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Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Datacentres are a key focus for government’s Green ICT Delivery Unit

  With the growing use of online services for government transactions, datacentres are a key focus of the government’s green IT strategy

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Ken Brill, datacentre visionary and founder of Uptime Institute passes away

  Kenneth Brill, the datacentre innovator and founder of Uptime Institute has passed away at the age of 68

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Facebook's datacentre carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions rise

  Despite its focus on energy efficiency and use of renewable energy resources, Facebook’s datacentre carbon footprint increased 52% in 2012

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Pinewood Studios slashes backup and recovery times

  Pinewood Studios Group has slashed its backup and recovery times and achieved robust data protection through server virtualisation

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification

  Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  European Commission awards €1.7m for datacentre research

  EC funds a datacentre study project led by industry consortium Data Centre Alliance and the University of East London

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Government awards £1m fund to help UK datacentres cut carbon footprint

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has awarded £1m to help datacentres reduce their carbon footprints

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Datacentre industry launches bootcamp to plug skills shortage

  The Data Centre Alliance has launched a bootcamp in collaboration with industry and universities to plug datacentre skills gap

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  IT energy consumption lower than previously claimed

  Research has debunked the myth that consuming IT and media services on mobile devices is hurting the environment

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Power supply is top consideration when choosing datacentres, shows study

  Power supply is most important to managers choosing a new datacentre, says UK and European Data Centre Barometer study

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  PSN and G-cloud prove major advantages for UK public sector, says HMRC

  HMRC has benefited by centralising data storage systems on public cloud and adopting public services network (PSN) strategy

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Microsoft to invest $700m on datacentre expansion

  Microsoft is planning a $677.6m (£440m) investment to expand its existing datacentre in West Des Moines, Iowa

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Moving business apps to the cloud can yield power savings, shows study

  Moving business apps, including email and CRM, from local IT systems to the cloud could cut energy consumption by up to 87%

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Cloud providers must step up green IT efforts, says Greenpeace

  Public cloud giants such as AWS and Microsoft must step up efforts in using sustainable energy, says Greenpeace

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Facebook's Arctic datacentre in Luleå, Sweden goes live

  Facebook’s newest datacentre in Luleå, Sweden is turned on to handle live traffic and is storing users’ photos, videos, comments and likes