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Greenpeace Sees Progress Toward ‘Green’ Datacenters

We can't do much without power, and cloud computing services are using a growing share of the world's electrical power. That trend is expected to accelerate as emerging markets ...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

Greenpeace Names Cisco, Google ‘Cool IT’ Leaders

<span>The sixth Cool IT Leaderboard ranked 21 technology leaders </span>based on their efforts to drive transformative change in the way that energy is produced and consumed. Full Article

Apple Makes Peace with Greenpeace

Apple may not be running the Maiden facility on 100 percent renewable energy as they claim. However, the intention to do well appears to be there, and, perhaps somewhat ...Full Article

Greenpeace Lauds Salesforce Energy Commitment

Environmental advocacy organization Greenpeace has lauded cloud-sharing service Salesforce for sharing their energy information and committing to fuel a portion of their data center activity with renewable energy.Full Article

Top Five Sustainable DataCenter Stories of 2012

The end of the year is always a good time for annual lists, including "The most important stories of the year." Well, we haven't been around for a year, ...Full Article

What Does It Really Mean To Be Green?

Author Brian Proffitt criticizes "greenwashing" in IT industry. Does lower energy consumption constitute green computing? What about the concepts of "sustainable" and zero carbon?Full Article

Greenpeace Activists Troll Amazon In Attempt to Make AWS Cleaner

<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">The environmental organization creates “green amazon web services” website promising to make AWS the greenest in the world. The site got a lot of attention at ...Full Article
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