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American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 - Waxman-Markey

With all of the efforts to get energy under control, it is not surprising that there are a number of new energy bills making their way through congress. One of the most 'spectacular' in-process bills with…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on June 9, 2010 at 4:35 — No Comments

What Data Centers and Household Appliances now have in Common

(picture courtesy of treehugger.com)

Yes, it is a fact now: your data center is now comparable to fridges, washing machines and microwaves. In what way?

No points if you guessed right: data centers can now earn the Energy Star label as well. It is not very easy though, as…

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Added by Michiel van Blommestein on June 8, 2010 at 22:05 — No Comments

Energy Star for Data Centers - It's a GOOD thing!

http://blog.modius.com/modiusblog/bid/37276/Energy-Star-for-Data-Centers-Finally-a-report-card…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on June 8, 2010 at 4:42 — No Comments

A Huge Test of Cloud Automation Tools

At long last. For some reason, the trade magazines refrained from doing a thorough test of cloud automation tools. But to make the cloud worthwhile, they are definitely needed. The marketplace was maturing slowly though, and only now the larger vendors are coming up with serious automation tools.

Smaller vendors have been showing their tricks though, and now Network World has finally picked it up and… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on June 7, 2010 at 22:56 — No Comments

Data Center Network Economics Blog

Data Center Network Economics addresses industry issues: router vendor cost control; building better business cases; ICO, not TCO; The Business Case for Selling Products to Governments and Not-for-Profits:

http://www.datacenterecon.com/DCNE_Blog.html

Added by Lisa Huff on June 7, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments

GreeningIT

Free to download e-book: Greening IT: How Greener IT Can Form a Solid Base For a Low-Carbon Society.

Data centers, cloud computing and much more, take a look at…

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Added by Rien Dijkstra on June 7, 2010 at 0:08 — No Comments

How much better can it get? Data Center Energy Efficiency

http://blog.modius.com/modiusblog/bid/37181/How-much-better-can-it-get-Data-Center-Energy-Efficiency

I was flipping through the 2007 report to congress issued by Jonathan Koomey ("Report to Congress…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on June 6, 2010 at 17:44 — No Comments

For Those of You Tired of Being Accused of Planet Killing

Short post today. Does it bother you that you as a data center professional keep on hearing that you're being part of the blackest, most polluting industry around? And that, consequently, you are one of those greedy 'suits' for whom 'green' is just a PR tool?

If that is the case, Mark Thiele (CEO of Data Center Pulse) has written a blog post just for you. Read it, and… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on June 4, 2010 at 23:38 — No Comments