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Five ways to improve data center power efficiency you might not have thought of
While few doubt the importance of maximizing the energy efficiency of their corporate data centers, executive vice president of data center...
Panasonic team to lug solar-charged batteries up Mt. Fuji, live-stream eclipse
Panasonic will broadcast live a solar eclipse next month over Japan from the top of Mount Fuji, using batteries that are charged at the base using...
Japan picks eight tsunami-battered regions for smart city projects
The Japanese government will provide assistance to eight cities that were heavily damaged in last year's earthquake and tsunami to rebuild using...
Apple contests Greenpeace's coal-fired data center claims
Apple on Wednesday contested claims from Greenpeace that its North Carolina data center will be mostly coal powered, as part of the environmental...
Apple's greener power plans spark conflict of interest
Apple's fuel cell facility, which is expected to begin generating power for iCloud's data centre in June, has caused a conflict of interest...
Shell Oil targets hybrid cloud as fix for energy-saving, agile IT
To address soaring data storage and major power consumption issues, Shell Oil has turned to the public cloud to become more agile in deploying...
AOL unplugs 10,000 servers, saves $5 million
AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved itself US$5 million along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running...
Microsoft is building a new datacenter in Dublin
Microsoft is spending about US$130 million to build a new datacenter in Dublin, as it needs more room to run cloud services there, the company said...
Sony shows power outlets that can control electricity by user, device, or source
Sony is developing electric wall sockets and plugs that can control power consumption by appliance, user or original power source.
U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems
In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab is building a new computing center that will...
Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings
Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy...
In Search of an Energy Yardstick
We take a comprehensive look at the new green-IT metrics for measuring data center efficiency and productivity from The Green Grid and other industry...
Ovum: businesses still missing out on power management savings
IT departments are missing out on potentially significant power consumption savings due to fears that PC power management (PCPM) solutions could...
Nokia: Phone charging using solar power comes with many challenges
Charging a mobile phone by simply using a solar charging panel on the back cover is possible but challenging, Nokia has concluded after ending a...
China racing to expand data center capacity
China is in the midst of an unprecedented data center construction boom that's providing business opportunities for U.S. companies and could see...
Japan's Mitsui to invest in U.S. Tres Amigas smart power grid project
Mitsui, a massive Japanese conglomerate, will invest US$12 million in an ambitious smart grid project that is being constructed in New Mexico.
Google invests in more renewable energy production capacity
Google has paid US$94 million for a stake in four photovoltaic power generation projects around Sacramento, California, bringing its total investment...
Facebook unfriends coal, friends Greenpeace in clean energy campaign
Greenpeace International has ended a long-running campaign calling on Facebook to "unfriend coal" as a source of energy for its data...
Japan group to build smart power grids that treat energy like network data
Using concepts from IT and networking, a Japanese consortium plans to develop large-scale energy grids that will handle power the way the Internet...
Facebook sets up New York engineering shop
Facebook is expanding its operations in the Big Apple, announcing on Friday plans to open an engineering office in New York in 2012.
In Search of an Energy Yardstick
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