Data Center Efficiency Project Targets Cooling System

IBM leverages measurement tools from its Research Division to identify and implement energy savings opportunities in the cooling system of Toyota's California data center. Electricity provider, Southern California Edison, created a baseline and validated power demand decrease. ...

... "IBM also piloted an extension of MMT which includes real-time sensors that are distributed in strategic places throughout the data center. The updated version of the technology allowed IBM to constantly monitor temperature distributions throughout the project. " ...

Via IBM: Toyota Motor Sales Data Center

Data Center Deep Dive with Google

... Video provides perspectives on the green data center using Google's experience and outside-in viewpoints from industry experts.

Google Data Center Efficiency

Tour Google's efficient container data center ...

Green Performance Monitoring

Google uses standard data center efficiency metric to monitor performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and track the impact of its actions. The trends are impressive and efficiency gains drop straight to their bottom line. ...

... "We achieve this result without the use of any exotic techniques the EPA report assumes are necessary to reach this level of efficiency. Individual facilities can return even lower PUE values, with at least one facility returning a TTM PUE of 1.15. Our lowest published quarterly average PUE of an individual facility is 1.12, meaning that all electrical losses and cooling overhead combined used just 12% of the IT load. We believe that each of these data centers ranks among the most efficient large data centers currently in operation today. " ...

Via Google : Green Data Center Trends

Integrated Thinking for Green Computing

The information technology industry can take advantage of low-hanging fruit to make their data centers more efficient in the short-term. However, in the long-run, a holistic, integrated view of the data center design will yield leading energy performance. ...

... "For instance, a strict policy should be in place for selecting UPS providers, floor systems or high co-efficient of performance chillers, which work efficiently in combination. " ...

Via Silicon Republic: Data Center Energy Saver

IT Vendor Green Ranking

ABI Research did nice job with this green vendor ranking, looking for the vendors to "eat their own dog food" by implementing sustainable practices internally as well as offering green products as services. HP edges out the competition, but it is good to see the large vendors making strong moves in this area. ...

... "Hewlett-Packard emerged as the winner in ABI Research’s Innovation category, which measures how green a vendor’s products are. It was a very close contest because of the extensive efforts both IBM and Cisco have been making in this market. " ...

Via ABI Research: The Greenness of Data Center Equipment Vendors

Microsoft Texas Data Center Builds on Lessons Learned

Microsoft opens new data center as it executes on its cloud-computing strategy, incorporating energy efficiency into the design and operation of the facility. ...

... "The San Antonio facility is the most power-efficient data center we’ve built to date. The facility will use 602,000 gallons of recycled waste water (from San Antonio’s waste water system) a day to cool the facility during peak cooling months or approximately 8 million gallons of water a month. " ...

Via Microsoft: Microsoft San Antonio data center

PC Energy Footprint

Considering a project proposal for energy efficiency in the data center? Don't forget your personal computers and peripherals as an opportunity to reduce your energy footprint. ...

... "PCs and related peripherals consumed 41% of the information and communication technology's global footprint – telecoms infrastructure, data centers, and printers consumed 37%, 14% and 8%, respectively. " ...

Via Forrester: PC Power Management

Green Data Center Project

Emerson will eat its own dog food to achieve LEED Silver rating for its new green data center in St. Louis, which will support a program to consolidate its global data centers. ...

... "We've been telling our customers that the data center needs to be flexible, reliable and operate at the lowest total cost of ownership, said Victor Lee, chief technology officer for Emerson Network Power. This project gives us a chance to implement the strategies and technologies we recommend to our customers, and will give us a chance to share our first-hand experience after being in their shoes. " ...

Via Emerson: State-of-the-Art Global Data Center

Green IT Forum in Feb

Green IT Forum is scheduled for February 28th in New York City. ...

... "The IDC Green IT Forum is designed for senior IT, technology, procurement and strategic planning executives tasked with managing the role of Green IT to effectively measure and capture market opportunities for energy efficient systems. " ...

Via IDC: Event Details

Japan Green IT Strategy

The impact of information technology on a country's energy usage is significant. Japan is making a concerted effort to become more efficient and create the green data center. ...

... "Japan's Green IT Project aims to reduce the power consumption of IT equipment by 40% in 2025. " ...

Via Semiconductor International: Green IT

Certify Your Green Data Center

IBM offers certification program for energy efficiency in IT operations, as a way to benchmark, collaborate, and recognize achievements of the participants. ...

... "Energy efficiency certificates are a recognized form of documenting energy conservation and also provide financial incentive and recognition for businesses and electricity providers that increase their efficiency. " ...

Via IBM: Energy Efficiency Certificate Program

Green Data Center Expansion

IBM expands data center, emphasizing energy efficiency and green design. IT can play a role in reducing an enterprise's carbon footprint and energy costs. ...

... "IBM plans to install high density computing systems utilizing virtualization technology, along with its Cool Blue portfolio of energy efficient power and cooling technologies. These technologies, in conjunction with the energy efficient design and construction, will allow IBM to reduce its overall carbon footprint compared to standard data centers, and lessen the impact to the environment. " ...

Via IBM: IBM to Build $86 Million Energy Efficient Data Center in Boulder as Part of Project Big Green

Technology Evolution: Call to Green Action ...

As computing density increases, power consumption is spiraling out of control. It is time for the Information Technology industry to do its part in energy conservation and management. ...

... "Chief information officers need to wake up to the issues of spiralling energy consumption and environmental legislation, and develop greener approaches to IT, according to Gartner. " ...

Via ITNews Australia: Gartner urges IT to go green ...

A green strategy can include server virtualization which increases asset utilization and lowers the energy footprint of the datacenter ...

IBM VIRTUALIZATION SERVES UP COOLER SYSTEMS FOR US OPEN TENNIS EVENT: "Virtualization technology, which IBM has been providing to clients since before Arthur Ashe won his first US Open title in 1968, allows many computing resources to act as one and, more commonly, one computer, storage device or server to divide its own workload and act as many different resources. By reducing the number of computers and servers in use, virtualization helps minimize the often strenuous and expensive power and cooling demands of datacenters and eliminate unnecessary maintenance expenses. "

IT Governance: Green Data Center ...

The information technology department can enable a green enterprise through smarter use of energy in the data center and on the desktop. Simple things, like Windows power management and double-sided printing, can make a difference. And, server virtualization ensures higher utilization rates and greater efficiency. ...

... "In today's world of high energy prices and green awareness, doing so should be a key element of IT governance at any organisation. " ...

IT Governance: Green Data Center: Via silicon.com: IT power crisis - what can CIOs do? ...