Executives should measure Data Center Performance per IT Watt, in addition to...
Meeting business IT objectives is the purpose of data centers Data center energy efficiency is an issue worthy of executive-level attention because it is the key to controlling costs as the demand for...
View ArticleHey – where did all the water go?
Okay, so around our home, especially when my daughter’s home from TCU, you are more likely to hear –“Hey, where did all the HOT water go?” But when the water bill comes in and after my breathing...
View ArticleHere at The Green Grid’s Technical Committee Summit …
I am in Washington DC today where EPA ENERGY STAR® for UPS, DOE DC Pro Tool, PUE simulators, Power Conversion Efficiency Estimators, and a host of other data center topics are all on the agenda of The...
View ArticleIntroducing EPA ENERGY STAR® for Data Centers
Yes folks, with a little hard work, attention to detail, a few well positioned utility-grade power meters, and some fine data collection, management, and reporting software and you too could qualify...
View ArticleEPA ENERGY STAR® for Data Centers – where’s my productivity?
In all fairness to the good people over at EPA who have been working with the industry, academia, manufacturers and associations like The Green Grid – they really were stuck between a rock and a hard...
View ArticleReady for Carbon Usage Effectiveness and Water Usage Effectiveness?
The Green Grid is working on two new concepts to help the industry begin to equate Carbon and Water to a workload or unit of output. In a previous blog we introduced Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) and...
View ArticleHow “Green” is Your Data Center?
Many of us in the business community are really getting tired of any forum, event, article, or email that starts with “How green is…” so today we will look at “green” from a much different perspective....
View ArticleJuly is Almost Here
And that means the greatest spectacle of cycling will soon be starting – the 2013 Tour de France. Often a wake-up call for many of us to rekindle our exercise program before the summer (Northern...
View ArticleData Centers: Much More Than A Collection Of IT Gear
As I travel the globe visiting data centers, well many parts of it as I’m still looking forward visiting to South Africa, Australia, Brazil, and Alaska (the only State I have yet to visit), a...
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