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Most data centers are energy hogs

June 23, 2015 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Bad news. While tech giants boast super-low power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratings, most corporate data centers aren’t following suit. A recent eWEEK article by Scot Petersen, a technology analyst at Ziff Brothers Investment, noted that while Google and Facebook are edging ever closer to a coveted 1.0 PUE score — the closer to 1.0 the […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT

Used Chevy Volt batteries help provide power for GM data center

June 19, 2015 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

General Motors (GM) is recycling used Chevy Volt batteries and putting them to good use by providing renewables-sourced power for the company’s new data center at its Milford Proving Ground. GM’s June 16 press release explains: Because the Volt typically draws its power from a band of energy in the battery pack, there is a lot […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Data Center Tagged With: batteries, Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, Data Center, general motors, GM, renewable energy

Amazon looks to the solar to power its cloud

June 10, 2015 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Some neat news from my colleague Jeffrey Burt over at eWEEK today… Amazon is working with Community Energy to build an 80-megawatt solar farm in Virginia to help power its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Virginia. Jeffrey writes: The solar farm—which will be built in Accomack County, Va., and will power up as early as October […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Cloud Computing, Data Center Tagged With: amazon, cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Center, renewable energy, renewables

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