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A 10MW Modular Datacentre Worth £60m Will Be Built in Birmingham by March 2013
Dec 26, 2012A 10MW (megawatt) modular datacentre worth £60m will be built in Birmingham by March 2013 to provide storage services for high street banks, financial services firms, media companies, technology companies and small businesses. The ...
Tags: Datacentre, Computer Products, Birmingham
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Green Grid Have Selected Three New Metrics to Improve a Datacentre's Energy-Efficiency
Dec 24, 2012A global taskforce comprising government authorities and industry body The Green Grid have selected three new metrics to improve a datacentre's energy-efficiency. The metrics are Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and ...
Tags: Green Energy Coefficient(GEC), Energy Reuse Factor(ERF)
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Non-Profit Industry Lobby Group The Green Grid Includes Datacentre Users,Policy Makers
Nov 21, 2012The European Commission(EC)and datacentre industry consortium The Green Grid are collaborating on policies to improve efficiency in datacentres. Non-profit industry lobby group The Green Grid includes datacentre users,policy ...
Tags: Datacentre group, EC, datacentres, green measures
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The Free DCMM Tool Allows Datacentre Managers to Benchmark Performance
Nov 21, 2012The Datacentre Maturity Model(DCMM)tool can help businesses improve datacentre energy efficiency,hence their Power Usage Effectiveness(PUE),according to not-for-profit organisation The Green Grid. The free DCMM tool allows datacentre ...
Tags: DCMM tool, Green Grid, datacentre energy efficiency, power consumption
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Current Datacentre-Efficiency Methodology Is Restricted to The Energy Use Alone
Nov 21, 2012IT must move beyond just measuring a datacentre's energy efficiency and power consumption to assessing its overall environmental impact to make meaningful changes and ensure IT facilities are truly sustainable. As businesses come under ...
Tags: datacentres, Green Grid, datacentre-efficiency, green credentials
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Modern Equipment Can Tolerate Periods of Much Greater Heat and Humidity
Oct 25, 2012Datacentre managers'perception of IT equipment's tolerance to heat and humidity dates back to the 1950s,resulting in a waste of energy resources,according to the Green Grid–a not-for-profit industry consortium for datacentre ...
Tags: the Green Grid, Datacentre managers, perception of IT equipment
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Datacentres Operate at Cooler Temperatures Than Necessary
Oct 17, 2012Datacentres are still running at below 20oC wasting electricity although the optimum temperature for operating them is 25-26oC, experts have said. "Many datacentres operate at cooler temperatures than necessary because customers are not ...
Tags: Datacentres, optimum temperature, cooler temperatures, IT facilities
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The Global Market for Green Datacentres Will Grow From $17.1bn in 2012
Sep 19, 2012The global market for green datacentres will grow from $17.1bn (£10bn) in 2012 to $45.4bn (£28bn) by 2016, as rising energy costs, tighter carbon emission regulations and economic pressure force IT executives to make their ...
Tags: green datacentres, IT infrastructure, greenhouse gas emissions