Cisco Signs Up for 20MW of Solar Energy
Cisco reached a deal with NRG Energy to develop a 20 megawatt (MW) solar energy facility that will generate clean, reliable solar power for…
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CenturyLink Opens Hydro-electric-powered Data Center
CenturyLink inaugurated a new data center in central Washington, adding hydro-electric-powered data center services to its hybrid IT services portfolio. The data center, located…
Equinix Commits to 100% Clean and Renewal Data Center Energy
Equinix committed to a long-term goal to use 100% clean and renewable energy to power its global platform, which now includes data centers in…
NTT DOCOMO Base Stations Avoid On-Peak Electricity Consumption
NTT DOCOMO is testing a base station with dual power-source control technology that uses more than 95% reduced-impact (solar and off-peak) electricity. The idea…
Apple Signs $848 million Power Purchase Deal with First Solar
Apple has committed $848 million to purchase clean energy from First Solar’s California Flats Solar Project in Monterey County, California. Under the largest power…
Blueprint: How Your Data Networks Can Sustainably Grow
by Thierry Klein, Network Energy Research Program Leader, Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent In a world where leaving the office at the end of the…
Bell Labs Tunes its G.W.A.T.T. Energy Consumption Tool
Bell Labs released an updated version of its G.W.A.T.T. application, which helps operators plan for the energy consumption and efficiency of their networks. Version…
Verizon Installs Solar Panels at Long Island HQ
Verizon is installing 7,000 SunPower solar panels on the roof of its Long Island headquarters complex in Garden City, NY. The same building already…
HP Sets Carbon Reduction Goals
HP announced a goal to reduce the emissions intensity of its product portfolio by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 2010 levels. The carbon…
Facebook’s Load Balancer Achieves 27% Power Savings at Midnight
Facebook’s engineering team posted details on its “Autoscale” load balancing technology, which is now yielding significant energy savings as traffic on the site rises…
Microsoft Commits to 175 MW Wind Farm for Chicago Data Center
Microsoft announced its largest purchase of wind energy to date — a 20-year agreement with EDF Renewable Energy to purchase up to an estimated…
IBM’s Green Horizon Project Aims to Help China on Energy and Environment
IBM announced a 10-year initiative to support China in transforming its national energy systems and protecting the health of citizens. IBM’s “Green Horizon” project…
ETSI Releases KPI Standard for Data Center Energy-efficiency
ETSI has published a Data Centre Energy Management (DCEM) indicator standard to help measure energy efficiency and compare energy management efficiency in data centres.…