Rumours that Google houses its datacenters in shipping containers have been around for some time, but Google has — up to now — kept silent on the question. At the recent Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, Google engineers finally came clean on containers. Container-based datacenters have been in operation since 2005. A single standard shipping container can house up 1000 servers pulling 250 kW of energy, for an energy density of around 8 kW/m2. Server racks are suspended from the ceiling of the container, leaving the floor free for the water-based cooling system. Temperature in the container’s cold aisle is kept to 30°C. A full datacenter requires several dozen containers.
Cisco has launched its own dedicated Green TV channel on green.tv, the Web TV channel for environmental films. The Cisco channel launches with a series of films focused on Cisco’s Connected Urban Development initiative, looking at how to reduce carbon emissions through improvements in the efficiency of the urban infrastructure made possible by information and communications technology. Future programs will focus on creating sustainable cities, virtual collaboration, mobility solutions and smart energy solutions.
green.tv has partnerships with some of the world’s leading environmental organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme and Greenpeace. The channel carries more than 1,000 green films, all available on demand.
Robert Scoble, journalist (FastCompany) and blogger visited Cisco’s next generation datacenter a few days ago, a visit hosted by Cloud expert James Urqhart. Key objectives: reduce costs, reduce the environmental impact – make it Green. The tools: virtualisation, automation, and cloud computing. A 20 minute trip to the heart of Datacenter 3.0!
The CCAS is the social security organisation for EDF employees in France. In this video Bouchaïb Baba, Director of Research and Development, tells us how HP blade servers and VMware virtualisation solutions are helping him make the CCAS datacenter greener and more cost-effective.
Yet another Green IT site? Yes – and no. Itgreening.com delivers the news and information CIOs, CFOs, and project managers need to effectively Green the IT infrastructure. Best practices, the latest technologies and strategies, essential reading, white papers, expert opinion – ITGreening intends to be the reference site, and a meeting point for industry practioners.
Launched by VMware and Intel, two vendors particularly implicated in the Green IT movement, www.itgreening.com has been developed for the enterprise CIO by people who understand the enterprise information systems environment.
Intel participates in the Climate Savers initiative, which has the objective of reducing annual emission of CO2 by 54 billion tons. VMware is behind the Green Grid, where it has been joined by most major IT industry players including Intel. For more information go to www.greengrid.org.
GreenIT: Going for GREEN gives you an overview of Green IT today, and discusses different ideas which can help you make your information systems environment greener. To download Green IT: Going for GREEN, click here.
The gardener's best friend, mascot of the organic agriculture movement, and good luck symbol, the ladybird is the ideal choice to represent the Green IT revolution.
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