The Greenpeace Campaign to Keep Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Off Coal Fuel
TopNews New Zealand
With the campaign catching on, Greenpeace International’s Executive Director Kumi Naidoo warned Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a Wednesday letter that in case the company chooses to overlook the environmental effects of its actions, it will put at stake not only its reputation, but also its financial health.
Australia Utilities Warn of Energy Price Hike
DataCenterDynamics
Power prices could be about to increase dramatically in Australia, according to the boss of Origin Energy, one of the nation’s largest energy retailers. Origin Energy managing director Grant King told The Australian newspaper he thought the mandatory renewable energy target being introduced by the government and network spending would drive up the costs.
Taiwan Telecoms Giant Considers Accelerating Cloud Plans
DataCenterDynamics
Taiwan’s second largest telecoms company, Chunghwa Telecom Co, said it could construct a second cloud computing data center in Changhua County, wester Taiwan. The company told the Taipei times the new data center could end up costing up to 15 percent of its annual revenue – it had originally planned on investing 10 percent of its expected funds (US1.02 billion (NT$32.6 billion) on company growth.
Equinix to Build New $60m Hong Kong Data Center
DataCenterDynamics
Global provider of retail colocation services Equinix announced a plan to build a second data center in Hong Kong, as the company’s first facility on the island has become more than two-thirds occupied.
DC Power Proof-of-Concept Launched in Containerized Data Center in US
DataCenterNews
This is a unique approach to powering servers, whose power supplies have traditionally accepted Alternating-Current electricity. Proponents of feeding DC power to servers argue that this approach will substantially increase energy efficiency in data centers because it eliminates multiple conversion steps electricity has to go through in a traditional system before it reaches the servers.
More Than Half of Australia’s Data Center Managers Plan to Spend
DataCenterNews
IT vendor Stulz said a survey conducted at the recent Data Center Strategics conference in Sydney shows that roughly 60% of data center managers in Australia plan to increase their infrastructure spend within the next year.
HP CEO Hurd Fired for ‘Inappropriate Conduct’
DataCenter Dynamics
Mark Hurd has resigned from his position as chairman and CEO of the global IT giant HP, following an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment by a former contractor. An internal investigation did not find factual evidence for the accusations but did unveil other “inappropriate conduct.” According to a letter sent to HP employees Friday, Hurd submitted his resignation at the request of the company’s board of directors, which had accused him of “inappropriate behavior in which he engaged that violated HP’s Standards of Business Conduct and undermined his ability to continue to lead the company.”
Australian State Goes On Data Center Hunt
DataCenter Dynamics
Western Australia’s health body is on the search for new primary and secondary data centers under plans to overhaul its managed central computing services, according to a report done by Computerworld, Australia, this week. Western Australia Health will also be considering data center management services, disaster recovery services, project services and relocation services to help with its move to a new provider, once it is selected.
EchoStar to Build New Data Center Near Cheyenne Broadcast Facility
DataCenter Dynamics
Following an extensive search for an appropriate location for its new 77,000 sq ft data center, EchoStar Broadcasting Corp. decided to build the facility near its existing satellite uplink and broadcast center in Cheyenne Business Park, east of Cheyenne, Wyo.
GE Invests in Green Data Center Start-Up
New York Times
G.E. says it will invest part of a $5 million round into SynapSense, a start-up launched by former Intel exec Peter Van Deventer and UC Davis computer science professor Raju Pandey that makes wireless sensor technology and software to monitor and reduce power usage and cooling in data centers.
Twitter Building A New Data Center To Kill Off Fail Whale
San Francisco Chronicle
Later this year, Twitter will move its technical operations to a brand new data center in Salt Lake City, the company announced last night. Up until now, Twitter’s service has been hosted by NTT America. Twitter says that having dedicated data centers will give it “the flexibility to more quickly make adjustments as our infrastructure needs change.”
How 10,000 Cows Can Power 1 MW Data Centre
Rediff
Cows and data centres may seem unnatural partners. However, researchers at HP Labs argue that both entities can be aligned to create a sustainable lifecycle.
Rackspace Goes Open Source With Cloud Platform
CNET
Data center and cloud infrastructure service provider Rackspace is expected to announce Monday the release of a new open-source offering that will allow users to build and launch their own internal and hosted clouds.
Virtualization No Cure-all for Data Center Energy Crunch
PC World
Virtualization gave data center managers some breathing room in their battle against rising energy use, but more changes are needed to keep pace with the demands of IT departments, speakers at an industry conference said Friday.
Telehouse Opens New Data Center in China
DataCenterNews
Data center service provider Telehouse America has expanded its presence in China by opening a new data center in Shanghai. The company launched its 39th data center worldwide by partnering with a Chinese company Shanghai Data Solution.
