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BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News By March next year the company will upgrade 90 data centres worldwide, about 25 of which are in the UK, cutting power consumption by 60 per cent using fresh air cooling and AC-DC power conversion. It will also ensure that a third of its product or... [03 Jun 2008]
Accenture calculator: How green is your data centre?
News With a typical data centre consuming a watt in cooling for each watt used in computation, Accenture estimates companies could recoup the money from green calculator initiatives within a year. Companies enter information including the number and... [30 Jan 2008]
Green IT - do companies really care?
News It said the plan involves emissions created by electricity use and facility heating and cooling. Reliability, price and after-sales support are still the biggest factors when making IT purchases, it found - with only 12 per cent of 213 CIO... [27 Sep 2007]
Sun touts energy-efficient data centre drive
News Barrington added that for every degree less of heat that data-centre equipment generates, typically four per cent is saved on cooling costs. Sun has become the latest company to play the energy-efficiency card for its data-centre technology. [22 Aug 2007]
Vodafone flaunts green credentials
News Other initiatives include replacing energy intensive air conditioning at base stations with more efficient free cooling, and identifying sites where energy usage could be further reduced. The report states that the company's total carbon dioxide... [29 Jun 2007]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, added: "We are looking to leverage virtualisation to maximise our computing efficiency, reduce our data centre space, power and cooling... [04 May 2007]
US servers guzzle more power than Mississippi
News Servers in the US and their attendant cooling systems consumed 45 billion kilowatt-hours of energy in 2005. Among the touted fixes are energy-efficient processors, power consumption caps, water cooling and consolidation of work from numerous... [15 Feb 2007]
Supercomputer to power F1 team BMW-Sauber
News Using a process called computational fluid dynamics (CFD) the team can simulate airflow around parts to aid downforce and aerodynamics and to improve the efficiency of engine and brake cooling. Formula One team BMW-Sauber has revealed the secret... [04 Jan 2007]
Power-hungry data centres prey on CIOs' minds
News The company is looking at ways to bring cooling devices closer to the computing gear that generates the most heat, Douglas said. The study, conducted by Harris Interactive, found that IT executives are increasingly aware of energy, with three... [11 Oct 2006]
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