IBM is rolling out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage data centers, integrating AC- and DC-based servers, water-cooled computing systems and related electronics. The new array is spread over more than 6,000 square-feet of rooftop covering IBM’s India Software Lab in Bangalore. The solar array is capable of providing a 50-kilowatt supply of … [Read more...]
Research Center Receives Grant for Energy-Efficient Data Center
The National Science Foundation has awarded $525,000 to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to reduce the data center’s carbon footprint. NSIDC will modify its computing center to become one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the United States. The project includes a 25-kilowatt rooftop solar array and a more … [Read more...]
WEBINAR- How to Kill Your Data Center: Ignore Airflow
Oct. 20 Future Facilities welcomes you to a live web presentation detailing airflow management basics, their effects, and the best ways to implement them. What data center management practice is mostly overlooked but can have the single biggest impact on data center efficiency, IT resilience and data center longevity? The answer: airflow management. Proper airflow management … [Read more...]
Intelligent Asset Tags and Sensors to Keep Track of Data Center Servers
Raritan's new intelligent Asset Management Tag (AMT), the size of a small mailing label, adheres to a server and connects to an Asset Management Sensor (AMS) attached to a rack rail. The solution tells operators the unique ID of the server and exactly where that server is located in the data center, down to the 1U level in a rack. The solution also indicates any moves or … [Read more...]
Google Reveals Energy Consumption Numbers
Google recently disclosed that it continuously uses enough electricity to power 200,000 homes. Google’s data centers around the world continuously draw almost 260 million watts — about a quarter of the output of a nuclear power plant. While the electricity figures may seem large, the company claims that the world is a greener place because people use less energy as a result of … [Read more...]
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