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Government Keeps Simpler Green CRC Tax

The CRC green tax remains, but adjustments have been made, and there is still room for consultation

13 years ago

Greenpeace Makes Peace With Data Centres

Data centre operators should be more open about their energy use, according to Greenpeace

13 years ago

Data Centres – Watch Japan’s Energy Crisis

Japan's energy crisis is bringing about changes to data centres. The same thing will have to happen here, says Peter…

13 years ago

How Green Is Apple’s iCloud?

Apple's iCloud will boost adoption of cloud computing - but questions remain about the energy efficiency of the project, says…

13 years ago

What Is Behind This New Efficiency Measure?

A new way to measure efficiency for data centre servers seems to duplicate and misrepresent other measures, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Data Centre Measure Rates Transactions Per Joule

Power Assure says PAR4 measures how much work your servers do. Doesn't SPECpower already do that?

14 years ago

Greenpeace Praises Facebook’s Solar Effort

Facebook gets a cheer for using a bit of solar energy, but Greenpace isn't satisfied yet

14 years ago

Facebook’s Open Compute Gets Discussion Going

When Facebook opened up its green data centre ideas, it also opened up a big discussion which could provide more…

14 years ago

Facebook Open Sources Green Data Centre Hardware

Facebook shared specs for its custom built low-energy servers, but Greenpeace is not impressed

14 years ago

Data Centres: What’s In A Green Label?

Energy efficient data centres are complex. But the information about them needs to be as simple to read as food…

14 years ago

How To Use The Green Grid Maturity Model

eWEEK wasn't sure how useful the Green Grid Maturity Model was. The Grid's Harkeeret Singh talked us through it

14 years ago

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

14 years ago

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

14 years ago

Intel And AMD Chips Power Dell Next-Gen Micro Servers

Dell's shows non-partisan approach to third-generation, greener PowerEdge C5000 micro servers

14 years ago

Nanotube Batteries Could Power Mobiles For Months

Researchers in the US are working on mobile phone batteries that could run for weeks, or even months

14 years ago

Micro-Modular Data Centres Roll Into Britain

Fully-enclosed racks could roll in to take the place of data centres, says Elliptical Modular Systems

14 years ago

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

14 years ago

Can PC Power Management Really Go To The Cloud?

Desktop management can cut energy waste, but it's tricky for smaller businesses, unless a cloud solution can be made to…

14 years ago

Modularity Wins The Day In Iceland

Modular data centres really can be more efficient, according to evidence from Iceland, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Green Grid Starts To Measure Data Centre Carbon Use

Alongside PUE to measure power efficiency, the Green Grid now has CUE to measure carbon use

14 years ago

EU Code Of Conduct For Data Centres ‘Failing’

The EU code of conduct for data centres is failing to engage the industry, say critics

14 years ago

When Will All Our PCs Be Managed?

Eighty percent of our PCs are free to stay on all night right now. Peter Judge thinks this will change…

14 years ago

What On Earth Is CRC?

It's too late now to register for the government's CRC scheme to reduce emissions, says Peter Judge. How come half…

14 years ago

Energy Now Fastest Rising Cost For Data Centres

Energy related costs now make up 12 percent of data centre expenditure, Gartner has found, and things will get worse

14 years ago

Capgemini Offers Modular Green Data Centres

Capgemini has magically turned its Merlin green data centre technology into a marketable package

14 years ago

Network Vendors Play The Green Card

Data centres could make "huge" energy savings through lower energy networks, says Juniper

14 years ago

Yahoo Unveils ‘Chicken Coop’ Green Data Centre

A chicken shed design lets Yahoo equal the world record for data centre efficiency, and cuts energy costs by 40…

14 years ago

Fujitsu Develops Power Transmitter For Mobiles, Cars

Fujitsu said it has made a significant step toward efficient chargers that work over a distance and could charge electric…

14 years ago

IBM Summit: World Is Ready For Smart Grids

The UK is facing a looming energy crisis - but smart meters can help - according to the government's Minister…

14 years ago

Researchers Plan To Save Data Centre Power With DC

Scientists in California plan to prove whether data centres can save power by cutting out the AC power

14 years ago