Making data centers more energy efficient MIT News, August 30, 2017 Most modern websites store data in databases, and since database queries are relatively slow, most sites also maintain so-called cache servers, which list the results of common queries for faster access. A data center for a major web service such as Google or Facebook … Read more
Aligned Energy opens 51-acre facility in Phoenix Datacenter Dynamics, May 5, 2017 Green energy investment and holding company Aligned Energy has opened a colocation facility at 2500W Union Hills in Phoenix, Arizona. The 550,000 sq ft (51,000 sq m) facility uses a patented heat recovery system, Intertech, to improve efficiency. Aligned with the times The data … Read more
Data Centers: Energy Efficiency and Maintenance ASHRAE, September 13, 2016 A newly published energy standard for data centers features a performance-based approach that is more flexible and accommodating of innovative changes that rapidly occur in design, construction and operations in that industry. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016, Energy Standard for Data Centers, establishes the minimum energy-efficiency requirements … Read more
Data center containment and control drives energy efficiency Datacenter Dynamics, May 11, 2016. Image credit: Containment and Control is an element in the strategy to improve the efficiency of data center cooling systems by isolating either the heat produced by IT equipment (hot aisle containment) or the cooling provided to the equipment (cold aisle containment). … Read more
Rise of the machines Rac Plus, January 6, 2016. Image credit: Dennis van Zuijlekom In June 2015, a study by Jonathan Koomey and Jon Taylor confirmed the view that a great deal of the servers inside the data centres are just consuming electricity, while not being used or accessed in any way. The study concluded that … Read more
Amanda Gasse for Zondits, August 10, 2015. Image credit: Tom Raftery Server rooms are energy hogs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that data centers consume 2% of our national electricity use, at 100 billion kilowatt-hours a year. That number continues to rise as storage requirements and demands continue to increase, cloud computing progresses, and … Read more
Data Center Efficiency: 40% Improvement Through Best Practices The Data Center Journal, August 4, 2015. Image credit: blickpixel Indirect/direct evaporative cooling systems, which can harness cooler outside air to support indoor cooling, are proven to reduce power consumption compared with traditional air conditioning (including last-generation computer room air conditioning units, or CRACs). The system’s digital controls, … Read more
The Newest Addition to the Facebook Data Center Fleet: Fort Worth Facebook Newsroom, July 7, 2015. Image credit: Today we announced that Fort Worth, Texas, will be the home for our next data center. Along with our Altoona, Prineville, Forest City and Lulea data centers, Fort Worth will be one of the cornerstones of the … Read more
Proposed Energy Standard For Data Centers, Telecommunications Buildings Open For Public Comment ASHRAE, February 20, 2015 A proposed standard from ASHRAE providing requirements for energy use in data centers is open for public input. ASHRAE Standard 90.4P, Energy Standard for Data Centers and Telecommunications Buildings, is open for its first public review until March 30, … Read more
It’s arrived: The evolution of clean power & data centers Gigaom, February 18, 2015 The world’s largest internet companies are turning to clean power to run their data centers like never before. This month we saw huge clean power deals from Apple, including big solar projects planned in California and Arizona, and a big wind buy from … Read more