04/22, 7:14pm
Third Facebook center likely to also use 'green' technology
According to sources inside the Iowa state government and a report in the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board and Altoona’s City Council are evaluating incentives for a rumored Facebook data center in the area, called "Catapult." If built, the company will join a LightEdge data center built in 2006, and a new one by Enseva scheduled to begin construction soon.
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12/04, 6:20pm
Will own the largest non-power company fuel cell installation
According to paperwork filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Apple intends to double the size of the Catawba County fuel cell project on the site of the Apple's data center in Maiden, NC. The move to 10 megawatts of power production will make it the largest installation of fuel cell technology not run by an electric utility. A total of fuel cells on the property are expected to be brought on line by January.
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10/17, 12:00pm
Tour shows how Google manages servers, data
Google has put a tour of one of its data centers online. The search engine's tour, entitled Where the Internet lives, shows how it manages the server farms hosting data for its numerous services, in an effort to demonstrate the company's efficiency in running such a location, as well as the lengths it goes towards securing its users data.
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09/24, 6:23am
Threat of continued wasting forced fine reduction
Microsoft wasted a vast amount of electricity last year in order to avoid paying a fine. According to the New York Times, “millions of watts” were deliberately used to meet estimations on a Washington data center's energy use. The penalty of $210,000 was avoided, but was then followed by threats to continue wasting energy until the fine was lowered.
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09/19, 12:39am
Full completion in Apple's key market expected by 2015
According to reports, Apple's next giant data center will be constructed in Hong Kong, China. Apple has recently selected a location in the New Territories area of Hong Kong. Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2013, and it should take over a year for operations to commence at the new center. Full operation is planned by 2015. Apple is said to be selecting bids from local and international construction companies for the buildout of the facility.
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09/14, 5:03pm
Apple intends on providing 60 percent of required power
Aerial photos of Apple's enormous solar array adjacent to its data center in Maiden, NC have surfaced. The field, nearly complete less than three months since groundbreaking, covers 100 acres and generates 20 megawatts of power, with California's Sun Power sun-tracking panels.
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09/05, 3:43pm
Findings suggest oil could lower data center operating costs
Oil-cooled servers could possibly be used by companies to lower their data center costs. A year-long test by Intel and Green Revolution Cooling saw that by submerging a rack of servers into a non-conducting mineral oil, it had the best Power Usage Effectiveness that Intel had ever seen using that metric, although it could still be improved.
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08/02, 12:58am
Tax breaks exchanged for $1 billion in investments
The Nevada Board of Economic Development has endorsed a state-sponsored deal brokered by the Nevada City Council to entice Apple to build a data center in Reno. The deal springs from a state law giving the economic development agency's executive director free rein to negotiate deals with qualifying companies. The approved deal grants Apple $89 million in tax breaks in exchange for an iCloud data center and support facilities. After construction, the combined facilities will employ a minimum of 35 full-time workers and up to 200 contract workers.
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