After a little President’s Day weekend break (and career rumblings), ecoINSITE’s daily roundup of Green IT links is back.

Today: The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel makes headway on communications standards; exploring prepay for electrical service; and a look at Finland’s underground data center complex that doubles as a heat source for the city.

Also, a Binghamton University computer researcher is hoping to advance hardware-agnostic energy-aware programming. Go green code!

Smart Grid Panel Agrees on Standards – IndustryWeek
The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel agree on a new energy usage data model standard.

Smart grid + bill prepay explored as home energy efficiency strategy – GreenTech Pastures | ZDNet

Finland Builds Massive Underground City to House Industry, Data Centers (Video) – Treehugger

New approach to programming may boost ‘green’ computing – Discover-e | Binghamton University Research News

The First Full-Color Display with Quantum Dots – Technology Review
Samsung thinks the tech will end up in devices that OLEDs have failed to gain traction: PC monitors and big-screen HDTVs.

The Data Center Landscape for Power Management – DatacenterDynamics

Acer moves server and storage business to US market – TechEye
…with hardware designed for cloud and virtualized environments, naturally.

FedEx Unveils ‘Green’ Data Center – Information Management

1E: Pioneers in Green IT & Power Management – Ecopreneurist

SSDs Prove Tough To Erase – InformationWeek
Energy efficient? Sure! Easy to wipe? Not so much…