Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

By- Bob Landström

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Green Data Centers: Some things are easier than others

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

When recently interviewed for a magazine article, I was asked about Green initiatives by data center operators.  There are lots of innovative techniques for reducing power consumption in data centers, and lots of ways to apply renewable resources.  The fact of the matter is that for the data center operator, some of the options are [...]

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Wind Power for Data Centers

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Green Data Center, Green IT

The challenge in using green energy alternatives such as wind or solar power in data centers is power density.   Data centers consume a lot of power with respect to their physical footprint, so they need very large solar arrays or large wind turbine farms to generate the necessary power for the facility.  Consequently, the amount [...]

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Now there’s a THAWT

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center, Data Center MEP, Disruptors, Green Data Center, Green IT

Morgan Stanley plans to power their new data center in Scotland with a new generation of turbine generators called the Transverse Horizontal Axis Water Turbine (THAWT).  The $400M data center will require 150MW of power.  It will be powered initially from the utility grid but later transitioned to power generated by the underwater turbines of [...]

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Container Data Centers: A Step Along the Green Path

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Container Data Centers, Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT

As a bit of background and at the risk of stating the obvious, let’s quickly review some basics about energy efficiency and the Data Center.  It has been estimated that on average, electricity costs account for over 40% of data center operational expenses.  In 2006, American data centers consumed more electricity than all the televisions [...]

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Update on Cargo Ship Data Centers

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center, Disaster Recovery Planning, Green Data Center, Green IT

I promised an update on the progress of the ship-based data center concept floated (yes a pun) by International Data Security (IDS).  A recent post on Silverback’s blog explains that the first launch (perhaps a pun) is now delayed until Q3 of 2008, and gives a few more details.
IDS continues to see the ship-based data [...]

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Paint Your Moose Green

July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT

In these times of economic stagnation, IT leaders’ attention turns to cost savings.  Indeed in times like these, the CFO is likely exerting strong authority and demanding budget concessions from departments across the enterprise.
Many companies are aggressively consolidating data centers as one way to address this demand.  There are a number of significant cost savings [...]

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