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Is a true green data center environment a possibility
Added this post. Last reply by Ray Jones Nov 7, 2009. 8 Replies 0 Likes
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Ray Jones replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Thanks for a very interesting and informative response John, I'm afraid I have been out of action for a couple of months so was not able to reply sooner.
I totally agree about carbon neutrality and the only way to gain such a label it seems is…"
Eric Lars Larson replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Ray,
Take a look at http://greenhousedata.com/
They claim 100% renewable energy used.
They are one of the many data centers participating in the ColoFind.net system.
Eric"
John Peterson, PE, LEED AP replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Solar has yet to prove itself as worth the maintenance and fluctuation in power, plus the area required for even small loads has been far outside the scope of most projects. Wind has not been viable due to the shear amount of power required at the…"
Ray Jones replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Hi Vicki
Thank you for a very informative reply. The data centre sounds fascinating; I built up the business model for the University of Manchester's data centres and was involved right up until it was privatised and made commercial. The…"
Vicki May replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Hi Ray,
From what I've read about data centres, cooling equipment seems to be the greatest energy consumer for the data centre industry, and there are many examples of new data centres which use natural cooling methods to reduce energy…"
Ray Jones replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"Excellent information Benjamin; many thanks - wold you mind if I linked to this from my Twitter account (as this is purely a carbon trust / green data center resource). I'm intersted especially in the renewable energy power utility plant idea.…"
Benjamin Brink replied to Ray Jones's post 'Is a true green data center environment a possibility'"One technique is to combine the DC with a renewable energy power utility plant. Revenue from selling excess energy production becomes a second source of revenue. Costs are more stable since you have direct control over power etc. etc.
If…"
Ray Jones posted a discussionIs a true green data center environment a possibility
Having read more articles on renewable energy and so-called 'carbon-neutrality' I am beginning to wonder is there actually, with servers getting more and more dense, any practical possibility of a carbon-free datacenter?Obviously there are various options depending upon where you are geographically but surely there must be scope not only to reduce a DC carbon footprint or buy carbon credits but to actually physically find a workable solution to this growing problem.Governments are of course…See More
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- At 10:08 on August 4, 2009,
DAVID MARTIN HODGSON said… - good morning ray how are you?
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