‘Wind Mines’ Could Become Datacenters’ Savior Kevin Fogarty, July 3, 2013 5 min read Datacenters are notoriously power hungry. Major IT vendors have been including custom-built wind- and solar-power...
SunShot Initiative Funding Data-Driven Research Into Solar Energy Nick Kolakowski, January 31, 2013 3 min read The U.S. Department of Energy plans on investing $9 million in seven “data-driven” projects for improving...
Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in Green Power Mark Hachman, November 20, 2012 2 min read Google has invested $75 million in an Iowa wind farm, bringing its total spend on renewable energy close to a...
Wind to Power Google Data Center Mark Hachman, September 27, 2012 3 min read Who says all data center operators are power mad? Perhaps in response to the ongoing New York Times series on...
BMW’s Connected Cars Force New Data Center Mark Hachman, September 13, 2012 3 min read Data from BMW's Connected Drive technology will top a terabyte per day by 2018. BMW said this week that it is...
Microsoft Offers Tips for Green Data Centers Mark Hachman, August 13, 2012 5 min read Microsoft has released a lengthy whitepaper describing ten practices for green data centers, mostly based on...
Google, Apple Plan Data Center Expansions Mark Hachman, August 3, 2012 4 min read Google’s expansion in its data-center operations includes some new infrastructure in Europe. Google...