Green Computing Report

Swedish Datacenter Saves Big with Seawater

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:10:22 EDT

Datacenter operator Interxion uses seawater to cool its Stockholm facilities, saving over a million dollars in energy costs each year.

Vivante Showcases Low Power GPU Solutions

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:16 EDT

Vivante Corporation announced its participation in the Multicore Developers Conference in Santa Clara, CA where it is showcasing its smaller, faster, cooler GC (Graphics and Compute) series IP graphics cores.

CoolEmAll Releases Prototype Datacenter Design Tools

Tiffany Trader — 2013-05-22

The European Commission-funded project CoolEmAll has released the first prototypes of advanced tools aimed at facilitating more energy-efficient datacenters.

Amazon Designs New Green Digs

Tiffany Trader — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:36 EDT

Amazon's Seattle headquarters are about to get a lot greener. New drawings released by the e-retailer feature a high-concept ultra-modern greenhouse design as the centerpiece of a three-block development project in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle.

Power Analytics Unveils 'New Horizons' Partner Program

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35:38 EDT

Power Analytics Corporation today introduced the New Horizons Partners Program for organizations that are resellers of the company’s premier Paladin Software. Resellers, agents and other technology partners now have the option to offer the entire set of Power Analytics Paladin Software, extending customer relationships and creating new market opportunities.

Trans-Lux Sets New Benchmarks in LED Display Technologies

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:50 EDT

Trans-Lux Corporation, a world leader in LED digital displays and LED lighting technologies, continues to establish new benchmarks in LED display performance and efficiency.

Digital Realty Contracts With Uptime Institute For Multiple Tier III Certifications

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:48 EDT

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading global provider of data center solutions, announced that it has contracted with Uptime Institute to achieve Tier III certification for 20 of its new data center projects worldwide.

Energy-efficient Many-core Is the PRiME Objective

Tiffany Trader — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:57 EDT

Electronic engineers and computer scientists in the UK are working to develop more reliable and energy-efficient many-core embedded systems as part of a new five-year program, called PriME.

IDS Solar Technologies' Power Storage Control System Nears Launch

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:32 EDT

IDS Solar Technologies, Inc. today announced the completion of its circuit board design for its feature-rich integrated battery management and charge controller system.

Sefaira Enhances Energy Analysis Software to Evaluate Custom Shading Devices

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:54 EDT

Sefaira, a cloud-based energy analysis software company helping the building industry design and retrofit buildings for energy efficiency and sustainability, today announced that it has enhanced its flagship software, Sefaira Concept, giving architects the ability to analyze bespoke shading devices.

Toward an Energy-Efficient, High-Performance Datacenter

Tiffany Trader — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:03:07 EDT

A team of researchers from the University of Florida has developed an innovative power management approach that enables high performance low-overhead datacenter operation on pure renewable energy sources.

Tullow Oil Reduces Energy Costs with Verismic Software

Tiffany Trader — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:54:27 EDT

Verismic has announced that Tullow Oil, the independent oil and gas exploration and production group, has deployed Verismic's PC Power Management software to significantly reduce the power usage of its PCs and laptops worldwide.

Asetek Named as Finalist in 2013 American Business Awards

Tiffany Trader — 2013-05-16

Asetek's datacenter technology nominated in "New Product or Service of the Year-Hardware-Computer" category.

Telcos to Slash Energy Use 90 Percent by 2020

Tiffany Trader — 2013-05-16

Launched three years ago, GreenTouch is a global research consortium dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of data and communications networks. Despite exponentially-increasing network traffic, the group asserts that it is possible to reduce energy consumption 90 percent by 2020.

Mines' Powerful New Supercomputer to Focus on Energy Research

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-16

Colorado School of Mines’ new 155 teraflop supercomputer dubbed “BlueM” will allow researchers to run large simulations in support of the university’s core research areas while operating on the forefront of algorithm development using a powerful hybrid system.

CO2 Levels Hit New High

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:29:28 EDT

Climate scientists reported that the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in over a million years.

Calxeda, Fedora Project Deploy Servers in Support of ARM Ecosystem

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:14 EDT

Boston Viridis servers with Calxeda EnergyCore accelerate application development and lower barrier for porting and supporting ARM software ecosystem for the Fedora Project.

Eaton, CA Technologies to Deliver Infrastructure Management for Datacenters

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:46 EDT

Eaton and CA Technologies announced an agreement to deliver a robust datacenter monitoring, management and control solution in North America.

Modular Datacenter Market Worth $40.41 Billion by 2018

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:08:05 EDT

According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the Modular Data Centers Market is expected to reach $40.41 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of 37.41% from 2013 to 2018.

sureCore Receives £250K SMART Award to Prototype Low Power SRAM Technology

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:32:50 EDT

sureCore Ltd has secured a Technology Strategy Board SMART award of £250K to help realise the company's low power SRAM technology in a leading edge next generation silicon process node.

A Datacenter Without Walls

Tiffany Trader — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:17:20 EDT

When you're running the largest datacenters in the world, low-carbon cooling techniques take on new significance. Microsoft is one of the IT giant's leading the datacenter optimization charge. Over the years the company has transitioned from heavy reliance on air-conditioning to more carbon-friendly cooling techniques, like air-side economization.

Expert to Discuss the Hidden Cost of Lost Datacenter Capacity at Uptime Institute Symposium

Tiffany Trader — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:26:06 EDT

Future Facilities' Sherman Ikemoto will discuss the long-term costs of IT deployment without proper planning and how integrating IT and facilities operations can increase the utilization of critical datacenter resources.

Adaptiva to Demo New IT Efficiency and PC Power Management Solution at TechEd

Tiffany Trader — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:37:10 EDT

Microsoft Gold Partner to showcase new IT software platform and promote industry-wide education at North America's largest Microsoft show of the year.

New IBM Center in Beijing to Speed Linux Applications on Power Systems

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-14

At a press conference in Beijing today, IBM further extended its reach into China with the opening of the first Linux innovation center for Power Systems clients and business partners.

Citizen Scientists to Help Map Global CO2 Emissions

Tiffany Trader — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:24:59 EDT

Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching an innovative online "game" to better understand the global carbon cycle.

Open Compute Project Tackles the Network

Tiffany Trader — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:53:23 EDT

Open Compute Project president says something was missing, and that something was the connecting layer.

HP Upgrades Datacenter Automation Software

Tiffany Trader — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:38 EDT

HP today announced the next generation of its datacenter automation, orchestration and cloud management software.

Datacenter Liquid Cooling Process Wins Uptime Institute Award

Tiffany Trader — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:08:39 EDT

Collaboration among 3M, Iceotope and University of Leeds advances energy efficiency in servers and reduces waste from datacenter infrastructure.

Supermicro Ships New 4U 72x 3.5" Hot-Swappable HDD Storage Platform

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-09

Super Micro Computer, Inc. is shipping a new scale-out object storage solution based on the high capacity Double-Sided Storage server (SSG-6047R-E1R72L) featuring 72x 3.5" hot-swappable HDDs plus 2x 2.5" hot-swappable HDDs, supporting up to 288TB using the latest 4TB Enterprise drives.

Clustered Systems Installs Efficient 100kW Rack at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-08

Clustered Systems recently completed the installation of its first "hyper efficient" computing system at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Initial testing indicates that an average PUE of 1.07 can be expected, which resets the bar on server energy efficiency.

Vicor's ChiP Power Component Packaging to Make European Debut at PCIM Europe 2013

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-07

Vicor Corporation today announced its participation in the Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) 2013 conference, the international conference devoted to power electronics and its applications, hosted in Nuremberg, Germany, May 14-16, 2013.

Cray Expands XC30 Line with Air-Cooled Option

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-07

With prices starting at $500,000, the Cray XC30-AC (air cooled) supercomputer economizes the packaging, networking, cooling and power options of the Cray XC30 system to provide customers with a balance of features and footprint that matches....

AMAX Named Official Solutions Provider of Open Compute Project Foundation

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-06

AMAX has been named a member and official solutions provider to bring unique datacenter experiences to the Open Compute Project Foundation, which is aimed at scalable, efficient computing. The company's role will entail bringing...

IO Expands APAC Team to Keep Pace with Data Center 2.0 Demand

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:32:16 EDT

IO announced two additions to the Company's Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations.

Old Dominion First Participant in Dominion Virginia Power's Solar Program

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-02

Dominion Virginia Power has selected Old Dominion University to be the first participant in the company's Solar Partnership Program.

Verne Global Recognized with 2013 IDG InfoWorld Green 15 Award

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:34:47 EDT

Verne Global has been recognized with the 2013 IDG InfoWorld Green 15 Award for the world's first dual-sourced, 100% renewable power data center.

Compass Datacenters Completes Construction of Durham Data Center

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:10:23 EDT

Compass Datacenters completed construction and commissioning of its first data center facility in Durham, North Carolina.

Cisco and Resnick Sustainability Institute Researching Clean Energy

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-01

The Cisco Connected Energy Networks business unit is working with the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech on research toward a clean distributed energy future.

Applied Math Modeling Announces CoolSim 4.1

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-01

Applied Math Modeling announced the availability of CoolSim 4.1 – the next revision of the company’s popular modeling software.

Spirent Launches Next-Gen Ethernet Test Solutions

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-01

Spirent Communications announced the launch of its next-generation high speed Ethernet test solutions.

The Challenges of Energy Efficient Exascale Computing

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:57:02 EDT

At some point, the advancement in computer technology will lead to computing at one exaflops, or a thousand petaflops. Achieving this landmark goal is driving datacenters to meet the power and cooling requirements necessary to house that sort of computational power.

Echelon Simplifies Installation of LonWorks Building Automation Systems

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:35:54 EDT

Echelon Corporation announced that Schneider Electric is transitioning its Lon based MircoNet Series of controllers from the Echelon FT 3150 to the Echelon FT 5000 smart transceiver.

Verizon Investing $100 Million in Solar and Fuel-Cell Energy

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:27:01 EDT

Verizon announced that it will invest $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country.

IO Initiative to Design Next Gen Green Data Center Technology

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:05:56 EDT

IO will host a team of graduate students from the MIT Sloan School of Management's Sustainable Business Lab.

Datacenter Infrastructure Management Market to Reach $3.14 Billion in 2017

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:18:25 EDT

The datacenter infrastructure management market is expected to teach $3.14 Billion in 2017.

Edison Awards Announced for Innovative Products and Services

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:37:49 EDT

he Edison Awards, which celebrate game-changing new products and services from around the world in the spirit of Thomas Edison, announced its 2013 winners.

DTE Energy Dedicates SolarCurrents Project at IHM Sisters

Xtenit Help — 2013-04-26

DTE Energy and the IHM Sisters, dedicated a 518-kilowatt solar energy system at the IHM Sisters property.

Mavericks Push the Green Envelope

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:59:54 EDT

Power consumption and cooling may be concerns for all IT departments, but high performance computing (HPC) demands large amounts of both. GigaOM held a webinar on Tue., April 23, entitled “Green HPC: how IT mavericks push the envelope with clean computing”

Device42 Integrates with Intel DCM

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:27:43 EDT

Device42 announced the integration of Intel Data Center Manager (DCM) to offer a fully integrated real-time monitoring and control solution.

Is a Zero-Watt Solution Worth the Wait?

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:32:47 EDT

Today's businesses move at a rapid pace. Datacenters need to keep up with that pace. However, a datacenter will use up energy to instantaneously access a file. SGI proposes that waiting a few seconds can save thousands of watts of power.

Cutting Edge Technology Previews Change in Datacenters at European Conference

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:07:36 EDT

Thinking differently about data centers provides the focus for this year’s Datacentres Europe, now in its ninth year.

T5 Scheduled to Open Greener Datacenter Campus in Colorado Springs

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:03:30 EDT

T5 Data Centers has started construction on T5@Colorado, its sixth data center complex, in Colorado Springs.

EarthLink Opens New Dallas Datacenter

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:58:33 EDT

EarthLink announced the opening of its newest data center located at 2323 Bryan Street, Dallas.

Harvard Clean Energy Project Powered By HGST Enterprise Capacity Hard Drives

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:48:56 EDT

HGST is partnering with the Harvard University Clean Energy Project and providing HGST enterprise-class Ultrastar hard drives to house the project's research data.

S&C Awarded Contract to Construct Solar PV Site in New Mexico

Xtenit Help — 2013-04-23

S&C Electric Company was awarded a $7.9 million USD contract by Green States Energy to construct a 2.5 MW solar photovoltaic farm near Roswell, N.M.