CIO.com - Energy Efficiency

New Modular Solar Towers Promise Easy Green Power

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

These solar towers may look like the Eye of Sauron, but each could provide enough energy to power 50 homes.

Google Leads Green IT Ranking

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Google came out on top of Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard for overall green practices.

U.S. to Use Climate to Help Cool Exascale Systems

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

Energy Saving Software Might Help You Save Power

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I'm all for saving energy, especially if it means saving money on my utility bills. But I'm not sure that Energy Saving (a!20, 14-day free trial), an application designed to help you monitor and reduce your use of energy and other resources, can really help with that task.

In Search of an Energy Yardstick

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

We take a comprehensive look at the new green-IT metrics for measuring data center efficiency and productivity from The Green Grid and other industry groups. Insider, registration required.

Intel Tells Data Center Managers to Turn Up the Heat

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Intel is advising its customers to increase the temperature in their data centers, claiming that companies can save four percent in energy costs for every 1ºC they turn up the heat.

Apple to Audit Suppliers After Pollution Concerns, Groups Say

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Environmental groups have accussed Apple of failing to monitor its suppliers in China again

6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Increased energy efficiency in a data center can be reached without major changes to IT equipment or facilities. Here are six ways to get there.

Cloud Power: How to Save Energy with Cloud Computing

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Storing, managing and extracting value from data consumes a great deal of energy, and though the increase in data and energy consumption is somewhat manageable now, at the pace it is evolving it soon won't be. The solution is in the cloud.

4 Tips for Keeping Your Data Center Cool This Summer

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Summer is hot but data centers need to stay cool, which can be expensive. Here's how IT groups can reduce temperatures and budgets.

How EBay's Data Center Benefited From Solar

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

eBay's Global Data Center Services manager explains how the online auction company installed a 100 KW solar array on its data center in Denver.

Cloud CIO: Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly?

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Data center construction is growing ever more complex and expensive as data center facilities expand to meet enterprises' seemingly limitless computing needs.

Energy Hogs: Servers Vs. Desktops Vs. Set-Top Boxes

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Set-top boxes supplied by cable companies are likely using more power than desktop and laptop computers, and about 25% of the power used by a two-socket server.

7 Things Los Alamos National Lab Gave Us (Besides Bombs)

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

By today, you probably only know Los Alamos, N.M., and its huge national laboratory as the place that created the atomic bomb, and which is also currently under threat from a large, aggressive wildfire. But in recent decades, the scope of the scientific work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory has broadened quite a bit. With flames licking at the border of lab property and concerns focused on the security of the radioactive waste stored there, it seems like a good time to take a step back, and a deep breath, and look at a few of the other things the scientists at the lab have come up with since the days of the Manhattan Project.

Google: Five Data Center Energy Saving Ideas You Can Implement

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

When it comes to saving data center energy few companies would have the expertise of Google, which has some of the largest data centers in the world. It has or is experimenting with some interesting ideas to cool data centers more efficiently as well - it will soon open a seawater-cooled data center in Finland for example.