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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 has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 February, 2012 23:10

Tags: Mainframes and Supercomputers, hardware systems, hardware, green IT, Green data center, environment, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance
In Search of an Energy Yardstick

Earlier this fall, Google made an announcement that in many ways foretells the future of data center efficiency metrics. The search giant not only disclosed its total power consumption and carbon emissions (mostly attributable to its data centers), but also released estimates of its per-user and per-search energy consumption. With this information -- and given that a billion Google searches occur per day -- it was possible to calculate that searches account for 12.5 million watts of the company's 260 million watt total.

By Mary Brandel | 31 January, 2012 04:59

Tags: The Green Grid, networking, management, Kaiser Permanente, infrastructure management, hardware systems, green IT, Green data center, Google, freemium, environment, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance
Aussies worry about recycling phones

A majority of Australians are putting off recycling their mobile phones because they're concerned about protecting their personal data.

By AAP | 08 November, 2011 17:56

Tags: recycling, mobile phones, green IT
Facebook-led foundation pushes for open data center tech

Facebook and several of its high-tech partners are rethinking how companies can handle big data with low-cost computing centers.

By Sharon Gaudin | 28 October, 2011 05:44

Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, software, Red Hat, Intel, hewlett-packard, hardware systems, green IT, Green data center, Facebook, environment, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, collaboration, applications, Advanced Micro Devices
Test Aims to Disprove Data Center Dogma

Since January, David Filas, a data center engineer at Trinity Health, has been running decommissioned servers, networking gear and storage systems in a simple generator shed on the grounds of the healthcare provider's headquarters in Novi, Mich.

By Patrick Thobodeau | 25 October, 2011 00:59

Tags: Trinity Health, servers, industry verticals, health care, hardware systems, green IT, Green data center, freemium, environment, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

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Tutorials about green IT

Set up your printer to save ink and paper

Whatever else you may do with your PC, it's likely that you print out at very least the odd letter, document or photograph. Papers and inks can be expensive, so printing wisely isn't just a matter of choosing the right printer for the job; you also need to ensure it's properly set up.

By Sandra Vogel | 12 August, 2010 15:42

Tags: printers, green IT, green

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Features about green IT

Slideshow: Verb IT first with HP Performance Optimised Datacentre (POD)

Sydney-based Verb IT is the first company in the Asia Pacific region to provision an HP Performance Optimised Datacentre (POD) next-generation data centre in a shipping container. The new Verb DC site where the POD is located is a standard industrial warehouse in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast (one hour north of Sydney). Verb DC is schedueld to go live in September after a 14-week project, including the POD delivery time. In what is being painted as a big win for the Central Coast IT industry, the new POD will provide computing services to local businesses and the world.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 August, 2010 08:57

Tags: Verb IT, Triforce Services, Portable Modular Data Centre (PMDC), HP POD, HP, green IT, data centres
What role should IT play in reining in energy costs?

IT buys the technology; facilities buys the energy. That's the way it's always been in corporate America. But that may be changing.

By Tam Harbert | 06 February, 2009 08:58

Tags: green IT
Companies are overstating green claims, consumers say

Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 January, 2009 08:11

Tags: CES, green IT
Sun, wind, algae: Future data-center power sources?

The potential for wind power in the upper Midwest United States has led some to dub the region the "Saudi Arabia of wind." But tapping that potential isn't easy. In particular, the difficulty of integrating wind power into utility companies' transmission grids is hampering adoption.

By Ann Bednarz | 26 November, 2008 07:37

Tags: data centre top pick, green IT, data center power consumption