Sad news. Olivier Sanche, a pioneer in energy-efficient data centers, passed away on Thanksgiving. Most recently, he was in charge of getting Apple’s new data center in North Carolina up and running. Before that, he headed eBay’s data center group and helped the company’s IT operations chart a path toward a more sustainable path, culminating […]
eBay offering reusable shipping boxes
Taking a cue from interoffice envelopes, eBay is looking to cut the carbon impact of shipping between its members by offering recycled, multi-use shipping boxes. The online auction giant is testing the waters with a preliminary batch of 100,000 eBay boxes which are designed to be durable enough handle several trips. Let’s hope it takes […]
eBay’s Project Topaz: Anatomy of a $300 million green data center
Building, let alone operating, a Tier IV data center to support a business that transacts $2,000 per second — that’s over $172 million per day, $60 billion per year folks — sounds like the makings of a huge energy guzzler. But that’s not the case for Dean Nelson, eBay’s senior director of Global Data Center […]
Cleantech + IT = Bloom Energy Server
Bloom Energy Server, eBay Installation – Credit: Bloom Energy Bloom Energy’s fuel cell is making waves this week, starting with a 60 Minutes profile and culminating in today’s official coming out party. (FYI: My colleague Katie at Earth2Tech has some…
