“The team estimates that data centers in North America can save $870 million annually using this approach, with the yearly serial-link power savings at data centers worldwide by 2020 e... Read more
Startups in France and Germany are also pursuing the smart idea, which saves money for all involved There’s a new way for homeowners to save money on their heating bills: by turning th... Read more
New system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6 percent Big websites usually maintain their own “data centers,” banks of tens or even hundreds of tho... Read more
“Big data” is playing an increasingly big role in the renewable energy industry and the transformation of the nation’s electrical grid “Big data” is playing an... Read more
The data center of the future might do more than crunch and store information. In addition to serving web pages, streaming Netflix videos, and hosting social networks, data centers might pro... Read more
Computer networking researchers at Rice University have a new idea for how to handle the mountains of data piling up in the labs of their fellow scientists around campus: Create a customized... Read more
Germany-based company AOTERRA wants to not only provide cloud products but also heating systems to households. The usual set up for cloud services is to keep multiple servers in a well-coole... Read more
Earlier this week, the Data Center of China Internet (DCCI) released a report (h/t Tech In Asia) that showed nearly 35 percent of the Android apps it surveyed were secretly stealing user dat... Read more
Computer design and server farm location could dramatically reduce the energy required to run Facebook and the rest of the Internet, reducing greenhouse gases, too More than 750 million user... Read more
Big data needs big power. The server farms that undergird the Internet run on a vast tide of electricity. Even companies that have invested in upgrades to minimize their eco-footprint use tr... Read more
The cutting edge of the Web just bled a little. On Friday night, lightning in Virginia took out part of Amazon’s cloud computing service, called Amazon Web Services, which hundreds of compan... Read more
The breakthrough could revolutionize data centers and the Internet. Scientists at International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) have developed an optical chip that can transmit as much a... Read more
Its creators hope to eliminate the need for the power-hungry electric chillers Upon completion, Norway’s Green Mountain Data Center will be the world’s greenest server far... Read more
THORDC has become one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the world. Hertford Regional College (HRC) in the UK has joined forces with the Thor Data Center (THORDC) in Iceland... Read more
Iceland’s plans to become the world’s premier datacenter site It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Iceland’s plans to become the world’s premier datacenter site, but it looks l... Read more
