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Interxion Brick Lane Data Centre To Use Green Energy
A data centre in London's East End has opted for 100 percent renewable energy to meet carbon targets
VMware vSphere 5.0 Supports Giant VMs: Review
Storage and networking capabilities get a work over with the latest version of VMware's vSphere
Vantage And GE Go Platinum For Green DCs
Two data centres have been awarded LEED Platinum status, a high green accolade awarded to few in the US
Fuel Cell Manufacturer Gets Funding Boost
A firm making fuel cell supplies for data centres has got funding to power a launch into Europe
Astute Networks Fixes Virtualisation ‘Crawl And Stall’
Astute's ViSX G3 uses network performance acceleration to clear congestion in VMware environments
Lightning Takes Down Amazon And Microsoft Clouds
Lightning strikes in Dublin disabled two major data centres and knocked back-up power supplies offline
Cloud Usage Models Could Get Organisations Started
Anyone looking to move to the cloud would do well to look to the ODCA cloud usage models for guildance
What Cuts Power Use: Recession Or Efficiency?
The recession may be cutting our emissions. It's better if we can apply efficiencies while still growing, says Peter Judge
Project Aims To Use Renewable Energy For DC PODs
AMD and HP are joining a New York agency and university to investigate wind and solar power for data centres
Recession Saps Data Centre Power Growth
Data centre power usage has expanded significantly less than expected - due to the economic crisis
Dell Builds Microsoft’s Efficient ‘Microsite’ Data Centre
Dell's 'microsite' housing Microsoft's Bing Maps uses evaporative cooling and fresh-air for greater efficiency
Microsoft Proposes Servers As ‘Data Furnace’ Heaters
Small micro-data centres could help to heat homes and run cloud services, says Microsoft
Tilera Chips Beat Intel And AMD Claims Facebook
Facebook engineers say Tilera’s multi-core processors are more efficient than low-power Intel and AMD chips
Hemel Hempstead Gets Low-Power Data Centre
Gyron has begun work on a massive data centre that will aim to use all-renewable energy sources
Dell Beefs Up Networking Play With Force10 Acquisition
Dell has equipped itself with serious networking capabilities thanks to its acquisition of Force10 Networks
Data Centre Managers Warned On Cooling Regulations
Around 2,500 UK cooling companies are trading illegally, as fluorinated gases contribute to the greenhouse effect
Intel Bids To Buy Ethernet Chip Maker Fulcrum
Intel is expanding its networking portfolio by acquiring Fulcrum, a maker of high-speed switch chips
Data Centre To Save Yorkshire Water £90k Per Year
Yorkshire Water is set to save itself £90,000 a year thanks to a new data centre incorporating green tech
European Data Centres Set For Impressive Growth
The data centre sector will grow another 28 percent, according to a report from Tariff Consultancy
AMD Chips To Offer Power-Capping Technology
Opteron chips with the "Bulldozer" core will allow power reduction without impacting performance
Wimbledon: Cool Servers Score With Tennis Viewers
This year, Wimbledon goes 3D and IBM's liquid-cooled systems serve deeper analysis to the audience
FBI Seizes Web Servers In Data Centre Raid
The FBI has seized web servers during a data centre raid as part of its efforts to tackle Lulzsec hacktivists
Is Greenpeace’s War On ‘Dirty Data’ A Just One?
Greenpeace is putting pressure on companies to improve their data centre practices, but ultimately the industry will have to find the answers, says Andrew Donoghue
IBM SmartCloud Adds Disaster Recovery, Data Archive
Two IBM cloud services launch to help extend backup, archiving and recovery for critical data and applications
Bridging The Gap Between Private And Public Clouds
Scaling IT means using tools and services on both sides of the cloud divide
VMware vFabric 5 Brings In New Licensing Model
VMware vFabric 5 introduces the Spring framework and a new flexible packaging and licensing scheme
Power Saving Promise Brings JouleX $17m Investment
Joulex has just received a $17 million injection to fund the promotion of data centre energy monitoring software
AWS Uses Low-Density Containers To Cut Cooling
Amazon Web Services says its data centre custom containers are cost-effective, greener building blocks
Vendors Converge On Packaged Clouds
HP and Oracle extend their converged infrastructure products but smaller packages are also appearing