IBM Investing Another $1 Billion in Linux Nick Kolakowski, September 17, 2013 2 min read IBM is making a fresh billion-dollar investment in Linux. IBM Fellow (and vice president) Bradley McCredie took...
Utah Set to Exempt NSA Datacenter From Power Tax, After All Kevin Fogarty, August 2, 2013 5 min read The NSA's Utah facility under construction. They may not all support what the NSA will do with its giant new...
Making Your Datacenter Into Less of a Rabid Zombie Power Hog Kevin Fogarty, June 28, 2013 6 min read Power-efficient hardware, and remembering to power down systems when not in use, is the best (and most obvious) way to...
Instead of Retiring Servers, Why Not Power Them Down? Mark Hachman, April 18, 2013 4 min read Data center providers normally try to "right size" their facilities, either via consolidating older servers or...
Poop Powers Experimental Microsoft Data Center Mark Hachman, November 20, 2012 3 min read Microsoft, FuelCell Energy and a collection of local Cheyenne, Wyoming companies are collaborating on a project to...
Dems: Something Must Be Done to Curb Data Center Power Mark Hachman, September 28, 2012 4 min read In response to the recent New York Times series on the massive power consumption used by data centers, lawmakers...
New York Times Takes Aim at Data Centers Mark Hachman, September 24, 2012 7 min read The New York Times’ latest expose takes on data centers, but the Gray Lady’s investigation has prompted its own...
Hot In Here: Intel Tests High-Temp Data Centers in Korea Mark Hachman, August 22, 2012 3 min read Not every data center can be built in Finland, where near-Arctic winds provide abundant natural cooling. What can a...
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...
ComEd Offers Incentives to Lower Power Use Mark Hachman, August 10, 2012 3 min read Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), the utility company serving the Chicago area, has put in place financial...
