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Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?

by Tom Raftery on February 23, 2010 · 8 comments

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Photo credit The Sierra Club
Should FaceBook’s investors be worries that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power?
FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian [...]

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Green Numbers round-up 10/30/2009

by Tom Raftery on October 30, 2009 · 1 comment

in GreenNumbers

President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to Spur Transition to Smart Energy Grid
“Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, [...]

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More info please IBM…

by Tom Raftery on January 8, 2009 · 1 comment

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Speaking of data centers, I was delighted to read this morning of a partnership between IBM and Indian bank Kotak.
According to the release, IBM is helping the bank consolidate its server rooms into one data center and Kotak will save:
over US$1.2 million in operational efficiency and reduced energy costs over the next five years
I’d like [...]

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How to build a hyper Energy-efficient Data Center

by Tom Raftery on December 4, 2008 · 0 comments

in datacenter

Building a Hyper Energy Efficient Data Center
View SlideShare presentation. (tags: cold aisle containment cix)

I am speaking next week at a virtual conference called “bMighty – A Deep Dive on IT Infrastructure for SMBs” – apologies in advance for the state of the website(!)
My talk is titled “How to build a hyper Energy-efficient Data Center” and [...]

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IBM reckons Green is where economic and ecological concerns converge

by Tom Raftery on June 27, 2008 · 0 comments

in Uncategorized, datacenter

I love this ad. It demonstrates that not only has IBM a sense of humour but also that they have the right story – today, with soaring energy prices, Green is where economic and ecological concerns converge.
Last year IBM announced Project Big Green. This was a commitment by IBM to re-direct $1 billion USD per [...]

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