Data Center articles

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  Google wants to pay more for renewable energy, and power companies are listening

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 22, 2013 03:38 pm + 34 comments

  Google announced on Friday that it would be partnering with Duke Energy, the largest energy utility Continue reading…

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  HP launches 'Project Moonshot' low-power server to try and save itself

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 8, 2013 11:47 am + 42 comments

  Last month, during HP's annual shareholder meeting, CEO Meg Whitman told investors about what may be Continue reading…

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  Renewable energy now powers 75 percent of Apple's facilities

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 21, 2013 04:07 pm + 71 comments

  Apple's data centers and many of its corporate offices — including the company's Cupertino Continue reading…

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  Inside the Borg and Mesos, two tools that helped Google and Twitter build their empires

  By Adi Robertson on March 6, 2013 08:40 am + 11 comments

  Behind the massive data centers at Google lies the Borg: a management tool that distributes Continue reading…

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  Facebook building 'cold storage' data centers for unloved photos

  By Amar Toor on February 22, 2013 03:41 am + 23 comments

  Facebook currently hosts more than 240 billion user photos, but only a small percentage of them are Continue reading…

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  Google lets reporter into one of its data centers, reveals how the company keeps it all running

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 17, 2012 04:15 pm + 13 comments

  Google may have finally scaled back its obsessive security measures to keep its proprietary — and Continue reading…

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  Google opens up access to data centers via Street View

  By Ben Kersey on October 17, 2012 08:41 am + 53 comments

  Google may have taken extreme measures in the past to keep prying eyes from its data centers, but Continue reading…

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  Microsoft wasted 'millions of watts of electricity' to evade power usage penalty (update: Microsoft responds)

  By Sam Byford on September 24, 2012 02:28 am + 261 comments

  Microsoft deliberately burned through "millions of watts of electricity" to avoid a penalty for Continue reading…

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  Why Amazon's worldwide cloud computing service is just the start

  By Louis Goddard on August 28, 2012 09:36 am + 9 comments

  The New York Times has published a short feature profiling Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud Continue reading…

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  Facebook developing low-powered emergency backup system in new 'Sub-Zero' building

  By Justin Rubio on August 17, 2012 02:48 pm + 26 comments

  Facebook will be using a 62,000-square-foot building — unofficially known as "Sub-Zero" — next Continue reading…