford ...Full Article

Prefab Datacenter Employs Battery-Backed Servers

Yahoo Japan, a joint venture between Yahoo and SoftBank, has installed 200 PRIMERGY RX200 S7 servers with on-board batteries as part of a prefab datacenter approach. Full Article

Google Limits Carbon Footprint, Funds Climate Change Deniers

A commitment to green datacenters, renewable energy projects and the purchasing of carbon offsets have enabled Google to reduce its revenue-adjusted carbon footprint for the fourth year in a ...Full Article

Datacenters Seek Geographical Advantage

As datacenter operation and maintenance costs continue to rise, large-scale operations are looking to geographical cures: sites that offer low cost green energy, cold temperatures and a "business-friendly" tax ...Full Article

Google Continues Green Push with ISO 50001 Certification

Google deploys its ISO 50001 certified energy management system to multiple North American datacenters. Full Article

Telcos Can Learn from Datacenter Giants

When it comes to energy reporting, telcos have some lessons to learn from the more-established datacenter operators. Full Article