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Greenpeace TV Ad Pushes Facebook On Coal Power
A Greenpeace advert aims to shame Facebook into giving up coal-fired electricity in its data centres
Computacenter Adopts NetApp For Virtual Data Centres
Flexible architecture can save money and energy, according to infrastructure provider Computacenter
Why Does Your Data Centre Depend On Diesel?
Data centres could benefit in many ways from renewable power, but governments could kill that off, warns Peter Judge
Gartner Report Outlines Future Of The Data Centre
Cloud computing, smarter physical designs, power saving and big workloads are the biggest factors in new data centre builds, Gartner has found
Gartner Tackles Greener, Leaner Data Centre Issues
In its latest reports and summit meetings, Gartner is addressing the four pillars of data centre efficiency
Fluid Dynamics Helps Cool Data Centres
Data centres get a tool which models air flow, to help eliminate hot spots and cut wasted energy
Nimbula Director Cloud OS Prepares For Launch
Nimbula’s forthcoming cloud OS, Nimbula Director, will become generally available within a month
New Green Grid Guide Extends To Servers And Storage
In its Data Centre Maturity Model, the Green Grid adds servers and storage to its power and cooling concerns
Daxten Cuts Energy Costs With Curtains
Cages and curtains cut cooling costs in the data centre, says Daxten
ASHRAE Says Data Centres Can Get Hotter
Cooling experts ASHRAE's new set of guidelines will turn the heat up in data centres
Containers Could Simplify Data Centre Cooling
Data centre cooling can look complex, but the message on saving energy comes down to a simple one, says Peter Judge
Data Centre World Conference & EXPO
This year Data Centre World, the UK’s largest and fastest growing exhibition and conference for data centre managers, professionals, distributors and channel partners will deliver more than ever before with more sessions, more theatres ...
Newcastle Data Centre Gets Green Light
A second 'state-of-the-art' green data centre has been given planning approval at the Cobalt Campus in Newcastle
Fujitsu Data Centre Gets Uptime Gold Certification
A North London Fujitsu data centre gets the first gold tier 3 badge in Europe from the Uptime Institute
Amazon Buys Tesco’s Dublin Shed For Cloud Services
Amazon has bought a new building for another Dublin-based facility in response to its growing cloud services
Scottish Council Uses Free-Air Cooling For ‘Listed’ Data Centre
A Scottish local authority is cutting servers and saving energy at a data centre in a listed building
HP Services Offers Data Centre Construction Option
HP can extended its data centre design and planning expertise, to include the actual construction of the facility
The Inconvenient Truth About Carbon Intensity
Even the most efficient data centre has a carbon footprint, dependent on its source of electricity, says Peter Judge
Greenpeace Sets Deadline For Facebook To ‘Unfriend’ Coal
Greenpeace wants Facebook to pledge on Earth Day, to become coal-free by 2021
Virgin Media Business Touts Data Centre Connectivity
Virgin Media Business has launched its heavy duty connectivity offerings for the data centre sector
Carbon Taxes Will Drive Outsourcing
The CRC might disappear, but the UK's energy crisis means you'll have to tune your data centre's power, or else get shot of it, says Peter Judge
BT Launches Virtual Data Centre Private
BT has extended its Virtual Data Centre On Demand service with a dedicated option for businesses
How To Automate IT Service Delivery
Automated IT service delivery can be crucial to provisioning resources, helping to fulfil strategic, operational and tactical demand
Data Centre Consolidation Main Priority For 2011
Data centre managers have revealed their top concerns for the year ahead in a new survey
IBM Kicks Off Plans For Asian Cloud Storage Centre
IBM and China's Range Technology Development are to build the largest, most advanced cloud-enabled data storage centre in China
Evaporative Cooling Helps Data Centre Lower Its PUE
A data centre in Manchester has managed to push its PUE below 1.2 with EcoCooling evaporative coolers
£10m Chinese Investment Fuels Soho Data Centre
A Chinese media firm has invested £10m into the construction of a media-oriented data centre in London
BCS Launches Data Centre Efficiency Scheme
Data centres looking to follow energy efficiency best practice can now gain independent accreditation under a new green scheme from the BCS, says Zahl Limbuwala
OCF Launches Rentable HPC Service
Businesses and public bodies now have the option to rent on-demand supercomputing power from OCF