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T-Mobile cheats on magenta for green

February 6, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

T-Mobile cheats on magenta for green

Scandalous! T-Mobile, whose corporate identity is associated with an eye-searing magenta (think hot pink-ish) hue, is going green in a big way. The mobile operator announced that it is committing to 100 percent renewable energy. John Legere, T-Mobile’s outspoken president and CEO, said the move is more than just a way to take better care […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Green IT Tagged With: clean energy, renewable energy, T-Mobile, telecom, wind power

Fuel cells and the data center

December 3, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Processor is fast becoming one of my favorite sites to point folks that want to get a good introductory grasp on Green IT topics. Its latest feature on fuel cells is one of the reasons why. Chris A. MacKinnon’s article explores the clean (in relative terms) energy technology that took center stage when Bloom Energy’s […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Data Center Tagged With: Bloom Energy, Bloom Energy Server, clean energy, five nines, fuel cell, renewable energy

Microsoft passes on not-so-green site for massive data center in Virginia

September 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

No green energy, no dice. That’s Microsoft’s stance on siting new data centers, according to a story in the Roanoke Times. The company passed on building a nearly half-billion dollar facility in Montgomery County, Virginia. Instead, it settled on Boydton County. The reason: A dearth of renewable energy options. Oh, yeah, and sinkholes. The sinkholes […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Featured Tagged With: clean energy, Data Center, datacenter, Facebook, green data center, Microsoft, renewable energy

Intel funds Nexant, Adaptive Computing, Ciranova and Joyent

September 14, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

Intel Capital, the chipmaker’s venture capital arm, has invested $30 millions among four startups: Adaptive Computing, Nexant, Ciranova and Joyent. Of the four firms, three echo Intel’s pursuit of efficient data centers and cloud infrastructures. (Ciranova is pioneering “mixed analog-digital” chips. Interesting? Yes. Green? Potentially yes.) Joyent develops the technological underpinnings for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) clouds […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Adaptive Computing, Ciranova, clean energy, cleantech, Cloud Computing, Data Center, funding, Intel, Joyent, Nexant, VC, venture capital

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