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How to Benchmark Data Center Energy CostsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 14 hours ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags how, benchmark, data, center, energy, costs,
In the spring of 2007, UPS's Ben Swanson and Joe Parrino attended a conference on the growing problem of data center power consumption. One suggested remedy was to benchmark and analyze the power read more »
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Intel hopes to bring free energy to mobile devicesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 30 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: other | Tags intel, free, energy, mobile, devices, ,
"Intel said on Friday it is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices like mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging." read more »
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WattzOn asks: How much power are you using?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 62 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags rafe needleman, wattzon, energy-consuming behaviors, energy, device, ,
Rafe Needleman writes about WattzOn which is a site where you can "enter in your energy-consuming behaviors, from transit to food to goods purchased. It calculates not just energy taken up by a devi read more »
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Google proposes $4.4 trillion clean energy planOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 97 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: other | Tags google, clean energy, plan, , , ,
"The search giant unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce the U.S.'s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy. The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google, which said it had been busy "crunching the numbers." read more »
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Duke Energy to invest in mini solar power plantsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: other | Tags duke energy, invest, mini solar, power plants, rooftop, distributed, solar energy,
Martin LaMonica writes, "Can hundreds of rooftop solar panels collectively operate like a central power plant? Duke Energy launches $100 million distributed solar program to find out." read more »
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Renewable energy and the future of the datacenterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 224 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: other | Tags renewable, energy, future, datacenter, , , ,
"The states are eying renewable energy sources for their ability to create power plant jobs, but new types of power can create datacenter jobs, as well..." read more »
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The Green Delay: A timely proposal for IT energy conservationOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 226 days ago (http://weblog.infoworld.com)
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Yager offers a pragmatic argument for IT energy conservation. read more »
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Energy concerns impact secondary storageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 227 days ago (http://IS.pennnet.com)
Category: storage | Tags energy, concerns, impact, secondary, storage, , ,
Heidi Biggar, Mary Johnston Turner, and John McKnight review a recent Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Research survey that evaluates the growing concern amongst businesses over not over servers and primary storage energy utilization but now secondary storage as well. read more »
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