[caption id="attachment_11043" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Fans lined up outside Facebook's Lulea, Sweden data center.[/caption] Despite a growing emphasis on the cloud as a way to keep companies from bein…
You may have heard of the Top500, a list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. But there’s also the Green500, which ranks—you guessed it—the most energy-efficient supercomputers. Italy’s 3-petaflop Eurora supe…
If you run a data center, you live and die by three letters: PUE. Power Usage Effectiveness is a measure of how efficiently the data center uses its power, a ratio of the total amount of power used, divided by…
[caption id="attachment_6145" align="aligncenter" width="615"] NEC's diagram for its "warm" server.[/caption] An NEC-led consortium has developed a server that uses warmer air to cool itself, potentially saving…
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…
[caption id="attachment_5897" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Outside Facebook's North Carolina data center.[/caption] Can coolers be turned off in favor of outdoor air, even when temperatures top 100 degrees?…
The Green Grid, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making IT infrastructures and data centers more energy-efficient, is making the case that data center operators are operating their facilities in too conser…
Not every data center can be built in Finland, where near-Arctic winds provide abundant natural cooling. What can a data center operator do in a hot, humid country like Korea? Find a way to run the data center…
[caption id="attachment_3420" align="aligncenter" width="600"] How Facebook cools its Prineville, Ore. data center. (Source: Facebook)[/caption] As part of a commitment to openness within its data centers, Face…
Google’s expansion in its data-center operations includes some new infrastructure in Europe. Google acknowledged spending $177 million (150 million Euro) to double the capacity of a data center in Hamina, Finla…
It’s considering both in-house and external resources for the best fit for a variety of tasks. Rightsourcing considers in-house options and contractors to determine the most effective course of action. With rig…
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