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Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy

Stephen Lawson) — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:30:00 GMT

Networks could use far less energy by 2020 even though they'll be carrying much more traffic, an industry group says.

Dell: ARM needs 64-bit processors for server take-off

Agam Shah) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:35:00 GMT

The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell's top engineers said they are unlikely to take off until 64-bit versions hit the market.

Vodafone, Ericsson test feature to make rural mobile coverage cheaper

Mikael Ricknäs) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:35:00 GMT

Ericsson and Vodafone in Egypt have successfully tested a new way to build more energy-efficient networks in rural areas, and make it possible to build networks where they previously could not be built, according to the vendor.

Smartphone usage driving up greenhouse gas emissions: report

Sophie Curtis) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:47:00 GMT

Exponential growth in the use of computers, smartphones and other networked devices could cause the environmental impact of the ICT sector to increase dramatically between now and 2020, according to a new report.

EBay develops 'miles per gallon' metric for data centres

James Niccolai) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:23:00 GMT

There's a maxim in the data centre business that you can't manage what you can't measure, and eBay has come up with the mother of all measurement systems for calculating data centre efficiency.

Most energy-efficient servers to be identified by new SPEC benchmarks

James Niccolai) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:08:00 GMT

SPEC, the standards body for performance benchmarks, has released a new toolkit that should help customers choose the most energy-efficient server for the workloads they need to run.

Almost half of IT pros unaware of EU 20-20-20 energy directive

Antony Savvas) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:17:00 GMT

Over 40 percent of data centre IT professionals are unaware of the recent EU 20-20-20 Renewable Energy Directive, although their firms still seem to be blindly working towards complying with it.

How a private cloud can save money and the environment

Stephanie Overby) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:30:00 GMT

When Ricoh Europe realized its IT environment was both spiraling out of control and environmentally unfriendly, it turned to a IT services provider for help. Working with Infosys, Ricoh developed a private cloud that helped it consolidate nine data centers into two, cutting infrastructure costs and reducing carbon dioxide emissions significantly.

Smart energy IT market growing quickly

Grant Gross) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:39:00 GMT

Revenue in the IT segment of the world's smart electricity delivery industry is likely to have grown in 2012 by 23% t $9.4 billion (�5.9 billion) in support of smart grid deployments, according to a new study.

Tablets to get Energy Star ratings

Agam Shah) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:53:00 GMT

Tablets will be rated based on the Energy Star specification in the future.

Google invests £124 million in Texas wind turbine project

Jeremy Kirk) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:59:00 GMT

Google will invest US$200 million in a wind farm project in west Texas, part of the Internet giant's continuing interest in funding renewable energy projects, the company said Wednesday.

New NEC server has built-in batteries for backup power

Jay Alabaster) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT

NEC's new high-end server contains swappable battery packs, intended to provide backup power without the need for an external uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in data centers.

British start-ups scoop top prizes at Tech Trailblazers Awards

Sophie Curtis) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:21:00 GMT

British companies SaaSID and Iceotope have been named among the winners of the inaugural Tech Trailblazers Awards for enterprise information technology start-ups.

Autumn statement: CRC energy efficiency scheme to stay put until 2016

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:49:00 GMT

The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is here until at least 2016, but the coalition government has pledged to simplify the scheme and abolish its Performance League Table, which is used to rank large organisations according to their energy efficiency.

'Industrial Internet' to add trillions to global GDP by 2030

Sophie Curtis) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:23:00 GMT

The “Industrial Internet” (or Internet of Things) has the potential to add $10-15 trillion to global GDP by 2030 and reduce billions of dollars worth of waste across major industries such as healthcare, energy and transportation, according to a new report by General Electric (GE).

Birmingham to open new green £60m data centre

Antony Savvas) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:31:00 GMT

Birmingham businesses will see a new £60 million data centre open in March next year.

City Lifeline MD: why inner-city hosting is worth the expense

Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:43:00 GMT

There is no doubt that running your ICT operations from a data centre in Central London is a lot more expensive than running them from a shed in a field outside the M25, but for companies that value connectivity and low latency, paying that bit extra can be a worthwhile investment.

Data Centre Maturity Model: providing a holistic view of sustainability

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:20:00 GMT

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has become the de-facto measure of data centre energy efficiency, comparing the total energy consumed by a data centre to the amount of energy that actually reaches the IT equipment.

European Commission turns up the heat on data centre equipment vendors

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:52:00 GMT

The European Commission is calling for faster and more decisive action from the IT industry on the issue of raising the temperature in the data centre to enable more free air cooling.

Green Grid offers guidelines for data centre life cycle assessments

Sophie Curtis) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:30:00 GMT

The Green Grid has introduced a new framework that organisations can use to assess the full environmental impact of their data centre throughout its life cycle in a uniform way.

BCS proposes FVER data centre efficiency metric to complement PUE

Sophie Curtis) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:40:00 GMT

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has been a tremendously useful metric for the data centre so far, but it is not a complete measure of data centre efficiency, according to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

PUE data centre efficiency metric to be standardised 'within months'

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:03:00 GMT

The Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric, which measures how efficiently a data centre uses its power, is set to become an ISO standard within the next year, according to The Green Grid.

Methanol to power mobile networks during electricity outage

Mikael Ricknäs) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:13:00 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks and Ballard Power Systems want methanol-powered fuel cells to keep mobile networks running in the event of an electricity outage and are working with NTT DoCoMo to test the technology.

Wipro tops Greenpeace rankings as Apple drops down list

Agam Shah) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:13:00 GMT

First-time surprise entrant Wipro tops the list of rankings in the 18th edition of the Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics," with Apple dropping two spots to sixth compared to last year's study.

Green Grid introduces three new energy efficiency metrics for data centres

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:40:00 GMT

The Green Grid – the organisation responsible for developing the power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric – has announced three new energy efficiency metrics designed to help data centre owners and operators improve the performance of their facilities.