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NY Injects $100M into Energy Efficiency Projects

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

New York companies will be able to improve the energy efficiency of their manufacturing facilities and data centers with the addition of $100 million in funds from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).To start, three engineering firms will get $2 million apiece ...

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Ten Companies to Take in $4.4B in EU Carbon Permit Profits by 2012

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/03/2010

Ten organizations, primarily in the steel and cement industries, could share a surplus of 3.2 billion ($4.4 billion) of pollution permits by 2012 under the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a new report from Sandbag Climate Change and Carbon Market Data. The repo ...

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Utah Data Center Uses Evaporative Cooling Along Way to 80% Energy Savings

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/02/2010

Voonami’s new data center uses a giant evaporative cooler, along with other technologies, to deliver energy savings of 80 percent compared to the typical data center.The data center, in West Valley City, Utah, is being compared to Google’s most efficient data centers, reports the Salt ...

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Greenpeace Criticizes Facebook for Data Center Not Using Renewable Energy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 22/02/2010

Greenpeace is leading a campaign to get Facebook to change its strategy to power its planned data center in Prineville, Oregon, with renewable energy instead of coal by rallying support from Facebook users. Facebook plans to build its highly energy-efficient data center on a cloud computing platf ...

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HP Data Center Uses Free-cooling All But 20 Hours Per Year

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/02/2010

A new HP data center in England will be able to rely on filtered outside air for IT cooling needs for all but 20 hours a year, reports Data Center Journal.While the new data center cost 6 percent more to construct than conventional ones, it is expected to make up the difference in energy savings ...

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