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Microsoft Underwater Data Centers: There’s something about the water that keeps attracting data center builders. We were brought in by a VC firm to vet out a project all the way back in 2008 (the idea was sunk not because of the project’s merits but because the financial assumptions of the founders were way off).… Read More »Microsoft’s Underwater Data Centers – Really ?
February 3, 2016
Digital Service Efficiency Though it’s well understood you can’t manage what you don’t measure, the vast majority of enterprises don’t track the energy efficiency of their IT operations. Firms spend tens of millions of dollars on data centers and energy usage, but seldom explore meaningful ways to manage this energy spend. It gets shrugged off… Read More »eBay Measures Energy Consumption with Digital Service Efficiency
September 7, 2014
Landlords Double as Energy Brokers RampRate Article from the New York Times Posted MAY 13, 2013 – Read the full article Here The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real estate. With yearly leases approaching $150 a square foot. So it… Read More »Landlords Double as Energy Brokers
May 12, 2013
Return on Investment Paper vs. Plates just one question in the bigger picture Part 2 in a series on conflicts between environmental and economic impulses in all of us, and how we resolve them. “How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It’s really very simple and requires no expert… Read More »Are You Going Green or Going for the Green?
November 7, 2010
Green Grid Virtualization Whitepaper In the recent Green Grid White Paper, “Impact of Virtualization on Data Center Physical Infrastructure“, there’s an interesting discussion about the impact of virtualization on data center density, capacity, and power waste. However, most of the findings apply to in-house environments where the same entity that virtualizes has to deal with… Read More »Perspectives on Green Grid Virtualization Whitepaper
February 10, 2010
Data Center supplier Playbook Few if any data centers would admit to making money on power. For one thing, it’s something that could get them in legal trouble depending on the jurisdiction. However, throughout the US, co-location facilities are taking sizeable margins on power by buying on a usage basis and selling on a capacity… Read More »Data Center supplier Playbook: Capacity-Based Power
January 29, 2010